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Dollar General (Corporation) Pledges to Bring Books to Children
Reading Is Fundamental, the nation's oldest and largest children's and family literacy organization, and the Dollar General Literacy Foundation today announced a three-year partnership to fund local literacy programs that will provide 58,000 free, new books to more...
A Letter from a Member of the AIC in Ukraine
A moving letter from a member of the AIC in Ukraine describing the danger to democracy there..Dear friends and colleges! I have never written a letter to so many people in the same time. What makes me to do this is that DEMOCRACY IN UKRAINE IS IN BIG DANGER!!! Our...
JMV International Newsletter – November 2004
The JMV has released it November Newsletter. A usual it includes a message fro Sr. Asun Garcia, DC and the roundup of activities in various countries of the world.JMV November Newsletter (English) One of the tasks that was entrusted to St. Catherine Laboure was to...
December 8 in the Life of the Vincentian Family
December 8 marks the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, the canoncial establishment of the Confraternity of Charity- 1617; one of the four major feasts chosen by the Society of St. Vincent DePaul 1834 and the day on which many groups of the Sisters of Charity renew...
AIC – Solidarity with the People of Ukraine
The AIC international President, Anne Sturm, sent the following statment of solidarity with the people of Urkaine. - The AIC has been very active in the Urkraine over the past few years.The AIC, in solidarity with volunteers from Ukraine, supports the Ukrainian people...
Dec. 10 – Feast of Bl. Marcantonio Durando
Blessed Marcantonio Durando, C.M. was an early pioneer in fostering collaboration with the Daughters and Ladies of Charity.In 1833, he introduced the Daughters of Charity into Italy. Thanks to the growth in personnel that they had, he provided the city of Turin with a...
Candidates for International President of the SSVDP
The OZANEWS Special Newsletter preparing for the General Assembly in 2005 lists the name of the candidates who have chosen allow their names in nomination for election as international President and has a chart which puts the past Assemblies in historical context of...
To Violate Rights of Poor Is Act Against God, Warns Pope
VATICAN CITY, DEC. 1, 2004 (Zenit.org).- John Paul II says that to violate the rights of the poor and defenseless is an act of injustice against God himself. The Pope addressed the argument during today's general audience, which he dedicated to comment on Psalm...
Update on SVDP General Assembly in 2005
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Internet Access, Housing and the Poor
To bridge the digital divide, many publicly funded, new low-income living units are being wired for access, by (Oregon) state directiveMonday, November 22, 2004 KARA BRIGGS Springwater Commons, a new town-house development for the poor in Southeast Portland, has...
