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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Now online: March 2008 bulletin from Vincentian Solidarity Office
Micro-grants are part of the news published in the March 2008 bulletin from the Vincentian Solidarity Office. Also covered: a farm mechanization project in Cameroon and computerizing Congregation of the Mission houses in South India. Go to the bulletin (.pdf).
Easter lunch for 300 in Louisiana
Sunday in Baton Rouge, Louisiana USA a dining room that is the project of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul served lunch for 300. On the menu: ham, green beans, dirty rice and cheesecake. The dining room served a record 217,000 meals last year. Read the story.
World Alliance of Cities Against Poverty
Delegates representing cities from 100 countries are taking part in Athens this week in a global forum of the World Alliance of Cities against Poverty. Among the outcomes expected from the gathering is "the adoption of time-bound and quantified local 'road maps' that...
Rate of homelessness rises in Queensland
Rising interest rates and other financial pressures contribute to increasing rates of homelessness in Queensland, Australia. Chairman of the Society Justice Committee of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul Robert Leach invites people to leave "heart prints of...
Maison d’Enfants, ministry of Daughters in Bethany-Jerusalem, has a Web site
Maison d'Enfants, a ministry of the Daughters of Charity in Bethany, has an extensive Web site. Hat tip to regular famvin.org/en reader Toma' for pointing this out in a recent comment. Visit the Web site.
Bene Merenti medals for two Daughters at Knock
Daughters of Charity Martha Cormack and Lucy Tierney have been recognized with Bene Merenti medals for their service to the Church at Knock, Ireland. The medals were conferred on the Feast Day of Saint Louise. Read the story.
NY Times reports on cause for Sister of Charity Miriam Teresa Demjanovich
The cause of Convent Station Sister of Charity Miriam Teresa Demjanovich is described by Sister Marian José Smith for a New York Times reporter: "She believed God had given her a special mission in life, and that was to remind people that everyone, regardless of...
Healing Through Love
Mission of Mercy, a non-profit, faith-based organization, works out of RVs converted into mobile medical clinics to provides free care to the working poor in South Texas. "[W]e’re working together to show these people that somebody loves them, somebody cares.â€...
Irish America’s top 100 list for 2008 includes two Sisters of Charity
The magazine Irish America has named Sister of Charity of Cincinnati Patricia Cruise and Sister of Charity of New York Peggy McEntee to its 2008 roster of Top 100 Irish-Americans. Sister Cruise is director of Covenant House. She is responsible for raising $120 million...
History celebration highlights life, legacy of Elizabeth Seton
On April 5 and 6 the annual "Bell and History" celebration in Fredericks County, Maryland USA will spotlight Emmitsburg and, in particular, the life and legacy of Mother Elizabeth Seton. Daughter of Charity Betty Ann McNeil will be one of the presenters. Read the...
