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Vinnies Honored For Program To Educate the Homeless (Australia)
Award honours importance of a particular program that is the first of its kind in Australia to offer University courses for homeless people... enriching the lives of homeless people in a way that breaks the cycles of poverty and disadvantage and has the potential to...
Podpreaching and Godcasting
November 28, 2005 MELBOURNE, November 28, 2005 (kairos.com.au): Podcasting, already a popular innovation at Vatican Radio, offers an important new way for pastors to reach contemporary Christians through their digital jukeboxes, an influential Jesuit magazine said.Tim...
Letter from Fr. Greg on the International Association of the Miraculous Medal
28 November 2005 Feast of St. Catherine Labouré To the Visitors of the Congregation of the Mission and the Visitatrixes of the Daughters of Charity Dear Brothers and Sisters, May the grace and peace of Our Lord Jesus Christ fill your hearts now and forever! I write to...
International Loans and Usury
GENOA, Italy, NOV. 23, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Loans by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, as well as country-to-country loans, are usurious and should be declared illegal, says the archbishop of Genoa. Cardinal Tarsicio Bertone voiced this criticism when...
Jesuit Provincial Reflects on Meaning of the Vincent de Paul Society
In his speech at Ozanam House, Melbourne, Mark Raper, SJ mused on the qualities of the St. Vincent de Paul Society service of the poor. He reflected on a variety of qualities grouped around the letters SVDP. For example, Salt of the earth, solidarity, seek the face of...
Video Link: Where in the World Is the Superior General? Peru
Superior General Greg Gay continues his series of reports on the Vincentian Family throughout the world. This edition is available as a video or as audio only. Click on the arrow to start playing. This video requires the Quicktime Viewer. If you don't have Quicktime,...
Santa Claus or Jesus?
The JMV (Vincentian Marian Youth) ask for your opinion at the end of a reflection on the origins of the Christmas feast as we know it.When we compare closely the legend of St. Nicholas, popularly known as Santa Claus and the ...Biblical and historical reality of Jesus...
Money Sent Home – Significant Aid To Developing Countries.
WASHINGTON, D.C., NOV. 26, 2005 (Zenit.org).- International migration can be an important tool in helping developing countries, affirmed a World Bank report published Nov. 16. Migrants and the money they send back home, remittances, is the main theme in the annual...
Yet Another CM Named Bishop
The Vatican has anoounced that RAMAROSON Benjamin Marc Balthason, C.M. has been named bishop Bishop Benjamin Marc Balthason RAMAROSON, C.M. Curriculum vitae (FRENCH) RAMAROSON Benjamin Marc Balthason, C.M. Benjamin est né le 25 avril 1955 à Manakara, diocèse de...
Big Push Against Death Penalty Planned
ROME, NOV. 23, 2005 (Zenit.org).- The Rome-based Community of Sant'Egidio is planning a worldwide mobilization to abolish the death penalty. Mario Marizziti, a leader of the ecclesial movement, called capital punishment "immoral and futile." Today, at the group's...
