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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
More rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina
The Daughters of Charity are establishing a new medical clinic in New Orleans' 9th Ward. Among supporters in this effort: the American College of Surgeons and Habitat for Humanity. Read about Project New Orleans.
Pope asks the rich to hear the cries of the poor
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy, SEPT. 30, 2007 (Zenit.org) - Offering a social interpretation of the parable of Lazarus, the Holy Father referred to an encyclical from his predecessor Paul VI, "Populorum Progressio," saying the appeal has the same urgency today.
An invitation to pray and reflect on vocation
"What path is God calling you to follow?" The Daughters of Charity invite single Catholic women who are interested in discerning a vocation as a sister to spend the weekend of November 16th in prayer and reflection. Visit their Web site.
What does this food pantry need?
The same things you have on your table, the manager of a St. Vincent de Paul Society's food pantry in a New England town told her audience. Verna-Jo Carignan, invited to address an interfaith audience, explained how and why numbers of people served have increased...
100 million child brides: stolen lives
In the next ten years, an estimated 100 million girls will be married before their 18th birthday. Here's a preview of "Child Brides: Stolen Lives", a special that will run on the American network PBS on October 12.
Systemic change: garbage dump becomes a place of hope
[google 2238105394190368409] There's a garbage pile that dwarfs, easily, the small hills of Rome -- and people live on top of it. Payatas is home to people who live on and from the refuse of the super-metropolis of Manila (population 12 million). Learn more about...
Vincentian Among Finalists for Million Dollar Prize
Rev. Norberto Carcellar, C.M. Homeless People's Federation Philippines represented by Rev. Norberto Carcellar, C.M., executive director, is an organization that has enabled squatters living on a sprawling garbage dump in Quezon City, Philippines, to create community...
Philippine VP Cites Vincentian Community for Nation-building
“Education is about molding better people and contributing to building a better world," says Philippine Vice President and Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council Chairman Noli “Kabayan†De Castro. De Castro welcomed the launch of the Vincentian...
Stop the Death Penalty
World Day against the Death Penalty on 10 October, 2007 The Death Penalty At the UN General Assembly’s (UNGA) 62nd session in October 2007, a resolution calling for a global moratorium on executions will be introduced as a step towards the abolition of the death...
October 17: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Rome, October 2007 To all members of the Vincentian Family: We, members of the Vincentian Family, cannot be indifferent to the situation of poverty in the world. These are data that make us ask questions: “The World Bank publishes the basic data on the poverty in...
