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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
The Internet as Catalyst for Social Justice
by sjs | Nov 11, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
A new research paper by Harvard Professor Elaine C. Kamarck addresses how the Internet has enhanced productivity in government run anti-poverty programs and bridged physical and market isolation gaps prevalent in poor populations. "Poverty has gone hand in hand with...
“A Saint in New Jersey?”
by John Freund, CM | Nov 11, 2008 | Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family
The website of the Sisters of Charity Convent Station asks the question about one of its own. For more information about Bayonne-born Venerable Sister Miriam Teresa Demjanovich visit the Vincentian Encyclopedia entry devoted to her.
Vincent – “Up close and personal”
by John Freund, CM | Nov 11, 2008 | Uncategorized
Abelly's classic biography of Vincent, published just 4 years after his death, is among the treasures being made available in easily accessible fashion in the reference shelf of the Vincentian Encyclopedia. It has the advantage of being written by a man who knew...
Human rights “atomised”
by John Freund, CM | Nov 9, 2008 | Vincentian Family
"In every market, there are the strong and the weak; the winners and losers. On the other hand, human dignity is bound up with social values that stress the importance of family and community," said Autralian Retired High Court Chief Justice Murray Gleeson. Australian...
5th Anniversary of Beatification of Rosalie Rendu
by John Freund, CM | Nov 9, 2008 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Rosalie Rendu was convinced “You will go and visit the poor ten times a day, and ten times a day you will find God there … you go into their poor homes, but you find God there.â€Â Occasional contributor to famvin Susan Stabile commemorates the 5th anniversary...
“Where does all the money go?”
by John Freund, CM | Nov 8, 2008 | Daughters of Charity, Formation, Vincentian Family
Suzanne Baumgartner, DC has a Facebook page devoted to Daughters of Charity International Projects Services. The page leads people to "where all the money goes" in donations to this fund. There Sr.Felicia Mazzola, D.C. shows where the help goes all around the...
Seton Legacy Garden – Bicentennial Memorial
by John Freund, CM | Nov 8, 2008 | Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family
The Seton Legacy Garden to honor the bicentennial of the foundation of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Joseph’s in Emmitsburg, Maryland. The garden is planned as beautiful pathways that extend behind Saint Elizabeth Ann’s first permanent home in Saint Joseph’s...
Vincentian Family Marches with “End Child Poverty”
by John Freund, CM | Nov 8, 2008 | Daughters of Charity, Justice and Peace, Vincentian Family
The Vincentian Millenium Partnership joined with more than 10,000 people in the largest ever rally to ""End Child Poverty"" in the UK where 3.9 million children live in poverty. The Daughters of Charity were quite prominent amng the marchers.
DC CEO of Catholic Health Association on need for health care reform
by John Freund, CM | Nov 8, 2008 | Daughters of Charity, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
The president of the nation's largest nonprofit hospital system warned of fear-mongering sinking another effort to overhaul the nation's health care system. Sister Carol Keehan DC said "pseudo health reform" -- including health savings accounts and high-deductible...
Ozanam Learning Centre – Helping the Homeless help themselves
by John Freund, CM | Nov 6, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Vincentian Family
Cooking classes are so popular at the Matthew Talbot hostel (a work of the St Vincent de Paul Society) that the modest kitchen is always packed tight with homeless men keen to learn how to prepare hearty dishes such as butter chicken. Sidney Morning Herald