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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Podcast of Patricia de Nava on Systemic Change
Patricia de Nava offered her insights into systemic change to the Ladies of Charity gathered in San Antonio. Famvin is happy to present the podcast of her presentation. [audio:Patricia Nava.mp3] Download (right click to save) Word document 2008-09-23 Note: the Podcast...
Resources of the feast of Vincent 9/27
Some new resources for the feast of St. Vincent... most notably vinformation, a site still in development and dedicated to the idea that learning about Vincent and his charism can be fun. The Vincentian Encyclopedia has added a great deal of other material.Some of the...
Pope Appeals to World Leaders
Despite world economic conditions Pope Benedict appealed today to world leaders to "courageously take and apply the necessary measures to wipe out extreme poverty, hunger, ignorance and the plague of pandemics, which above all hit the most vulnerable."
Questions about systemic change: what are the criteria?
This four-week series by Fr Robert P. Maloney, C.M. aims at helping members of the Vincentian Family find more ways of talking and reflecting about concept systemic change and its implications. In this final installment, Fr. Maloney describes aspects that distinguish...
Year of Paul – resource of the week
The Diocese of Scranton has age appropriate lessons plans as well as a powerpoint presentation on the Year of Paul.
Facebook as a tool of ministry
"Coping with spam and Facebook" by John Freund CM looks at how the younger generation avoids spam by using Facebook, The fact that Facebook today numbers some 60 million users with 85% having a college degree should catch our attention also. The article appeared in...
Process to change the unjust situations affecting the poor
Patricia de Nava, past President of the AIC, presented a talk at the LCUSA Assembly in San Antonio on "Systemic Change: A Process to change the unjust situations affecting the poor" The outline of her talk follows. What is Systemic Change? It is a process that...
CM Parish – podcasting as tool of evangelization
Fr. Jack Kane, CM, the pastor at St. Mary's Church in Opelika, AL is allowing the parish to record Sunday homilies and post the recordings as podcasts on the parish website. Parish websites are common - especially in the United States. However, these internet sites...
Daughters, 84 and 75, raise $100,000 for hurricane relief
In just six days, two Daughters of Charity have sent four 40-foot containers with $100,000 worth of food, water and medicines to the Port of Havana. Once there other sisters go to the docks and inspect the containers and ride with a trusted driver to make sure the...
What does it mean to be evangelized by those we serve?
Sr. Mary Ann Daly, SC shared her personal experience with a homeless man who taught her and other administrators many lessons. The video, on the famvinglobal YouTube channel was recorded at the recent Ladies of Charity Assembly in San Antonio.
