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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Action Alert from the Sisters of Charity Federation NGO
In light of the upcoming United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development the Sisters of Charity Federation, Office of the NGO Representative Sr. Caroljean Wille, SC requests letters be written to President Obama....
Daughter of Charity teaches practical spirituality
“Sometimes spirituality can be complex,†said Daughter of Charity Sister Martha Garcia at the Saint Olaf Chapter of the Ladies of Charity Lenten retreat held at the Daughters of Charity Convent in Bountiful March 14. So Sr. Martha taught the Ladies of Charity and...
Missionary Cenacle Family celebrate 100th Anniversary
April 9, 2009 marked the 100th Anniversary of the first gathering of laity with Fr. Thomas Judge, CM in St. John Perboyre Chapel at St. John's Parish in Brooklyn, NY. April 16-19, 2009 over 100 delegates of the Missionary Cenacle Family gathered in LaGrange GA and...
Paradigm shifts in communication and the Vincentian Family
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, FlipVideo, Wikipedia, Podcasts, Blogs... These are but a few of the buzzwords and tools that are reshaping how we communicate in an Internet Age. The time seems to have come to begin to catalog what is actually going on in the Vincentian...
Children in Vincentian parish help move City Council (Australia)
A project to remove graffiti was initiated when Ashfield Council (Sidney) received letters from students at St Vincent's Parish Primary School asking if they would improve a pedestrian underpass and remove all of the ‘bad words'. The students also said that they...
Seton Legacy of Charity Medal Award Ceremony
On Saturday, May 23, 2009, 51 men and women from diverse backgrounds will be honored for their charitable works in the spirit of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton. These awardees represent a diverse and world-wide group of people who have contributed in a significant way to...
Seton Family of Hospitals earns distinguished workplace for women award
The Girl Scouts of Central Texas recognized the Seton Family of Hospitals as a distinguished workplace for women at an awards ceremony last week. The Girl Scouts chose the Central Texas family of hospitals for their efforts to create and promote an open,...
Non-profits save money, go green with virtual meetings
How can virtual meetings help your organization lower costs and reduce environmental damage at the same time? TechSoup, the "Technology Place for Non-profits" has a very rich resource and how to's for virtual meetings. Here are some other TechSoup nonprofit virtual...
Dialogue Caf̩ РUsing TelePresence screens for dialogue
Dialogue Cafés around the world will be linked by high definition screens so that ordinary people from different cultures can meet, talk and innovate together. The cafes are a bottom-up movement that complements the tradition of addressing sustainability issues from...
Sr. Germaine Price DC reports on UN commemoration on Rwanda
Sister Germaine Price, representing the Company of the Daughters of Charity at the United Nations, shares the news below from the UN as it commemorated the 15th anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide. See the international website of the Daughters of Charity
