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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Celebrating 150 years with a hunger banquet
When gathered last week in St Louis to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Ladies of Charity USA, some 300 representatives of 73 associations throughout the United States sat down to "the hunger banquet". Here's a site that allows you to take a seat at that table.
Some food for thought — and for the table — on systemic change
Unless there isn't enough of it or a health crisis causes reconsideration of diet, most people don't spend much time thinking about food. But hunger and health -- our own and that of the increasingly stressed land -- are reasons to think about changing the systems...
Is there really poverty in Paradise?
Poverty there is [in the Cook Islands], and it is best described as “voicelessnessâ€, says a Daughters of Charity news item. Read about "being carved and transformed by God through the people of the Cook Islands.
New National President for SVP in Ireland
For the first time in the 160 year history of the Society of St Vincent de Paul in Ireland, a woman has been elected president National President. Mairead Bushnell is a teacher, long-time community activist, and mother of four who joined the Society in 1986. Read more.
Single Parent Families and Homelessness…
...is the title of a compelling presentation (PowerPoint) by Dr Elspeth McInnes of University of South Australia. Her presentation cites a report of the St Vincent de Paul Society, Don't Dream It's Over: Housing Stress in Australia’s Private Rental Market (.pdf)....
“Don’t be afraid of dreaming”
The international site of Vincentian Marian Youth has published translations of the Pope's recent address in Loreto to young people: At this moment, we feel as though we are surrounded by the expectations and hopes of millions of young people across the world... Read...
About youthful volunteers in the United States
The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) has on its Web site three new fact sheets about volunteers in the United States aged 16 to 25, both in and out of school. Look at links to the fact sheets or check volunteer rates sorted...
Fundraising dogma
An innovative green product is gaining a toehold in environmentally conscious pet supply stores. "Dogma Dog Beds", manufactured at the EcoFiber facility of the St Vincent de Paul Society in Eugene, Oregon, recycle cotton fiber and mattress materials and raise funds...
+Sister Hildegarde Marie Mahoney, S.C.
Sister Mahoney, third president of the College of Saint Elizabeth, died September 9 "after a long life of religious service, community leadership and academic distinction." Read the tribute to Sister Mahoney at the college's Web log.
“…the society, well it just captured me”
So says Woodrow "Woody" Cornetta, 73, of his second career as a fulltime volunteer with the St. Vincent de Paul Society in Hernando County, Florida. Read the interview at the St. Petersburg Times.
