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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Slide show of Superior General’s visit to Madagascar
by John Freund, CM | Oct 21, 2008 | Missions inter gentes, Vincentian Family
CMGLOBAL, the international site of the Congregation of the Mission, features a slide show with comments by the Superior General about his recent visit to Madagascar.
“Life’s too short not to be a Vincentian!”
by John Freund, CM | Oct 21, 2008 | Vincentian Family
Thus writes a Vincentian Service Corps volunteer in the Autumn issue of the VSC Newsletter now available in pdf format.
Vincentian Family on YouTube
by John Freund, CM | Oct 20, 2008 | Vincentian Family
Joe Fitzgerald has added a new YouTube video about his work with indigenous people. A quick reminder that the Vincentian Encyclopedia has a page that tracks the growing number of YouTube videos related to the the Vincentian Family and its concerns. See also the...
What is going on in the Vincentian Family today?
by John Freund, CM | Oct 19, 2008 | Vincentian Family
One of the under-utilized features of the famvin site is a calendar that lists major events in each branch. Currently it can be found on the right side of every famvin page. Feel free to add your major events either directly or by sending a message to famvin using the...
WDVD – What did Vincent do on…?
by John Freund, CM | Oct 19, 2008 | Vincentian Family
To find out visit John Rybolt's amazing reconstruction of Vincent's daily activities as recorded in his correspondence. Among the insights... Vincent wrote most of his letters on Fridays.
“Serving quietly” – Daughters of Charity in San Antonio
by John Freund, CM | Oct 18, 2008 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
"... they become part of the people that they work with, ... They’ve been so inspirational to me. They just quietly do their work — they don’t ask for anything in return.†The San Antonio Express-News writes The Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent De Paul...
SVDP raises close to $1,000,000 in “Walk for the Poor”
by John Freund, CM | Oct 18, 2008 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
Video presents the Walk for the Poor Project of the St. Vincent de Paul Society project which exceeded expectations. The video is also available in Spanish.
Sisters of Charity Cincinnati list of social justice links
by John Freund, CM | Oct 17, 2008 | Church, Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family
The website of the Sisters of Charity Cincinnati has an extensive list of links related to social justice ministries.
Joseph Loftus – Video on 3 billion people living in poverty
by John Freund, CM | Oct 17, 2008 | Justice and Peace, Missions inter gentes, Vincentian Family
Vincentian Joseph Loftus uses Facedbook to draw attention to video "Hands" depicting the plight of 3 billion people in poverty on the occasion of Blog Action Day.
Save the date; be the “Voice of the Poor”
by John Freund, CM | Oct 16, 2008 | Collaboration, Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
The Vincent de Paul Society will join with 18 other Catholic organizations at the annual Catholic Social Ministry Gathering in Washington February 19-22, 2009. SVdP Voice of the Poor representatives have attended the gathering for the past five years.