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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Microfinance: a way to invest in systemic change
Does it make sense that people who most need a little seed money often have the hardest time getting it? Is it just and reasonable that people who would prefer to solve the problems of their poverty and who have ideas about how to do so end up, instead, being offered temporary relief to permanent difficulties?
Mentoring as a strategy against homelessness
In Denver, Colorado USA the mayor challenged every church, synagogue, and mosque to adopt one of Denver's 600 homeless families. A story in today's Los Angeles Times looks at what changed in the material lives of one family what changed in the interior lives of two...
“Imperfect storm” for world hunger
When the US dollar buys less abroad, the impact isn't simply on tourism and international trade. The United Nations' World Food Program feels the impact, too. Read a CBS report.
Poverty fair in Bohol, Philippines
Tuesday in Bohol the 2007 Poverty Fair gets underway. At the fair various governmental institutions offer projects for consideration to local and foreign funding institutions. Last year, 154 of 230 proposals met with "positive results", according to a Bohol news blog....
Beatification date set for Daughter of Charity Lindalva Justo de Oliveira
The beatification of Lindalva Justo de Oliveira, D.C., 1953-1993, approved last year by Benedict XVI, has now been scheduled for December 2, 2007, the First Sunday of Advent. It will take place in the Barradao Stadium of Sao Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. Source: Holy...
Introducing the Vincentian family(and Niagara University)
Check out a video that not only describes the ethos of service at Niagara, but also introduces the Vincentian heritage that informs the university's mission. There's a link to the video on this page.
More community supported agriculture
Recently the weekly feature on systemic change spotlighted Seton Harvest, a Daughters of Charity project of community supported agriculture. The Sisters of Charity of New York also have a project; see their interesting blog.
News at Sisters of Charity of New York Web site
The Web site for the Sisters of Charity of New York now includes a page that summarizes some of their news. Visit the Web site and click the "What's New" link or go directly to the page.
Holy See on new forms of poverty
Speaking yesterday before the United Nations General Assembly, the Holy See's permanent observer at the U.N. described how income inequality has led to "loss of social relationships and networks needed to maintain personal integrity and dignity". Read Zenit's complete...
Painting struggles of the poor
Take a good long look at something you don't want to see, urges a feature writer for a Florida newspaper. He's writing about paintings of Marge Hakel, a Saint Vincent de Paul Society volunteer who uses her paintings to portray social injustice. Painter highlights...
