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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Project looks back in order to go forward with sustainable agriculture
A heirloom seed sanctuary supported by the Sisters of Providence of Saint Vincent de Paul is a finalist for the Canadian Environment Awards is a project. The sanctuary specializes in "open-pollinated" seeds, seeds that allow a bio-diversity generally absent in hybrid...
VMY groups are growing in the Ukraine
The April, 2008 edition of the International Update from the Vincentian Marian Youth reports that, although VMY is just beginning in the Ukraine, already there are ten groups. Also, an article by Sr. Pilar Hurtado de Saracho, DC discussion formation. Get the bulletin...
SSVDP urges help for coming winter in Australia
Stories of poverty "do not put us in real contact with real people," writes Barbara Ryan, who is president of a State Council of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul in Australia. The 2008 Winter Appeal "is about getting in touch with real people." Read her column.
Listening: parallels between poverty in Chicago and Philippines
A graduate student in the School of Public Service Management at DePaul University reflects on what she saw when she and other students traveled to the Philippines. "Listening to the poor," she writes, "is key to finding solutions that can meet their needs." Read the...
Bishop denounces plan to build on property taken from Daughters
Bishop Thomas Nguyen Van Tan of the Diocese of Vinh Long, which is about 50 miles southwest of Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam, has issued a strongly worded protest of the government's plan to build a hotel on land taken in 1977 from the Daughters of Charity. Read the story.
Carol Keehan, DC addresses candidates health care plans
Carol Keehan, DC, President of the Catholic Health Association, spoke on "Health Care and the 2008 Presidential Elections: Whose Voice is not at the Table?" at the 24th annual week-long workshop for Catholic Healthcare Administrators sponsored by St. John's University...
Sister of Charity joins the Century Club
Sister of Charity of Seton Hill Rose Clare Holpp has been recognized by a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA newspaper as a new member of their "Century Club": she celebrated her 100th birthday on Monday. She entered religious life in 1926. Read the brief story, which...
Colorado Vincentian Volunteers see faces, avoid labels
"I didn't want to calculate my time in dollars," a Colorado Vincentian Volunteer told a newspaper columnist. The columnist talked to volunteer who is taking a "gap year" from her studies and to another who worked as a commodities and stock trader before finding...
Vincentian evangelization methods in Southern, Western US Provinces
Using different approaches, the Western and Southern United States Provinces of the Congregation of the Mission "bring God's love to everyday life." A recent article in the Provinces' newsletter, The Vincentian, describes how both regional and parish-focused programs...
Women-Run Banks Breaking Cycle of Poverty
How to deal with the fact that 80% of sub-Saharan Africa's food is grown by women, but women have little access to credit or owership rights to land? One answer: The African Woman Food Farmer Initiative. The African Woman Food Farmer Initiative is an effort to empower...
