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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
What Do Budget Number Really Mean?
Center for Economic Policy Research has released a new online calculator (http://www.cepr.net/calculators/bc/cbc.html) that they hope will make it easier for reporters, policymakers, and others to quickly place budget numbers in context. The results are often quite...
National Council of Visitors (USA) and Representative of Vincentian Curia
The National Conference of Visitors, U.S.A., held their autumn meeting at DePaul Evangelization Center in Montebello, CA, 13-15 October. Father Josef Kapusciak, Vicar General and Delegate to the NCV came from Rome to participate in the entire Conference gathering. The...
Sr. Rose Muyinza, DC Among Outstanding Women in Uganda
PEOPLE who have had a role in the development of society should be recognised while alive, Cardinal Emmanuel Wamala said on Saturday of Sr. Rose Muyinza of the Daughters of Charity. Speaking as chief guest at the Lubaga Cathedral National Foundation Catholic Honoree...
Report Confirms Little Malaria R&D Funding
LONDON (AP) - Malaria research accounts for about one-third of 1 percent of the total amount of money spent on medical research and development, even though it accounts for 3 percent of all the productive years of life lost to diseases, according to a report released...
SJU Staff, Faculty Help Vatican on UN Issues
For the past two years, St. John’s faculty and staff have been assisting the Holy See’s Observer Mission at the U.N., offering consultation, advice, and even active advocacy on such issues as women’s concerns and the environment. From the pages of the Long Island...
Vincentian Center Hosts Social Justice Conference
Three UN Ambassadors, the President Emeritus of Bread for the World and a former member of the Pontifical Council of Justice and Peace addressed some 300 attendees at the Vincentian Center for Church and Society biennial conference at St. John's University.According...
Video Link: Fr. Greg reports on JMV and other activities
Fr. Greg sends another video in the "Where in the world has the Superior General Been"series. This is an update on his activities with the JMV as well as other events. Can't see the video? Perhaps you need to download and install the Windows Media player for your...
Children – the Missing Face of Aids
UNICEF, UNAIDS and other partners launched a global campaign focusing on the enormous impact of HIV/AIDS on children, saying it was a disgrace that fewer than 5 per cent of HIV-positive children receive treatment and that millions of children who have lost parents to...
Vincentian Encyclopedia Expands With French and Spanish Editions
The Vincentian Encyclopedia expands with French and Spanish versions The Encyclopedia is beginning to expand into a French Version at: http://www.famvin.org/wiki-fr and a Spanish Version at: http://www.famvin.org/wiki-es Both versions ares still in the early stages of...
Hope for Avian FRIENDSHIP Flu
Gratefulness.org reflects on possibilities of pandemic for FRIENDSHIP FLU and means to assist its spread.Achoo! Bless you! Excuse us, but we are picking up on at least one of you sneezing, as cold-and-flu season begins in the northern hemisphere and as it winds down...
