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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Superior General’s final video from visit to Kenya
The third of 3 videos taken by the Superior General during his recent visit to the CM and DC missions in Kenya. This one features the postulants and celebrations of the Daughters of Charity. [kml_flashembed fversion="8.0.0"...
Sisters of Charity show the way in early childhood education
A program for children ages 3 to 6 operated by the Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton in Canton, Ohio has proved so successful in improving kindergarten readiness by showing parents how improve their children's reading, language and social skills. that the...
Superior General interviews Daughters of Charity in Kenya
As he interviews the Irish Daughters of Charity he captured some precious footage of the children they work singing "Frere Jacques" in their native language. Video no longer available.
Video – Superior General’s visit to Kenya
Famvin has obtained the first of three videos (done with the $150 FlipVideo) of Fr. Gregory Gay's visit to Kenya. [kml_flashembed fversion="8.0.0" movie="http://media.vmixcore.com/core-flash/UnifiedVideoPlayer/UnifiedVideoPlayer.swf" targetclass="flashmovie"...
An NGO representative at the UN looks at “Seeds of Hope”
Sr. Mary Jo Toll, SND shares another perspective on Seeds of Hope. Sr. Mary Jo is a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame of the Toledo Province. She currently is NGO Representative of the worldwide Congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame at the...
250 Vincentians from 25 countries expected in Goa, India
The Indian National Council of the SVDP will host PANASCO 7 (Pacific and Asian Cooperation) Conference in Magao, Goa State, 6 to 10 September, 2010. The theme of the Conference will be ‘Let Justice and Peace Embrace†and will cover seven topics over four days....
Vincentian Familly groups ask Obama to stop Wall St. gambling on hunger
184 Social Justice Organizations From 29 Countries sent a letter to President Obama... "request that you work to rapidly re-regulate the food and energy commodities futures markets to remove excessive speculation that has so clearly increased price volatility in...
Paying it Forward
During the month of April, about 250 Passing on the Gift ceremonies will be hosted by Heifer International worldwide, as families who have benefitted from Heifer's gifts "pay it forward" to others. Heifer is a non-profit organization dedicated to ending hunger and...
Lay-led liturgies through May 24
The Lay Led Liturgies have now been updated to May 24, the Feast of the Ascension. They are provided by provided by Fr John O'Keefe CM of the Australian Province of the CM. All can be accessed on the site of the Australian CM province through the link: Lay Led...
Superioress General, Sister Evelyne Franc, visits Ecuador
Sister Evelyne Franc visited the Province of Ecuador February 16th-20. The international site of the Daughters of Charity provides some pictures. At the moment there are 55 local Communities and 390 Daughters of Charity working in Equador in a variety of social work,...
