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The Vincentian Family is a movement made up of more than 160 institutions and some 4,000,000 people who follow Jesus Christ, serving the poor, as did St. Vincent de Paul, St. Louise de Marillac and many other believers who, over the last four centuries, have enriched the Vincentian charism.
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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
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...
Holy See Addresses UN on Need to Halt Food Crisis
The food crisis is threatening "the attainment of the primary right of every person to be free from starvation," said Archbishop Migliori, permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, at yesterday's general debate of the U.N. Economic and Social Council...
Sr. Louise Lears, SC – Documents and perspectives on penalties
The canonical discipline imposed on Sr. Louise Lears, a Sister of Charity of Cincinnati, has generated much controversy and misinformation. What follows is a compilation of key documents and analysis. Documentation on St. Louis Archdiocesan website Statement by Sr....
Photographer of the face of God in the poor
John Holbrook "uses his skills as a photographic artist to paint film portraits of the poor, the disadvantaged, the homeless, and the mentally or physically challenged. He portrays his subjects as saints and patriarchs, giving them names taken from scripture. He...
What it Means to be a Change Agent
"Your greatest joy will be what you can do for others to help them encounter Christ, so they can know and follow Him themselves." At Intentional Disciples, Fr. Mike modifies a secular piece about being an agent of change to reflect our call to be Christ in the world...
A quote for all ages
"All my life I have followed the poetry of love in preference to the poetry of anger. I will not change now" Frederic Ozanam as quoted on the site of Vinnies Youth in Australia
Pope once again stresses connection between poverty and war
VATICAN CITY, JULY 1, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI is dedicating his message for the World Day of Peace to a theme lurking behind many conflicts: poverty. "Combating Poverty: Building Peace" is the theme chosen by the Pope for this January's 42nd World Day of...
Vinnies Youth – peer ministry takes on youth addictions
"Tackling a marijuana addiction, taking on a traineeship, staying at school to finish the year 10 certificate, having the courage to speak in front of your peers about your personal situation ... these were just some of the monumental outcomes from a rural youth...
Temporary glitch in famvin search engine fixed
After touting the improved searching capabilities on famvin we were embarassed to learn that it temporarily went AWOL. It is now functioning again. Our thanks to Marquerite Broderick, DC for drawing attention to the malfunction.
Central Association of the Miraculous Medal posts videos
The Central Association of the Miraculous medal announces a 2 minute preview of your Shrine on-line: Click here: The Faithful Traveler -- Videos Fr. Carl Pieber writes... "The video will be featured on several news media. The Bulletin of Philadelphia (an events...
