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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
'Breakfast club' executives serve food at St. Vincent
CENTRAL PHOENIX - St. Vincent de Paul is hoping to find community-minded professionals to take a place in the serving line to dish out breakfasts to the homeless.Dubbed the "Corporate Breakfast Club," members are asked to start their day by preparing and serving meals...
A Sociologist Looks at Friendship and Community Online
WASHINGTON, D.C., JULY 12, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Internet friendships, despite their inherent limitations, can be a real way to foster deeper personal relationships, says a Catholic sociologist. G. Alexander Ross, who is a professor and dean of students at the Institute...
Sisters of Charity of Nazareth in India Are Safe
The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth are closely watching developments in Mumbai, India given news reports that seven bomb blasts rocked rail stations and trains this morning killing 147 people and injuring 439. We have three Sisters living in Mumbai and the President...
Latest News from International SVDP Site
There are at least three new stories on the international site of the SVDP, perhaps more if you have not visited in a while.A Letter from the Secretary General of the SVDP explaining a request from Fr. Gregory Gay to participate in an AIDS project. June 30, 2006...
SVDP – Listening = Giving Comfort to the Lonely in a Modern World
Loneliness is one of the greatest scourges of our time, and is no respecter of persons... Over the past 150 years, the Society in NSW has come to understand how open communication is a key factor in challenging loneliness. Our brother, Bl Frederic Ozanam, knew that...
Modern Form of Slavery (Human Trafficing) Update
The plight of modern-day slaves will be brought into sharp focus with a public rally in Adelaide. The Australian Conference of Leaders of Religious Institutes, meeting in the City of Churches for their annual assembly, will show their public support for the work being...
A Collection of SVDP Stories
This day saw a number of stories about the Society of St. Vincent dePaul Society.Xape News A Brutal Trek, But Worth The Effort To Help Those In Need Of ... CapeNews.net - Falmouth,Massachusetts,USA ... Vincent De Paul Society, Cape and Islands District, which is based...
Message From World Summit of Religious Leaders
Religious Leaders Unite to Promote Common Causes Final Declaration Directed to G-8 Leaders, All Believers MOSCOW, JULY 6, 2006 (Zenit.org).- The World Summit of Religious Leaders ended on Wednesday with a joint message from Christians, Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus...
Farm Subsidies For Non-working Farms
The federal government spent at least $ 1.3 billion since 2000 on farming subsidies for non-farmers, the WP reports. The 1996 farm bill tied subsidies to simply owning land that was used for farming in the past, regardless of what it is now used for, the paper found....
VIncentian Studies Institute Has New Home
The Vincentian Studies Institute has a new server according to Nathan MichaudThanks to all of you who have so generously placed links to the Vincentian Studies Institute on your web site – it has been a great help to us in spreading word within the Vincentian Family...
