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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Vinnies CEO Sleepout fundraising hits $1 million mark
With two weeks to go until the 2011 Vinnies CEO Sleepout over 800 business leaders have already reached the $1 million mark in fundraising. The event calls on CEOs to raise awareness about the issue of homelessness while raising funds for Vinnies homeless services and...
Blogging Bishops
With a tip of the hat to Aggie Catholics for getting things rolling – CathholicTechTalk presents a [growing] list of Bishops Who Blog. Or podcast. Or write a column that's available on the web.
Daughters of Charity (International) open a YouTube channel
The Daughters of Charity (International) inaugurated their own YouTube channel by posting their featured video on Blessed Marguerite Rutan in 6 languages. Once on the page you can subscribe to be notified of videos as they are posted. They join a growing number of...
June Newsletter – Sisters of Charity Federation NGO
The June newsletter of the Sisters of Charity Federation is now available in  pdf format. Newsletter June 2011. It contains reports of the Federation meeting hosted by the Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Mercy (OLM)  in Charleston, South Carolina, Vincentian Family...
Midwest Vincentian Family Systemic Change Orientation
Registration is now open for the DePaul University Midwest Vincentian Family Systemic Change Orientation SEPTEMBER 23 — 24, 2011 DePaul University • Loop Campus • Chicago, IL ! To all branches of the Vincentian family, faculty, staff, students, volunteers and...
A Bolivian Ozanam Scholar
Aidan Rooney writes:...I want to introduce you to Nur Gorayeb, the first Bolivian Ozanam scholar at St. John’s University. The Ozanam Scholars Program is among the notable accomplishments of St. John’s under its current president, Father Donald J. Harrington, C.M. Nur...
Vincentian Family Service Day draws 1500 students
Fifteen hundred students from DePaul University gave their time in service to the community during Vincentian Service Day in Chicago IL on May 7, 2011.   Click on icon at extreme right of video toolbar for full screen view. View a 2:32 min video for a flavor of the...
Bl. Marguerite Rutan DC
This month the Company of the Daughters of Charity celebrates the beatification Sister Marguerite Rutan on June 19. There is both a short video and article about her on their international website.
Vincentian Lay Missionaries
The Ethiopia Connection "I met the man of my dreams while doing the things I love. Now we get to do them together" So writes Christine Jones in her Servants Song blog from Ethiopia. The blog is a reflection on service, the charism of St. Vincent de Paul, and the...
SVDP wishes to keep its identity separate
The Tablet reports (Latest News, May 27), that the St Vincent de Paul Society would not  be willing to be  part of a new charitable work grouping proposed by the bishops of England and Wales. The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, which has 10,000 volunteers in...