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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
John Paul Highlights Humanity’s Four Challenges
VATICAN CITY, JAN. 10, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Life, food, peace and freedom are the four urgent challenges now facing humanity, according to John Paul II. The Pope highlighted these challenges in a full analysis of the international situation, during his traditional...
Daughters of Charity and New Mission in the Cook Islands
MARSFIELD, December 8, 2004: Five Daughters of Charity departed from Sydney to Auckland NZ this morning (Sunday, January 9) bound for a mission in the Cook Islands. . The Mission is a new International Mission of the Daughters of Charity, and will be begun by Sr...
Tsunami Worship Services Resources
The World Council of Church has compiled some worship resources related to the tragedy of the tsunami.Among the resources it identifies... A Service of Prayer for Those Harmed by the Earthquake and Tsunamis, presented by the Upper Room Chapel, from the website of the...
More Effective Ways of Serving?
Perhaps those who are poor have discovered something we could use in our service. A NY Times story today about how video conferencing is being used by immigrants to keep in touch with their families in distant lands points the way to how we might conduct some business...
CM Web Site in Thailand
The Congregation of the Mission in Thailand has a web site which may be of interest to people in light of recent tragedies.At the moment there is no news of the disaster. I am sure they are too busy with other matters. But for those wishing further background on our...
Srs. of Charity (Nazareth) and Tsunami News
SCNs Sabina Mattappallil, Stella Kaiprampatt and Amrita Manjoly distribute water, food and clothing to tsunami survivors in the cities of Velankanni and Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu. Sister of Charity (Nazareth) Aiding in IndiaAmong other way the tragedy impacted the...
Goals of the SVDP in Australia
SYDNEY, January 9, 2004 (catholicweekly.com.au): In his weekly column in The Catholic Weekly, (June 9), John O'Neill writes on the goals set for the St Vincent de Paul Society in New South Wales/ACT - A spiritual renewal undertaken in mutual Christian love;...
January – Poverty Awareness Month USA
January Is “Poverty In America Awareness Month” - New Media Campaign Focuses On Solutions To Poverty Catholic Campaign for Human Development leads effort to raise awareness of community-based programs that work to break the cycle of poverty. WASHINGTON (January 4,...
Fr. Thomas McKenna CM Reflects on the Vincent He Thought He Knew
"From teaching Community history and going to different Vincentiana gatherings, I thought I had more than an amateur’s grasp on what happened to the Congregation in the generations after St. Vincent.""Two Vincentiana titles that could have been shelved there are...
On-the-scene Report from the SVDP in India
Someone just forwarded the link to a web site put up by the SVDP in India with an introduction by the SVDP National President. Very powerful!The page give specific information by regions and contains powerful photos. SVDP India The links is also found on the...
