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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Clinic helps community, economic development
The Marian Clinic, an affiliate of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health Systems, plays a significant role in the ongoing community and economic development of Topeka, Kansas USA. Estimates are that the clinic put almost $2 million (USD) into the local economy...
“We all serve a goal or a purpose”
Nick Lewison weighed 2.4 pounds when he was born ten and a half weeks early. Now in his 20s, he needs a lot of help with daily activities, but he says that "As cerebral palsy limits your physical abilities, your body can be trained to work at St. Vincent de Paul."...
“You get close to Jesus and you know you’re helping people in need”
That's the take of one young people from Perryville, Missouri USA-based Vincentian Marian Youth who did some dirty work Saturday morning. They scraped paint, removed rotted wood, replaced carpet, painted and more for a family resource center that had a number of...
An “endangered vocation”?
Comments by Sister of Charity of Halifax Annata Brockman and Sister of Charity of the Immaculate Conception Gertrude Mulholland are included in an article about the future of religious. Read the article.
Hard times have impact on non-profits
A director of an economic research center spoke last week about how, at a time there is more need for services, funding sources often decrease. A Society of Saint Vincent de Paul in Douglas, Arizona USA already sees this happening. Read the story.
Systemic change: finding a community voice
The fourth in the Seeds of Change series: 20 strategies for systemic change described by members of the Vincentian Family’s Commission for Promoting Systemic Change. Patricia Nava writes: When less than one per cent of people own the land on which they farm, the...
New Orleans, 2008: “Solidarity in Action†for Vincentian Family Gathering
The largest assembly yet of the Vincentian Family will gather in New Orleans next week, April 10 – 12. “Hearts to love and Hands to Serve…. by praying, listening, learning, understanding, sharing and gardening….†is the theme. The goals of this fourth annual...
Remembering MLK’s Campaign Against Poverty
Today, on the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, many recall King's campaign against poverty. Read one account of his vision here. See King's last speech before his death here.
International Vincentian Leaders Meeting
Minutes in pdf format (appended below in plain text) contains reports from the various branches and much more. The minutes also include reports of progress on systemic change initiative, celebration of the Feast of Vincent 2008, membership studies, historical sites...
A Saint in New Jersey?
That's the question posed on a Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth site devoted to Servant of God Sister Miriam Teresa Demjanovich. Recently the New York Times reported on the cause of Sister Miriam Teresah. The Sisters have an excellent Web site that provides more...
