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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Daughters of Charity empower young girls to say no to mutilation
Systemic change is urgently needed when 130 million girls and women worldwide are currently living with the consequences of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) according to the World Health Organization. In Africa, about three million girls are at risk for FGM annually...
Vinnies launch Study of Homelessness and Marginalisation
The St Vincent de Paul Society New South Walves launched its report, Known Territory: A Study of Marginalisation and Homelessness in Katoomba. According to the note on the Australian CM site the Known Territory report gives a voice to those who often have none. “ The...
Extraordinary General Assembly of the SVDP
"I have decided... to call an Extraordinary General Assembly of the Society for the days 29th of May to the 1st of June 2010 in Salamanca (Spain). At the same time, I propose to you three subjects to be extensively tackled during the three days of the Assembly. These...
UN-NGO Federation of the Sisters of Charity June newsletter
It includes a report of the March 31-April 2nd program designed for the Sisters of Charity Federation leadership which included elements of our Vincentian charism and how it is integrated into the work of the Vincentian family at the UN. PDFÂ june-2009. Â The...
Three participants share impressions of the DC Assembly
Three participants of the Daughters of Charity General Assembly present their impressions in French, Spanish and English respectively. The lead story on their international site presents interviews with Sr. Marie-Bernard Giffard, Sr. Maria Esther Seoane Sanchez and...
New Formation and Discernment resources
In the last 6 weeks much material has been added to the "formation" section of famvin.org http://vinformation.famvin.org/ In particular...ideas on how to use the site in formation and discernment http://vinformation.famvin.org/ideas-on-how-to-use-this-site/ and the...
New international Council for the Daughters of Charity
On Monday, the members of the General Assembly elected the new General Councillors of the Company. The General Council, therefore, now consists of the following: Sr Kathleen APPLER, American Sr Christa BAUER, Austrian, re-elected Sr Zofia DANISCAKOVA, Slovakian,...
New famvin resource – VinFormation
The latest segment of famvin.org is VinFormation. It s devoted to developing materials suitable for formation in the charism. Visit this page to see ideas on how VinFormation can be used in a varietey of settings -Â Self--study, small gorups, large groups, mentoring,...
A Sister of Charity Speaks at the Daughters of Charity Assembly
Sister Regina Bechtle, a Sister of Charity of New York, enriched the reflection that has been taking place since the beginning of the Assembly by her treatment of the theme Community as a sign of prophecy and hope. In the third part of her talk, Sister Regina referred...
Indonesian Daughters of Charity mount recycling project
Many people think that garbage is utterly useless, fit only to be thrown away. But as the world marks World Environment Day on June 5, Sister Anna Wiwik Soepraptiwi says that is not the proper way to manage waste. Sisters and a layworker sorting waste materials...
