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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Labor through the lens of science fiction
Wired magazine has an interesting post about class and labor issues in science fiction.
FamVin News – popular posts for August
The following list of posts presents the most visited links. The ranking is from the highest to lowest and does not include all posts.
Ten year old Vincentian Fundraiser
Claire, just 10 years old, had personally organized two fundraisers this summer.
“Weeping over the state of labor”
“Weeping over the state of labor.” As the United States and Canada celebrate Labor Day here is something to think about from an article “A church that embraces the cross must embrace politics”
Lady of Charity visits DC ministry before Holy Land hostilities
The Ladies of Charity website reports on Mary Beth Legg, LOC, Los Angeles, CA and her visit a Daughter of Charity home for special needs children in Israel shortly before the outbreak of hostilities between Hamas and Israel.
What Pope said and Korean Church did not report
On the first day of Pope Francis’ visit to South Korea he met with the Korean bishops, telling them to be one with the poor.
However, some of his strongest advice was not reported at the time as several paragraphs from his talk were dropped in the official text distributed on the Korean bishops’ sponsored media website.
September feasts, Vincentian Family, Collaboration
The month of September marks many milestones across the Vincentian Family. This is a wonderful time for us to reflect on the growing spirit of collaboration among the many branches of the Vincentian Family.
Sister of Charity – “New generations of Catholic Sisters”
Patricia Wittberg, a Sister of Charity of Cincinnati and professor of sociology at Indiana University-Purdue University, is one of the co-authors of New Generations of Catholic Sisters: The Challenge of Diversity.
Changing the conversation without saying a word
In a thoughtful piece on the website of the Catholic Health Association Father Synder concludes “Pope Francis is changing the conversation — and he’s changing it for good.” He captures many of the paradoxes of this person who has rocketed to the top of the celebrity ranks.
Ladies of Charity in action – Videos on their website
If a picture is worth a thousand words, how much more a video showing the Ladies of Charity USA in action in the new LCUSA video section they have added to their website.