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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Restoring the scandal of Christmas
As my mind began to turn toward Advent this year, a surprising thought occurred to me: that first Christmas set off the greatest systemic change ever when God became one with us - in a stable no less. What a scandal! God became one with us. A hallmark of successful...
“Lots to Gardens” harvests community meal
Curried pumpkin-apple soup, tomato florentine soup, potato-vegetable chowder: it's what's for dinner later this week in Lewiston, Maine USA. "Lots to Gardens", a program of sustainable urban agriculture sponsored by the Sisters of Charity Health System, will be...
God Touches a Life: Catherine Labouré
EWTV Special Feature - GOD TOUCHES A LIFE 1:00 hr. In 1830 a French nun, Catherine Laboure, received a series of Marian apparitions that would change the world. This is the amazing story of her life, and how Our Lady used her to bring the Miraculous Medal to the...
YouTube and Vincentian Formation
As a result of the 12 week program in Paris renewal in the Vincentian charism one of the participants has developed a YouTube video that expresses his view of the four vows taken by members of the Congregation of the Mission. Members of other vowed branches of the...
“Vinspiration”: Catherine Labouré
In preparation for World Youth Day, the Vincentian WYD site has been making available reflections on some of the holy women and men who have followed in Vincent's footsteps. This week a .pdf is available about Catherine Labouré; download it now. Hat tip: tgw at...
Hunger no more! – Benedict XVI
Vatican City, Nov 22, 2007 / 08:47 am (CNA).- "The time has come to ensure, for the sake of peace, that no man, woman and child will ever be hungry again!" the Pope told members of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), gathered in Rome for their 34th...
Update on Halifax Retirement Residence and Sisters of Charity Centre
Construction of the Sisters of Charity Centre and Halifax Retirement Residence continues. Their Web site includes a page with recent photos of construction, plans with narrative about the project, and a prayer for the project. Visit the page.
Giving witness at the border
Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati offer a weekend-long opportunity February 3 - 6, 2008 to become immersed in the ministries of the Sisters of Charity and others on the border with Mexico. Visit ministry sites, explore issues, analyze and reflect on the experience....
Thanksgiving in Chimacum
The man who "makes stuffing that tastes like when they were little kids" worked yesterday for today's community Thanksgiving dinner in Chimacum, Washington USA. The local conference of the Society of St Vincent de Paul works with another agency to sponsor the event....
“Connecting people, ideas, and resources”
That's the ambitious goal of idealist.org, "Action Without Borders", a site that aims to network people world-wide. There are mini-tutorials on Web tools, a "What you can do" list of things that take only minute or so to effect positive change (more involved projects...
