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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Update on Vincentian Parish in Beirut
Update on the earlier story about a Vincentian Parish in Lebanon.Google news
Bishops Ask U.S. to Exert More Leadership
WASHINGTON, JULY 19, 2006 (Zenit.org).- The U.S. bishops' conference released a statement today, calling on the U.S. government to exert greater leadership in ending the Middle East conflict. The statement expresses solidarity with the Palestinian people and the...
Nuns Gather to Set Goals, Relax a Bit
About 500 members and associates of the Sisters of Charity Roman Catholic religious order traveled from across the nation and other countries for an intense five-day planning extravaganza that ends here (Cinncinati) today. Dubbed the "Gathering," this was their first...
A First Report of Vincentian Family Involvement in Lebanon
Manila (UCAN) -- Filipino Vincentian Father Agustin Advincula in Lebanon says 170 Filipinos taking refuge in his church in eastern Beirut have like many others who want to leave the Middle East country and reunite with worried relatives back home. Filipino Vincentian...
Update On Saudi Prince Gift of 2.8 Milliion to SVDP for Katrina Victims.
Follow-up to earlier SVDP story... Saudi Arabia has donated more than $250 million to Katrina relief projects, ranking it among the world’s most sympathetic countries to New Orleans storm damages, said Prince Turki Al-Faisal, ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia...
Pontifical Council Describes SSVDP
VATICAN CITY, JULY 17, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Here is the description of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, which appears in the Directory of International Associations of the Faithful, published by the Pontifical Council for the Laity.Society of St. Vincent de Paul -...
176th Anniversary of Mary's Apparitions; JMV Newsletter June
On July 18, 1830 our Blessed Mother appeared to young Catherine to entrust her with a mission "to create an Association for the young people and the poor." Today, 176 years later, Mother Mary is commending us with the same mission. The call to serve the youth and the...
President's Letter and video to the VMY Members for the July 18 Anniversary
I am sending you the link for the message of the the International VMY President for our July 18 anniversary http://www.secretariadojmv.org/inter/eng/conseil/letter/l_1807.html Thanks and peace Gustavo
What Is The Right Thing To Do?
Fr Laurence McNamara CM (Australian Province) has published an article titled 'Morality and Ethics for a New World'.WHAT IS THE RIGHT thing to do? What are the standards by which moral judgements are to be made? How am I to live as a good person? These are...
How to Build a Civilization of Life and Love
What message is your lifestyle sending to the government? Do your words speak peace, but your lifestyle cry out for violence? Everywhere on earth the margins of the poorest of the poor are squeezed to the point of collapse. More people using more stuff require even...
