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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
SVDP Celebrates 125 Years in Australia
The St Vincent de Paul Society, one of the largest charitable organisations operating in Australia today, proudly celebrated its 125th anniversary on Monday. Since the foundation of the first Vinnies conference in NSW, the organisation has grown to comprise of 559...
Srs. of Charity (Halifax) Website Makeover
The website of the Sisters of Charity of Halifax has a new look.The site seems to be still undergoing development with some links not functioning but is worth a visit even at this point. http://www.schalifax.ca/
Phillipines – Series of Conferences on Catholic Social Teaching
The Philippine chapter of the Society of Catholic Social Scientists gathered about 60 professors, students, economists, bishops and Religious on July 15 for the conference on "Human Rights and the Eradication of Poverty" at the University of Asia and the Pacific (UAP)...
Press Coverage of Role of CM's in Lebanon
Someone collected the references to the press coverage of the role of the CM's in Miraculous Medal Church in Beirut providing shelter for the 1,000's of Filipinos seeking safe haven.At this point there are at least 64 news stories reported in a search of Google News
'Church in Need' Report on Religious Liberty in North and South America
Zenit.org has begun a series of reports on religious freedom from a worldwide charity under the authority of the Holy Father.The first two reports focus on religious liberty in Northa and South America. - Part One Part Two Aid to the Church in Need is an international...
Reconciliation Possibe in Near East – Benedict XVI
(Zenit.org).- At a vigil for peace between Israel and Lebanon, Benedict XVI urged reconciliation in response to violence. "Lord, free us from all evils and grant us peace; not tomorrow or the day after, grant us peace today!" the Pope implored on Sunday. He was...
A Carmelite View From Haifa
HAIFA, Israel, JULY 24, 2006 (Zenit.org).- A Carmelite convent in Israel is being inundated with phone calls since the new round of strife begin in the Holy Land. In this interview sent to ZENIT through the Carmelite order, Sister Maria Giuseppina, prioress of the...
Pray As You Go
Fr. Aidan Rooney, CM alerts us to the Pray As You Go website of the Jesuit Media Initiatives.It is part of the Jesuit Media Initiatives Pray-As-You-Go
Roving Priests Attend to Spanish Mass needs
The above headline appeared in LI Newsday...Orlando CardonaCM is one of two Spanish-speaking Catholic priests whose assignments take them from parish to parish on the East End (of Long Island), from Montauk on the South Fork to Greenport on the North Fork. Along with...
Daughters of Charity in Lebanon
Some preliminary reports about the involvement in the war situation in Lebanon.... At a Beirut school run by the Sisters of Charity convent, mattresses on the floor have replaced desks and chairs. Hadije Jabar sits on one of them. ... Guardian Story Newswire Story
