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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Daughters of Charity (Ireland) Serving People With Intellectual Disabilities
Since 1892, The Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul have worked hard to provide care, education and training for People with an Intellectual Disbility. We provide a seamless partnership of care for people from infancy right through to old age. Our work is...
NY Bishops Committed to Making the Poor More Visible
All eight New York dioceses are taking part in a multistep implementation plan for "Restoring the Covenant: A Pastoral Letter on Society's Responsibility to the Poor and Vulnerable." The New York state bishops released the letter last March and approved the...
SVDP USA President To Be Interviewed on EWTV Jan. 4
One of EWTN's favorite hosts, Fr. Mitch Pacwa, SJ, will interview SVdP President Joseph D. Flannigan LIVE on January 4, 2006 at 8 PM Eastern Time http://www.ewtn.com/tv/prime_wednesday.asp This is a great opportunity for an invigorating Vincentian get-together. Invite...
Bardstown Nuns – Tsunami Recovery Effort One Year Later
(BARDSTOWN, Ky.) -- Monday marked the one year anniversary of the South Asia tsunami. Among the first to offer aid were the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. (T)hey are getting ready to visit the storm-ravaged region again.(BARDSTOWN, Ky.) -- Monday marked the one year...
Pope Benedict to Visit Daughters of Charity Clinic
Vatican, December 28, 2005 (Catholic World News) - Pope Benedict XVI will visit a Vatican pediatric clinic run by the Daughters of Charity on December 30th. The Holy Father will make a midday visit to the Saint Martha clinic for needy children, set up inside the...
Another CM Named Archbishop
Vatican City, Dec. 28 2005 The Holy Father approved the canonical election Fr. Georges Bou-Jaoudé, C.M., Superior of the Religious Order of Mejdlaya, as Archbishop of Tripoli of the Maronites (Catholics 101,350, priests 171, religious 226) in Lebanon. Vatican City,...
First Photos from the 2005 MISEVI International Assembly
The 2005 International Assembly of MISEVI (Dec. 26-30) is being held at the birthplace of Vincent.The first series of photos are now available.
Robert Maloney – 175th Anniversary of the Miraculous Medal
The following is the text of Fr. Robert Maloney's homily at the Central Shrine of the Miraculous Medal in Philadelphia on the Feast of the Miraculous Medal.The year 1830 was a terrible time in Paris. Unemployment was rampant. Bread prices soared. In July a revolution...
Travel Agents Challenged to Give Back – Srs. of Charity Benefit
World Travel Professionals, one of Australia’s most innovative travel management companies, has issued a Christmas challenge to the travel industry to give back to the community rather than giving presents this year. - Sisters of Charity in Sri Lanka benefit with a...
God Becomes Small So That We Can Love Him, Says Pontiff
VATICAN CITY, DEC. 25, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Christmas is the greatness of God who becomes small so that we can love him, says Benedict XVI. In the homily at his first Christmas Eve Midnight Mass as Pope, he contemplated the mystery of Bethlehem and implored for peace in...
