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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Vincentians moving from “hand-outs” to “a hand up”
One key to "addressing underlying causes and discovering long-term solutions for poverty" (John Paul II to Vincentians), a process also known as "systemic change", is recognizing the difference between "hand outs" and "a hand up". FAMVIN's weekly feature on systemic...
A “hidden kingdom” of grace, kindness, and mercy in Jerusalem
"All life that God gave," says Daughter of Charity Katerina Fuchs, "must be respected." In Jerusalem, the Daughters run a facility that provides full-time care for 59 severely disabled children, two-thirds of whom are Arab. Among the workers are volunteers who have...
Christians Are Called to Defend Human Rights
The president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace says that Christians are called to work for the abolition of "the death penalty, torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment against the human person,†calling such practices...
Project Homeless Connectcomes to Northern California
In October of each year, an event promoted by the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness asks communities to take a look at how better to connect themselves to the homeless in their midst. Read about the first ever Project Homeless Connect in Humboldt County,...
Gala evening that began with prayer
At the first gala fundraiser of the Atlanta Georgia USA Saint Vincent de Paul Society, Atlanta Archbishop Wilton Gregory called the parable of Lazarus and the rich man "a story that should frighten all of us because we live in a community where there are thousands of...
Sister of Charity “hardly not working”
That's how the Philadephia Inquirer puts it, anyway, in their Sunday feature about Carmella Marie Christiano, S.C. About her turn as a whistle-blower almost 40 years ago she says, "I was too young and too dumb to be frightened, but actually, I was in the same peril as...
Weekly news roundup on malaria
Malaria is back in parts of Perú. Read about probable causes. Repression of human rights and rampant infectious disease go together in Burma. See UC Berkeley's report. In science this week, a discovery that having blood type "O" tends to provide protection from...
Refusing to slow down: “We try to help”
Few weeks pass without a St Vincent de Paul volunteer being featured in a newspaper somewhere in the world. Yesterday in St Louis, Missiouri USA a newspaper ran with a story about a senior who refuses to let "his body's imperfections slow him down". Read the story.
Celebrating bicentenary of Brothers of Charity
The Asia Tribune reports on the celebration in Sri Lanka, where the Brothers of Charity were established only 18 years ago. The article highlights establishment of Nisansala, a training center for persons with learning disabilities. Read the story.
Chapters of Ladies of Charity in Utah
The leader of Bountiful, Utah's chapter of the Ladies of Charity says that last summer's convention increased her commitment to the mission. ...at a meal, members were divided into groups according to the poverty statistics of the United States today, and received...
