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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Why do the poor need to forgive us?
Ron Rolheiser, in his syndicated column writes, "here is a story told about Saint Vincent de Paul. Perhaps it's partly myth, but its challenge is real nonetheless. Vincent once gave an instruction to his religious community that sounded something like this: "When the...
Systemic Change Strategy 11: Be transparent
The twelfth in the Seeds of Change series: 20 strategies for systemic change described by members of the Vincentian Family’s Commission for Promoting Systemic Change. Gene Smith writes: Systemic Change Strategy 12: Be transparent by inviting participation in budget...
“75” – Milestones for two Vincentian Universities
Robert Maloney CM marks 75th podcast in the dePaul University weekly series Living the Spirituality of Vincent de Paul Today with a reading from his "Go! The missionary spirituality of St. Vincent". Blogger Raul Angier marks Adamson University's 75th Anniversary....
Who represents the Vincentian Family at World Youth Day?
What branches of the family are represented "down under" (for those of us in the northern hemisphere)? Who and what are some of the favorite things of those who will be offering insights at keynote presentations. The Vincentian Family World Youth Day website features...
It Takes A Village
In Africa, poverty is being fought village by village, using the Millennium Villages approach, which attacks poverty across a wide front. After only two years, the communities involved are already showing real results. The Millennium Villages Project grew out of...
Pope: Poor nations entitled to riches under their soil
Benedict affirmed that countries cannot appropriate the wealth of poor nations hidden in the soil or underground. Addressing 9 new envoys he also reviewed the situations in Tanzania and Uganda, Liberia, Chad and Bangladesh, Belarus and Guinea, Sri Lanka and Nigeria,...
How to save a life: integrate the mission
By thorough integration of values and mission, Daughters of Charity organized a successful, multi-disciplinary response to change the future of a young woman with a rare and devastating syndrome. Early in March, Hoa Tran, 20, endured eleven hours of surgery, inching...
Name one place where you always feel at home…
...and you never leave empty-handed and you know you are loved. A blogger describes finding such a place, a place where I think a vulnerable teenager might have rescued her own self esteem. It's a Society of Saint Vincent de Paul thrift store. Read a fabulous, gritty,...
Australian government looks at “New Approach to Homelessness”
A policy paper entitled Which Way Home? A New Approach to Homelessness has been published by the Australian government. The paper's purpose is to educate, to encourage public discussion, and to offer proposals, with particular focus on changing underlying causes of...
The sanctity of Sr. Marta Wiecka
"Sanctity simply means love," writes Daughter of Charity Jozefa Watroba in an essay for Poland's Sunday Catholic Weekly about Blessed Marta Wiecka. The article includes much biographical information and places Blessed Marta's life in a specific historical context....
