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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
First Kenyans Ordained for Mid-wester Province of CM
Saturday, May 28, 2005 was a new day in the history of the Congregation of the Mission Midwest Province. That morning at 10:00 a.m., the first Kenyan Vincentians were ordained priests for the Province while nearly 1,200 guests joined together to celebrate this...
Updates to Katrina Relief Efforts of the Vincentian Family
There have been a number of updates to the Vincentian Encyclopedia article on the Vincentian Family and Hurricane Katrina.We just received a summary of the Eastern Province relief efforts. Main page <a...
Final Document – JMV International Assembly
We, participants of this 2nd General Assembly, have seen the development made in the last years: identity, spirituality, formation, apostolate and expansion are some realities that we see under new dimensions. During this Assembly, we have lived moments of prayer,...
Vincentian Marian Youth (JMV) September Bulletin
The new President writes.... Dear Friends: JMV International had a grace-filled summer. The encounters in Paris and Cologne made us experience, in a special way, the joy of being members of the Church, of the Vincentian Family and of this Association loved by the...
News of the VMY Around the World
Reports from the 2nd VMY Assembly; Country-by-country review of recent activities. 2nd VMY GENERAL ASSEMBLY (http://www.telefonica.net/web2/jmvinter2/AG2005/sp/menu_sp.htm) “With a Lay Spirituality, We Share the Mission: Challenges” From August 7-12 VMY which lived...
World Youth Day – Australian View
SYDNEY, October 2, 2005 (vinnies.org.au): John O’Neill, NSW/ACT State president of the St Vincent de Paul Society, writes for The Catholic Weekly - In August this year, 28 young St Vincent de Paul Society volunteers from NSW/ACT embarked on a pilgrimage to Cologne,...
International Assembly of the MISEVI – New Website
MISEVI has unveiled a website for II International Assembly. It will be held at the Berceau (France), Saint Vincent´s cradle, from the 26th to the 30th of December of 2005. The theme is: Open your eyes to the world and your heart to the Mission The objectives that we...
Vincentians Construct Affordable Home In Chicago
WEST CHICAGO—Members of the Joliet diocesan council of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul watched and applauded as Bishop Stanley G. Schlarman cut the ceremonial ribbon, marking the opening of the new affordable housing development for senior citizens in DuPage...
Sub-$100 Computer for Developing Nations to be in Production Within 1 Year
A BBC press release about an MIT sponsored sub-$100 laptop says it will be able to use a crank when no power is available and be virtually indestructible. Sub-$100 laptop design unveiled - Nicholas Negroponte, chairman and founder of the Massachusetts Institute of...
Eworld Press Report on New President of SVDP USA
Eworldwire has picked up a press release on Joe Flannigan's election as USA President of the SVDP. Full story
