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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Report on Chronic Poverty Worldwide
The Chronic Poverty Report 2004-05 is about people living in chronic poverty - people who remain poor for much or all of their lives, many of whom will pass on their poverty to their children and all too often die easily preventable deaths. People in chronic poverty...
Update on Reports from ROme
Now that the Assembly is in full swing I suspect that the translators are swamped with the ordinary work of the Assembly.I just wish to assure those are interested that the daily reports will be posted as soon as I receive them.
Churches in England and Wales Unite on Living Wage
The SVDP site in England and Wales contains a note about how the churches in England wales are uniting around the issue of a living wage.The Living Wage for Wales Campaign brings together the Church in Wales , the Roman Catholic Church, the Presbyterian Church of...
First Daily Report from the CM General Assembly
The first of the daily reports from the CM General Assembly in Rome has arrived and has been posted.The reports of each working day's activity will be fouond at http://www,famvin.org/cm/agor These posting may contain photos as they are sent.
Sisters of Charity (Nazareth) Associate Convocation Report
On June 24-27, one hundred twenty-five Associates and SCNs from 12 States and the two countries of Belize and India, gathered at Nazareth for the 2004 SCN Associate Convocation entitled ñThe Sacred Rhythm of Our Lives.î Evelyn and James Whitehead, internationally...
”A New Way to Kill Mosquitos”
"United States patent 6,708,443, a wide-ranging patent covering several approaches that he contends might help control mosquito populations across wide areas such as wetlands or regions in Africa where mosquito-borne illnesses like malaria are rampant. Most of Mr....
Video of Vincent’s Life on Catholic University Web Site
The President's Page on the site of the Catholic University of America features a video on the life of St. VIncent.Fr. David O'Connell, CM, has placed the video prominently on his section of the Catholic University web site....
Surviving on $1.40 per day!
DAROU SALAM DIOUF, Senegal - More than 1.1 billion people in developing countries wake up each morning faced with the same riddle of survival, forced to find some way to get by, like Mbaye, on less than $1 per day.Surviving on one dollar a day Sub-Saharan Africa is...
Report on Malaria in Canada
According to the Center for Disease Control, "In several instances over the past decade, malaria incidence in Canada as a whole, or in individual provinces, reached epidemic levels."Why some were not immediately identified and why no comprehensive analysis has been...
Over 160 to Attend Project Vincent Work in CHicago
Our Vincentian Young Adult Gathering of Faith called "Project Vincent" (www.provin.org) begins next weekend at DePaul University in Chicago, USA.We have over 160 people attending with young adults representing over 12 states (and 20 of these are from our Vincentian...
