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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Pope urges use of latest generation of audiovisual resources
Or as USA Today trumpets... "Holy tweet! YouTube-era pope urges blogging for faith" "Responding adequately to this challenge amid today's cultural shifts, to which young people are especially sensitive, necessarily involves using new communications technologies. The...
Virtual March for Life
Some 79,466 Pro-Life Americans Marching Online! Now you have the opportunity to march online, alongside your fellow pro-lifers - even if you can't be in Washington. AUL Action is proud to host the first Virtual March for Life. It will only take seconds, sign up,...
Of the many powerful videos and accounts – watch this
Film-maker Gerry Straub (whose story in itself is well worth knowing - San Damiano Foundation) took this video four weeks before the earthquake and recounts his experience in in the first days after the earthquake.
Have a party, earn free clothes & more
For two years, Kelly's Kids has worked with the Daughters of Charity to support families, and in particular, young children living in Kenya and Ethiopia. In January and March 2008, Kelly's Kids donated 28,000 pieces of clothing and 133 pairs of shoes to support the...
El Salvador President apologizes for human rights abuses, praises martyrs
In a remarkable statement the president of El Salvador has apologized for human rights abuses committed by the state during country's 12-year civil war. He said the right-wing authorities who governed the country at the time had committed grave human rights abuses....
Haiti – News from the Congregation of the Mission
The Provincial Treasurer of Puerto Rico writes "Crossing the frontier between the Dominican Republic and Haiti is not safe anymore." "Today we add the strain of another high-grade quake in Haiti" "group from St.John’s University, NY, is doing community service at Rio...
DePaul University [USA] Deepens Commitment to Haiti
"As the death toll rises and tragic images stream, we cannot help but be moved by the suffering of the Haitian people today." So read the letter from DePaul's president, Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M., President of De Paul University, last Monday after the highly...
Thinking more deeply about Haiti – “underlying causes and long term solutions”
Scott Fina offers a contrasting view to David Brooks recent New York Times editorial about the role of poverty in Haiti’s suffering from its earthquake, recently circulated over FamVin. Below he writes "My point? Haiti (like Katrina) is indeed much more a story of...
Daughter of Charity featured in Vocation calendar
Sr. Frances Vista DC is featured driving a tractor in the October page of the Catholic Extension Society's Vocation Awareness calendar. She is featured on page 13 of the pdf of the magazine.
AIC President’s Letter on Haiti Earthquake
Laurence de La Brosse, AIC President, has sent out a communication to all AIC members and friends regarding the earthquake that devastated Haiti. Laurence has called for AIC members and friends to pray together and support the relief effort during this difficult time....
