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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Dec. 2004 Midwest/South CM Newsletter Now Online
Newly commissioned statue of Vincent dedicated... and morehttp://www.vincentian.org/newsletter/index.html Vincentian Angels In Our Midst St. Mary's Of The Barrens' New Home A "Jewell" To The Vincentians New Employees In Kenya John Karssen 1921-2004 Wilbert Bruns...
Theology of Christmas Carols
Carols evoke the extraordinary Christmas story of the baby born in a stable. They also help us understand through their familiar words the tenets of our faith. Gerald O'Collins SJOUR MUCH LOVED carols can trigger deep delight and even intense spiritual experience....
Beware of virus masking itself as Christmas Greetings
The Zafi.D worm arrives as an attachment to e-mails that bear a subject line of "Merry Christmas" and a message body consisting of the words "Happy Hollydays" printed in green text and separated by a yellow emoticon. (The message is signed with any one of a number of...
Pope John Paul II – Message for World Peace Day
VATICAN CITY, DEC. 16, 2004 (Zenit.org).- In world marked by war, terrorism and violence, John Paul II is launching a campaign to overcome evil with good. This is the essence of the Pope's message for the next World Day of Peace, to be observed Jan. 1. The theme of...
National Firefighters Group Seeking to Renovate Emmitsburg Campus
The historic chapel at the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial and the home of the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Maryland is in disrepair, and the NFFF needs help restoring it. According to the NFFF, the Romanesque, revival-style chapel was built in 1839 by...
Start Lent with the Experience of Homelesssness
Students and others at St. John's University will have an oportunity to start Lent with an exeperience of an aspect of homeless by sleeping out in tents on the Great Lawn on the campus on Ash Wednesday night.Ash Wednesday 2/9 through 2/11 people will be sleeping in...
National Vincentian Family Gathering – 4/23-26/05 (Sat.-Tues)
While each Family group in the Vincentian Family has its own goals and mission, there are some common challenges that we all share-- FORMATION. Lots of us do great work on behalf of the poor--but how much do we really know of and appreciate St. Vincent, Louise,...
Most Effective Herbal Medecine for Malaria at 1/10 the cost
A Berkeley scientist, an Albany biotechnology startup and a unique San Francisco nonprofit drug company will announce today they have received a $43 million grant to develop a cheaper version of a Chinese herbal drug that is considered the most effective cure for...
Text-only English version of Fr. Greg Gay’s 5th Video
The literal transcription of the text from the most recent video in which Fr. Greg comments on his recent activity in and about Rome is now available http://cm.famvin.org/enarchive/news.htm
Breaking the Cycle of Poverty – Planting Trees and the Nobel Prize
" I listened as women related what they wanted but did not have enough of: energy, clean drinking water and nutritious food. My response was to begin planting trees with them, to help heal the land and break the cycle of poverty."Wangari Maathai, the 2004 winner of...
