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Peanuts4Benefits
Vincentian Millenium Partnership in Great Britan joins in campaign to raise the issue of poverty caused by low benefits.Throughout the country, claimants and anti-poverty groups are being encouraged to join a co-ordinated campaign to raise the issue of the poverty...
March Issue of NUNTIA (CM) Now Online
The March 2005 edition of NUNTIA of the Congregation of the Mission is now online with news of the Congregation around the world.This issue contains some perspectives on the work of the CM as an NGO at the UN, the Vincentian Solidarity Office (VSO) projects in...
Print and Fold Pamphlets from the Rue du Bac in Paris
The official website of the Chapel of Our Lady in Rue du Bac Paris has a section devoted to a practical series of print and fold pamphlets that can be very useful tools of evangelization.Among the currently available handouts.. History of the Medal The Ten...
Transcript of 2 CM’s on CNN
The CNN website has the transcripts of today's interview's of 2 CM's on LATE EDITION WITH WOLF BLITZER.Here to help us better understand that process, as well as discuss who could emerge as John Paul II's successor, are three prominent priests. In Chicago, Father...
Video Link: Fr. Greg Gay’s Reports on February and March Events
Superior General Greg Gay sends a new report on his recent activities. Can't see the video? Perhaps you need to download and install the Windows Media player for your computer. You can get Windows Media Player Here (for Windows and Macintosh...
Pope John Paul II and the Vincentian Family
“We came, we saw and we cried.” The members of the Vincentian Family came to Rome to see, to pray and to cry for the loss of one of the most loved person in the world: Pope John Paul II. Before his burial on April 8 at 10:00 a.m. which was attended by hundreds of...
Two CM Presidents Will Appear on CNN Sunday 1PM with Wolf Blitzer
I have just learned that the President of St. John's University, Fr. Donald Harrington, CM and Fr. David O'Connell, CM, the President of the Catholic University of America will appear with Wolf Blitzer on CNN at 1 PM Eastern time.They will be discussing the conclave...
Last Will and Testament of Pope John Paul II
In the document, Pope John Paul said he had no property to be willed to others and that his personal belongings should be "distributed as seems appropriate." The Franciscan-sponsored website writes..."According to the designs of providence, I have lived in the...
Plastic Grocery Bags As Cause of Malaria in Africa
In a story in the New York Times one can think about the unintended consequences of technology. These flowers are cheap, thin plastic bags that are tossed to the ground by consumers. This kind of litter has reached a critical mass in Kenya - clogging streams, choking...
Cardinals and Technology
The BBC has a story reporting on how the Cardinals are using cyberspace and the internet to share their experiences in Rome. Just weeks before his death, Pope John Paul II issued a letter urging priests and Church officials to explore the internet's potential for...
