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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Pope’s New Encyclical
Benedict XVI's encyclical on hope is available on the Vatican website in a number of languages.
Mortgage Lending and the Poor
There has been much recent U.S. press about people losing homes because they can't pay mortgages they should not have been given. In Ireland too, St. Vincent de Paul Society is finding increasing numbers experiencing poverty due to crippling mortgage payments that...
Service and the big picture – Dennis Holtschneider, CM
The holiday season focuses our attention on gratitude and service to others. In this short video clip, Fr. Dennis Holtschneider, President of DePaul University, speaks about the Vincentian leadership characteristic of always keeping the big picture in mind in...
New Australian government places priority on homelessness
St Vincent de Paul Society National CEO Dr John Falzon has welcomed newly elected Kevin Rudd's decision to address homelessness as one of his government's top priorities.
Daughter of Charity to be beatified
December 2 Lindalva Justo de Oliveira, DC will be beatified and Sister Señarosa, who has been a Daughter for 50 years, recovered, and attributed her renewed health to Sister Oliveira may hold the key to her canonization.
SSVDP has a “secret” for student success
Somewhere in one of Dublin's pockets of poverty, after school some students go quietly to a hidden classroom. There they receive tutoring and mentoring in a program set up by "a committed volunteer" of the St Vincent de Paul Society. There's a reason for keeping the...
One billion people homeless, lack adequate shelter
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Homelessness is "a global pandemic" that demands a Christian response and government intervention, a Vatican official said during the Vatican's first international conference addressing the pastoral needs of the homeless. Archbishop Agostino...
Grace notes for the Miraculous Medal and St. Catherine.
FAMVIN's Patricia Tryon has prepared a reflective 5 minute video as a resource for celebrating the feast of the Miraculous Medal (Nov. 27) and the feast of St. Catherine Laboure (Nov. 28).(If you can't see the video, you probably need to install the current flash...
Searching for background on the Miraculous Medal
Over the years famvin.org has posted many items of interest related to the Feast of the Miraculous Medal. Typing in the word "miraculous" in the search box on any page of famvin will return links to inspirational videos, the novena in multimedia format, Robert...
Restoring the scandal of Christmas
As my mind began to turn toward Advent this year, a surprising thought occurred to me: that first Christmas set off the greatest systemic change ever when God became one with us - in a stable no less. What a scandal! God became one with us. A hallmark of successful...
