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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Catch the flavor of our Vincentian Youth in Madrid
Juventino Castillero has posted a video on his Facebook page that captures the spirit and requires no translation. See a shorter YouTube version without Spanish titles.
What do Australia, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland and the USA agree on?
It is more expensive to deal with the consequences of homelessness than getting at root causes and preventing homelessness. Study after study in each of the these countries in effect call into question the cost benefit ratio of shelters as band-aid solutions....
Sisters of Charity YouTube video reflects on Labor Day
The Sisters of Charity Cincinnati Office of Peace, Justice & Integrity of Creation takes a look at Labor Day's past, present and future in this YouTube video on Labor Day.
Should all Vincentians embrace Twitter, etc.?
It depends! Here are some words of wisdom from a long time Non-profit activist, Jayne Cravens. The primary goal of a nonprofit, NGO, government agency or mother mission-based organization in using Twitter isn't for its messages to go viral (to be retweeted/resent on a...
“Human Costs And Moral Challenges Of A Broken Economy” – U.S. Bishops’ Labor Day Statement
The USCCB Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development has issued its traditional statement for Labor Day . It is one of the most forceful statements from the USCCB in a long time. Bishop Stephen Blaire of Stockton, California,  the head of the committee notes...
SVDP handout at Madrid Vocation Fair
The Society of St. Vincent dePaul website shares the material distributed at the Vocation Fair during th e recent celebration of World Youth Day. (Click to enlarge) As a historical note it may be worth remembering that initially Vincent did not want to use the letters...
Sisters of Charity New York Collaborate with Spokane Diocese in Guatemala
According to the Sisters of Charity Federation website the New York Sisters of Charity are collaborating with parishioners of the Diocese of Spokane in their their long-standing support of the Mayan Indians in the Highlands of Guatemala. For further details see the...
The daily ingenuity of the world’s poor
Most of the world's newspapers are running features on how to survive in a bad economy. But I have seen no articles on "How to survive on less than $2 a day". Yet over 2.7 billion people in the world live on $2 or less a day. How do they do it? How do they manage to...
Resources for Vincentian Family Day of Prayer 2011
Harvest the fruits of the Jubilee Year! This is the invitation from leaders of the Vincentian Family as we look forward to the Annual Vincentian Family Day of Prayer September 27. Famvin presents this initial resource for planning and personal reflection for this...
Twitter news travels faster than the earthquake!
Lest anyone have any doubt of the new measure for spreading news.... A 5.9 earthquake originated in Mineral, Virginia Tuesday afternoon according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Tweets began pouring in from D.C. nearly thirty seconds before we felt the quake at our...