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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
VINCENTIAN SUMMER MISSION – Young Adults in Houston Texas
Inviting Young Adults To A Unique Mission Experience In Houston Texas! The Vincentian Summer Mission is an invitation to spend time seeing what Christ sees and actually working to meet the needs of the poor while finding ways to end the cycle of poverty within our...
Vincentians Literally in the Dumps
SUMMARY: This paper describes the development of a federation of scavengers who live close to a major solid waste dumpin Quezon City, and the role of the Vincentian Missionaries Foundation and other NGOs that have supported it. A long-term environmental development...
eBay In the Service of the SVDP and the Poor
Buried at the end of a story about the Madison Wisconsin thrift store operations we learn that eBay can be used as a source of revenue for the surprising things that turn up in collection boxes. "At St. Vincent de Paul, Bradish uses the Internet and reference books to...
Benedict On Water – “A Common Good … an Inalienable Right”
Message for World Water Day "A Common Good … an Inalienable Right" VATICAN CITY, APRIL 22, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Here is a Vatican translation of the message sent by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican secretary of state, on behalf of Benedict XVI for World Water Day....
Sisters of Charity Workshop On Immigration
In keeping with Sisters of Charity's tradition of ministering to immigrants, the congregation's Office of Peace Justice and Integrity of Creation hosted a special study program on the topic on March 24 at their Delhi Township (Cinncinati, Ohio) motherhouse....
Slide Show of Superior General to Paris 24 – 26 March 2007
The International site of the Congregation of the Mission announces a new video from the trip of the Superior General to Paris 24 - 26 March 2007. The video is available in both English and Spanish.
April 26 – Memorial Translation of the Relics of St. Vincent
The International site of the Congregation of the Mission provides some history of the celebration.
Next Media Frenzy? The Latin Mass Document Is Coming
See the thoughts of the noted commentator John Allen. "... the growing list of indications that something is imminent with regard to the long-awaited document from Pope Benedict XVI authorizing wider use of the pre-Vatican II Mass..."
Wikipedia Entry for Sisters of Charity Federation
Wikipedia, the user-created encyclopedia with almost 2 million entries, has a series of articles on the various branches included in the Sisters of Charity Federation. Perhaps someone would like to update these and related articles in this increasingly influential...
SVDP – Payday Loans Don’t Pay Off For Poor
Apr. 18, 2007 12:00 AM Arizona's working poor all too often turn to payday loans for emergency cash and end up trapped in the cycle of debt. Members of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul have been among those speaking out for meaningful consumer protection for...
