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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...
Gates Hopes to Reduce Malaria 75% in Zambia in 3 Years
As the rain comes to southern Africa this month, it will bring with it more malaria deaths. But in a glimmer of hope, Zambia, where malaria kills 30,000 people annually, is launching a campaign -- aided by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Global Fund to...
Foundation of the Daughters of Charity – 1633
Updated list of resources related to the Duaghters of Charity and their foundation.Vincentian Encyclopedia article Foundation of the Company of the Daughters of Charity International Site of the Daughters of Charity. Notes from a course by John Prager, C.M. Search of...
Collected Advent Letters of Robert Maloney, CM Former Superior General
The online version of VINCENTIANA, the official journal of the Congregation of the Mission, can be searched for the published Advent letters of the former Superior GeneralAdvent letters 2005 Advent Letter of Fr. Gregory Gay
Photos of Vincentian Seminarians in Fiji
Currently there are five Vincentian Students at the St Vincent's House of Formation at Wailoku, Fiji. These students attend Pacific Regional Seminary, Suva, for their Academic and some Pastoral Formation. Vincentian Formation is carried out at Wailoku. Photos courtesy...
ReliefWeb Notes Role of SVDP In Hurricane Relief
ReliefWeb, the global hub for time-critical humanitarian information on Complex Emergencies and Natural Disasters, notes the role of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.Hurricane victims appreciated grass-roots, person-to-person approach The Society of St. Vincent de...
Another CM Named Bishop
On 23 November 2005 the Holy See announced the nomination of Cristoforo Palmieri, C.M. by Pope Benedict XVI as Bishop of Rrëshen (Albania). Announcement from the Curia of the COngregation of the Mission... Cristoforo Palmieri, C.M. He was born on 24 May 1939 in...
Resource on Vincentian leadership
The latest issue of Vincentian Heritage (2005) presents 15 papers given at a recent conference on Vincentian leadership.Authors include Tom McKenna, CM, on Vincentian simplicity, John Rybolt, CM, on St. Vincent and money, Dennis Holtschneider, CM, on leadership in...
A New Name For Families in Hunger – The Food Insecure
Some 38 million people in America are considered "food insecure" -- they have trouble finding the money to keep food on the table. NPR profiles families who have faced hunger in three different settings: rural, suburban and urban America.Hunger Hidden but Real in...
Use Technology To Help The Voiceless, Prelate Says
Nov. 18 (CNA/CWNews.com) - Archbishop John Foley, president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, told a United Nations gathering that countries have a duty to use new advances in technology to help offer a voice to those who have been “unheard and...
