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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
YouTube – Jacksonville, Florida salutes Daughters of Charity
by John Freund, CM | Mar 3, 2009 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
The local TV station salutes Sister DeSales Wisniewski, a long time cornerstone in the Jacksonville community and a guiding force for St. Vincents HealthCare, who was recently called to the ministry of St. Agnes Health Care in Baltimore, MD, by the Daughters of...
Anniversary of a martyr who refused the opportunity to escape
by John Freund, CM | Mar 1, 2009 | Congregation of the Mission, Vincentian Family
Having refused to sign an oath and continuing to engage in priestly ministry some citizens brought Pierre-René Rogue to authorities. The aauthorities refused to accept him, because he had not been arrested by the police; they gave him the opportunity to escape. He...
Comic strip presentation on Systemic Change
by John Freund, CM | Mar 1, 2009 | Featured, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
The Commission for Promoting Systemic Change is committed to a Lenten series on Famvin. As part of that series, they have had a comic strip presentation prepared about the notion of systemic change and various successful systemic change projects. Fr. Robert Maloney...
Last day of Vincentian Family Meeting in Mexico
by John Freund, CM | Feb 27, 2009 | Formation, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
This represents the final installment of the reports from the meeting in Mexico on Systemic Change and the Vincentian Family. Friday February 20, 2009 - Day Five and conclusion Prayer in the last day was prepared by Mexican delegation. Sr. Maria Magdalena Garcia...
Lent from a Chinese perspective
by John Freund, CM | Feb 27, 2009 | Congregation of the Mission, Missions inter gentes, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
Fr. Joseph Loftus CM shares his perspectives on Lent from his perspective in China.a-chinese-ash-wednesday
Lenten Resource, most with a Vincentian twist.
by John Freund, CM | Feb 27, 2009 | Formation, Vincentian Family
Pope Benedict XVI's Message for Lent may be found at http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/messages/lent/documents/hf_ben-xvi_mes_20081211_lent-2009_en.html A Lenten message from Fr. Gregory Gay, CM, superior general of the Congregation of the Mission...
St. Patrick’s Day Parade in NY dedicated to Sisters of Charity
by John Freund, CM | Feb 25, 2009 | Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family
The 2009 New York St. Patrick’s Day Parade is dedicated to the Sisters of Charity. The Sisters are being honored for their many charitable works which began in New York City in 1817. The Sisters have marched up New York’s Fifth Avenue in many of these...
Trivia: The Daughters of Charity and “The Flying Nun”
by John Freund, CM | Feb 25, 2009 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Sister Bertrille, the "Flying Nun" of a 1960's US TV series, was actually created by a writer named Marie Teresa Rios Versace who got the idea for this character when a friend spoke of seeing a nun with a large headpiece almost fly off her feet on a Paris street....
Online registration for Vincentian Family Gathering in Detroit
by John Freund, CM | Feb 24, 2009 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
Registration for the Vincentian Family Gathering, April 16-19, 2009, is accessible: www.vincentianfamilygathering.org.  Registration online will require a credit card payment. If you prefer to mail in your registration (including check), see attached...
NGO Action Alerts for US, Canada – Dear Pres. Obama
by John Freund, CM | Feb 23, 2009 | Justice and Peace, Vincentian Family
"Dear President Obama" begins two new Charities Federation Action Alerts from Caroljean Wille, NGO representative at the United Nations for the Charities Federation (pictured at the right) Normally the Alerts for the US and Canada are the same. In this case, however,...