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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
What we all face together
A pair of recent studies spell out the challenges followers of Vincent, Louise, Elizabeth and Frederic face today. A Lilly Foundation sponsored study focuses on Catholic parish life. A Barna Group study provides a picture of the broader Christian landscape by...
Daughters of Charity foster Vincentian Marian Youth – a case in point
It was a Daughter of Charity who nurtured a young Frederic Ozanam. by involving him in her work with the poorest of the poor in Paris. Today the Daughters of Charity in Eritrea do not work alone when they give service to those who are poor. In Keren, Eritrea, as soon...
WYD in two minutes
BustedHalo features a 2 minute video presentation of what World Youth Day is about and its history.
International Vincentian Symposium Promoting Christian-Muslim Dialogue Opens
A conference focusing on inter-religious dialogue between Christians and Muslims with workshops on ways to foster mutual understanding and enrich knowledge of the Catholic and Muslim faith traditions will be held in Pacet, Indonesia from August 7-17, 2011 with...
Japanese bishops on 66th anniversary of Hiroshima
Ten of Japan’s sixteen bishops are gathering Aug. 6 for their annual commemoration of humanity’s first use of an atomic bomb in an act of war and the first since the March meltdowns at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant following a 9.0 magnitude...
Death and resurrection – behind the scenes
We have heard the excitement of the celebration of the merger of four Daughters of Charity provinces into one. The following is about some of the dying and rising that was involved "back home". Just about 5 years ago it would have been unthinkable t0 predict the...
“How I made over my retirement” – Sister of Charity
Woman’s Day, the magazine long found at supermarket checkouts, has a piece on Sr. Cecilia Harriendorf. It is entitled “I Made Over My Retirement” and covers her decision to enter the Congregation. It appears on p. 65 of the September 2011 print edition. That content...
Doing something about homelessness – Depaul International
Depaul International reports that in 70 different projects worldwide it provided over 340,000 nights of accommodation and served over 280,000 meals. They accounted for 53,000 hours of volunteer services last year alone. In addition they run annual training programs...
DC Provincial Merger – Most complete coverage yet
The CM Province of New England has compiled the most complete coverage and collection of photos about the recent inauguration of the new Province of St. Louise in St. Louise. Congratulations to Toma in Poland, administrator of the New England site. His work is a fine...
Homeless Person’s Week
The St Vincent de Paul Society Australia marks National Homeless Persons’ Week by drawing attention to the people locked out of Australian society, including the members of Australia’s First Peoples. "We welcome the Federal Government’s genuine commitment to halve...