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Podcasts – Servant Leadership in the Style of St. Vincent DePaul
Two 30 minute podcasts on Servant Leadership in the Style of Saint Vincent DePaul, Rev. J. Patrick Murphy, CM, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Director of the Public Services Graduate Program, DePaul University. (2005) Part One Part Two Xavier University, New Orleans...
DePaul Named Number One in Faculty Scholarship
DePaul was named #1 today for faculty research productivity in the nation. There are two categories. The first is for universities with 15 or more doctoral programs - Harvard won this category. The second category is for institutions with 14 or less doctoral programs....
CA Gov. to seek cuts in aid to families on welfare
From the January 8, 2007 LA Times Gov. to seek cuts in aid to families on welfare: Children whose parents don't work enough or are undocumented would lose funds. While at the same time he is expected to move forward with a plan to expand health insurance to many of...
Sr. Mary Ann Donovan SC Writes On Tranformation Into Christ
S. Mary Ann Donovan’s (Sister of Charity of Cinncinati) article “Transformation into Christ” was printed in the October 2006 issue of “Religion East & West,” the Journal of the Institute for World Religions. Sister’s article “reviews the example of St. Antony of...
Italy Asks UN To Ban Death Penalty
The Italian Government this week formally petitioned the United Nations Security Council to initiate a process for an international moratorium on the death penalty, just days after Church and political leaders here resoundingly condemned the execution of the former...
St. Petersburg Officials Give SVDP One Week To Evict Homeless
ST. PETERSBURG - City officials have given the St. Vincent de Paul Society, on whose property the homeless have pitched their tents, one week to evict the 140 inhabitants of the mushrooming tent city christened "Coming Up." They've only been there a week, but already...
Irish, Outspoken and a Daughter of Charity
Sister Mary William is Irish, outspoken and a Daughter of Charity at St. Mary's Cathedral in Central Austin.'God loves me unconditionally' Sister Mary William: 'And I don't question his taste' "My nephew says that I work in an alley and give out food to people and...
Irish SVDP Fills Government’s Broken Promises
According to a report from the Society of St Vincent de Paul, it has privately funded more than 1,000 psychological assessments of children and young people, despite the fact that such assessments should be available to children free of charge through the National...
Jan. 4 – Feast of Elizabeth Ann Seton
A compilation of some of the resources available for celebrations of the feast of Elizabth Ann Seton in addition to those recently posted by Sr. Regina Bechtle, SCVincentian Encyclopedia Elizabeth Ann Seton Collected Writings Litany <a...
First-hand JMV Report – Typhoons, Mudslides in the Philippines
Pamela Mantuac writes of the effects of recent natural disasters in the Philippines and how some school canceled Christmas parties so they cold donate to relief of victims.27 December, 2006 Dear friends, Season’s Greetings from Cebu, Philippines! It has been quite a...
