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Jubilee year July 8, 2008 – Association of the Miraculous Medal
The Association of the Miraculous Medal Jubilee Year will extend from July 8, 2008 to November 20, 2009. The Year will close with the third international meeting which will take place in the rue du Bac in Paris from November 16- 20, 2009. Letter of Superior General on...
Sale of 1 house will help 30 villages
A family gives up 1/2 of their American dream house to transform the lives of some 20,000 people in Ghana according to a CNN report and video clip by Rusty Dornan. (Talk about what one family can do for systemic change!) Prompted by a an experience of their 15 year...
Young Vincentian lay missioners in Ethiopia
"All the Vincentian Lay Missionaries have arrived safely. We were two days in Addis Abeba, where the DCs and the CMs took us in as family. Then it was off to our missions." So begins Aidan Rooney in his first report. Dear everyone: All the Vincentian Lay Missionaries...
Improving Living Conditions Through Innovative and Sustainable Design
Taking seriously the U.N. Millennium Development Goal of achieving "improvement in the lives of 100 million slum dwellers by the year 2015," the Open Architecture Network is an online, open source community dedicated to improving living conditions through innovative...
How much of your charity goes to charity
The LA Times has a feature that tracks all the major charities and reports how much of each dollar goes to the actual charity. In some case organizations lose more than 90 percent of funds raised to professional cash finders.
Systemic Change Strategy: Promote social co-responsibility and networking
The sixteenth in the Seeds of Change series: 20 strategies for systemic change described by members of the Vincentian Family’s Commission for Promoting Systemic Change. The Rev. Fr. Norberto L. Carcellar, C. M. writes: Systemic Change Strategy 16: Promote social...
GodTube video of a Vincent de Paul Society home visit
GodTube has a 25 minute video simulating and analyzing a home visit by members of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. It is a simulation done by members of the the St. Vincent de Paul Society who are not paid actors. It is part of a series made available by Deacon...
Jesus likes to have his face tickled
Did you know that "Jesus Liked to have his face tickled"? That is one of the things you can learn about on the Elizabeth Seton Pediatric Center sponsored by the New York Sisters of Charity. Excerpt from the website... "He sat in a chair that compensated for his...
Pope sends special greetings to SVDP Youth Workday in Spain
Pope Benedict sent special greetings to the participants in the International Youth Workday Study, sponsored by the International Confederation of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, that is taking place in Salamanca. He invites "all to encounter the face of Jesus...
14,000 letters between a Daughter of Charity and prisoners
As a "second career" after her term of office as Provincial of the Daughters of Charity Province of Barcelona Sr. Genoveva entered full time into a ministry she began in 1945 - exchanging letters with people detained in various prisons. The archive now contains some...
