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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Letter from Pope Benedict XVI on the Church’s Role in Being a “Voice for the Voiceless”
"The greater participation of the Holy See in the international activities constitutes a precious stimulus so that it can continue giving a voice to the conscience all who make up the international community." Dear Cardinal and dear representatives of the Holy See to...
January NUNTIA of the CM Now Online
The International Newsletter of the Congregation of the Mission for January is now online. Among the items is a report of the 12 meeting of the International Leadership of various branches of the Vincentian family.12th Meeting of Those Responsible for the...
Catholic Charities Troubled by Budget Impact on the Vulnerable
Alexandria, VA — Catholic Charities USA, which represents one of the nation’s largest private networks of social service providers, today voiced its concern over proposed cuts to critical health and social service programs contained in the president’s fiscal 2007...
Icon of Charity: OnTour, With Explanation
“Icon of Charity” will travel to all the communities of the Daughters of Charity Province in Siena, Italy as part of the 150th anniversary of its founding. The Company of the Daughters of Charity of the Province of Siena (Italy) is celebrating the 150th anniversary of...
Feast of Rosalie Rendu
Happy Feast Day! In his "Five Faces of Rosalie Rendu", Fr. Robert Maloney, CM writes: "Rosalie Rendu was an extraordinary woman. Even though many of the biographies written about her are poor in quality, Rosalie’s energy, creativity, fidelity, courage shine out in the...
Canonisation of Father Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga – former member of the SVDP
He was a member of the Society of Saint-Vincent de Paul when a law student and admired the intellectual dimension and active charity of Frederic Ozanam. After his beatification in Rome by Pope Jean-Paul II on 16 October 1994, the canonization of Father Alberto Hurtado...
Death of Tony van Ruiten, former SVDP International Vice-President
From the International site of the SVDP - Early in the morning of the 18th January our beloved brother Dr. A. Q. C. van Ruiten suddenly died in Trivandrum /Kerala, at the age of 76, on his annual tour of Conferences and projects in India.Tony van Ruiten started in the...
Photos of Impact of Katrina on Daughters of Charity West Central Province.
You can see pictures of Hurrican Katrina's impact on our Sisters in New Orleans and the surrounding area. Photos "Our Sisters have been relocated but much has been lost"
Vincentian Pioneer in Science
PARIS, February 5, 2005 (famvin.org/fr): A DVD (55 min duration) titled L'Histoire Naturelle d'Armand David on the life and work of our French confrere Fr Armand David CM has been published recently. Read more in English about this scientist-priest. Details of the DVD...
JMV Theme – Committed in the Mission to Those Most Needy
The International Council of the Association, after meeting in Madrid on December 1-3, 2005, would like to propose a new theme for the year that has just started, “Committed to the Mission to Those Most Needy.” With this, we wish to express our dream to see Vincentian...
