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184,800 Registered for World Youth Day
SYDNEY, Australia, SEPT. 2, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Surpassing expectations, 184,800 pilgrims have already registered for World Youth Day -- which is still eleven months away. World Youth Day chief operating officer Danny Casey said he was thrilled with the response from...
Ladies of Charity (AIC) Report from Peru
More than two weeks after the quake….. "Everything, absolutely everything is destroyed. Of course I knew this was the case. But one thing is to imagine it, and another to see it." Dear Friends, Last Friday, Pilar Barboza, a leader from the Asociacion de Caridades...
Three Groups from the Sisters of Charity Federation Collaborate
 When Rendu Services (Dunbar, Pa.) opened, four religious sisters, all Daughters of Charity from Albany, ran the organization. Since November, 2006, three more sisters -- from the Vincentian Sisters of Charity, near Pittsburgh, and the Sisters of Charity, in...
Pope Leads Church’s First Eco-friendly Rally
LORETO, Italy (Reuters) - Pope Benedict on Saturday led the Catholic Church's first eco-friendly youth rally -- where nearly everything used was biodegradable or recyclable -- and urged his young listeners to shun "disposable love". BBC coverage (includes video link)...
“Best thing since sliced blog”
Campus Bread is a blog for students and campus activists that aspires to being "a place to facilitate dialogue about issues that affect hungry and poor people; create energy for advocacy; provide inspiration and motivation; and lift up through words and photos...
World Population Report – Youth Perspectives
The UN World Population Report 2007 includes a special segment on the implications regarding youth population and profiles of youth in various parts of the world. In 2008, for the first time, more than half of the world's population will live in urban areas. By 2030,...
NUNTIA (Congregation of the Mission) August Issue Online
NUNTIA No. 8 AUGUST 2007 -Monthly Bulletin of News from the General Curia of the C.M. The following will also be available on http://cmglobal.org/en/ Earthquake: For those of who have not gone through the rubble each day, or wiped away the tears of the victims, or who...
Assisting the Vincentian Family in Peru – Details
• See comments on this article for an update - August 31, 2007 We have looked at many possible ways to get donations of all sizes directly to Fr. Alfonso Berrade, CM, in Pisco, a city that was 85% destroyed in the earthquake that shook Peru August 15th. One of the...
Meeting of Vincentian Formators in Asia-Pacific Region
July 1-15, 2007 marked a Joint Meeting of CCC & APRF (CCC - the Commission of Vincentian Charism and Culture at Asia Pacific. The group was initiated on 2003.
Read any live books lately?
Lismore Library in Australia offers a program of "living books", people who make themselves available for personal dialogue. June Crawford, a Saint Vincent de Paul Society advocate for the homeless, is about to make her third appearance on the list this year. Read...
