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Micro-finance, the Vincentian Family and Haiti
The Projects Committee planning for the 350th anniverssary is exploring microfinance as an effective response to the global challenge of extreme poverty in Haiti. Microfinance, combined with educational programs and social services, has proved to be an effective...
Sulpician priests honored by the Daughters of Charity
On June 22, 2009, Sulpician priests were honored by the Daughters of Charity in a special Mass held in the Basilica of the National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton. Sister Betty Ann McNeil, DC, Provincial Archivist, remarked, “It was the Sulpicians who guided St....
Sisters of Charity of Nazareth threatened in Nepal
A number of religious groups, including the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, have been told to leave Nepal or face dire consequences from the Hindu group that claimed responsibility for the bombing of Assumption Church in Kathmandu in May according to Bishop Anthony...
Christian (vs. Secular) Service of Others
Occasional famvin contributor, Susan Stabile, offers perspective on this issue in her Creo en Dios post for today. "First, what we are about is God’s business, not ours. What we do, we do in cooperation with and in support of God’s desire for the world, not our own....
Guides to Caritas in veritate
Education for Justice has produced a very useful map or outline of the pope's recent encyclical. Caritas in Veritate (pdf). See also John Allen's shorter list of the some of the key points...Pope proposes a Christ humanism... Benedict says the church does not have...
New series of Vincentian podcasts – dePaul U.
The DePaul University Office of Mission and Values launched an interview podcast that focuses on the Vincentian mission. This is a monthly podcast that ranges from 40minutes to about an hour long. The podcast is hosted by Scott Kelley, the assistant vice-president for...
Letter from Louise de Marillac after recent General Assemble
The international site of the Daughters of Charity features a letter from Louise herself reflecting on their recently completed General Assembly.
“The more who die, the less we care.”
Nicholas Kristof asks "why we’re so willing to try to assist a stranger before us, while so unwilling to donate to try to save strangers from malaria half a world away. One of the reasons, I believe, is that humanitarians are abjectly ineffective at selling their...
Vincentian President comments on Caritas in Veritate
In an interview with ZENIT, Fr. David O'Connell, CM, shares his perspective on Benedict XVI's encyclical, "Caritas in Veritate." The article is one among Zenit's many articles on the new Encyclical. Vincentian Father David O'Connell is president of The Catholic...
Why I return to Ethiopia
Jenna Carbone writes...."Many people have asked me why I have chosen to go back to Jimma this year and the answer is fairly simple. In addition to having an amazing time and feeling an intense sprit of unity, it goes beyond that. Since language is a consistent...
