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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Sister receives “Light of Christ” award
The Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend awarded the 2008 Father Tom O'Connor Light of Christ Award to Sister of Charity Janet Gildea, M.D. Read award coverage and r ead an article at the Catholic Health Care site about Sister Gildea.
SSVDP facilitates an international friendship
We live 12,000 kilometres apart. We have never set eyes on each other. Nor ever heard each other’s voice. And yet, we have become friends. By way of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, for more than 40 years an American school teacher has been connected with a...
Letter from Superior General
Fr. Gregory Gay, CM writes a letter introducing the new famvin logo and a summary of the recent meeting of some of the international leaders of Vincentian Family. Download the following documents: 2008-sg-logo - Fr. Greg's Letter (pdf) logo-explanation - explanation...
On this day…
On April 2, 1791, Saint Francis Regis Clet set out on journey to China. He was 43 years old and had asked several times to be sent to China. He was martyred in China some 27 years later. Read about the saint in the Vincentian Encyclopedia.
Tempo Forte circular now online
The circular for the 3 - 7 March 2008 Tempo Forte meeting is now online. Go to the Web page.
Pope’s visit increases interest in Catholic heritage sites
The visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Washington D.C. and New York City this month has put the spotlight on a number of sites, including the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Shrine in New York City. Read the article.
SSVDP becomes preferred housing provider in Adelaide
Frederic Ozanam Housing Association, operated in Adelaide Australia by the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, is set to become the preferred housing provider for the Archdiocese of Adelaide. The result should be an increase in housing for those who need it. Read the...
Logo adopted by heads of Vincentian family
At the 14th meeting of the international heads of the Vincentian Family which took place earlier this year, a logo was adopted (shown at right). Alexis Cerquera Trujillo offers a detailed exposition of the logo. "The Vincentian Family lives and manifests the...
A young province in Ethiopia
The international Web site of the Daughters of Charity contains this interesting news about the Province of Ethiopia: one-third of the sisters "are under ten years vocation." Read the story.
“This place saved my life”
That's what a 25 year old woman says about St. Jude's Women's Recovery Center, a project of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul in Louisville, Kentucky USA. Read the story (.pdf)
