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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
The feeding of the first 100,000
Thursday morning Cor Unum in Lawrence, Kansas served its 100,000th guest. Feast day coincidence? Maybe not: During the construction of the building, the parish needed an extra $250,000 to finish the project. [The pastor] asked the Sisters of Charity ... to pray to St....
“Much more than a store”
Dallas, Texas was the largest American city without a St Vincent de Paul Thrift Store until a very special grand opening today. The store's slogan -- Much more than a store -- points to what a volunteer told The Dallas Morning News: the store is "a great vehicle for...
Papal Preacher – Lazarus and the First World.
Fr. Cantalamessa, preacher to the Papal household, says, "The principal thing to bring to light in regard to the parable of the rich man in this Sunday’s Gospel is his contemporary relevance. At the global level the two characters are the two hemispheres: The rich...
“Sukkoth & Vincent”
The contributing editor of the Orangeville Citizen in Ontario, Canada this week ran a column determined, he said, by the date of publication: September 27. He offers a brief meditation on the life of Vincent. Read it here.
“Love is Inventive to Infinity”
Liturgical Texts for the Feast of St. Vincent
In response to a number of inquiries we are reposting a link on the English language site of the Canadian Vincent dePaul Society to the liturgical texts used for the feast of St. Vincent.
Award for Vincentian Marian Youth in Alaska
Because of the many community events it has organized, VMY/FIAT of St. Anthony's Parish in Anchorage has received one of Alaska's "Spirit of Youth" awards for 2007. Read about the Spirit of Youth program and take a look at the youth group site.
Holy See Statement on Climate Change
The Holy See affirms that protecting the environment is a grave responsibility shared by every person, but also warns that two extreme attitudes should be avoided. Source and full text
High fashion, low cost fundraising
Take $10 of goods from at a St. Vincent de Paul thrift store and enormous ingenuity: that's the assignment for sixty students in the College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning at University of Cincinnati. RetroFittings is a fashion show with a twist. About...
A really big discovery in San Diego
Half a million years ago or so, a Columbian Mammoth dropped a tusk on property that is owned today by St. Vincent de Paul in San Diego. The tusk was discovered last month in the course of excavation for new construction of apartments for the working poor. Read more,...
