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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
May Edition of NUNTIA of the CM Now Online
Due to an oversight the May edition of the international newsletter of the Congregation of the Mission is two weeks late in being published on the web.Among the news items is a report of the project to the Daughters of Charity to rewrite the directory used by the...
Will Drug Benefits Cost the Poor Food Stamps?
WASHINGTON, June 12 - The Bush administration said Saturday that it would rescind a federal policy that threatened to cut food stamp benefits for several million low-income elderly and disabled people who save money on their medicines by using the new Medicare drug...
Ladies of Charity Plan Vincentian Family Cookbook
The Ladies of Charity USA (LCUSA) are planning a cookbook which they hope will be of interest to the entire Vincentian Family."This cookbook will contain a brief history of the Vincentian Family. As we acquaint our readers as to who we are and what we do, we will...
Brothers of Charity Open Psychiatric Center
Legaspi, Philippines. May 13th 2004 has become a historic day for the Brothers of Charity in the Philippines. At the opening of a new psychiatric rehabilitation centre and the consecration of the formation house, seven young Filipinos took their first vows and the...
Missionary Cenacle Day of Reflection
Friday, 4 Jun 2004  The Missionary Cenacle Apostolate will host a Day of Reflection for any interested members of the Missionary Cenacle Family in the area on Saturday, August 28th. The meeting will be held at the offices of the Missionary Servants of the Most Holy...
Updates on the Official Site of the Miraculous Medal
The official site of the Miraculous Medal Shrine in Paris has a page featuring its latest updates.The same page also has links to pamphlets that are "Print and Fold" http://www.chapellenotredamedelamedaillemiraculeuse.com/EN/G2.asp
SSVDP – What Place Do We Give Elderly People in our world?
VINCENPAUL MAGAZINE Nº276 - Asks What place do we give elderly people in our world?" http://www.ozanet.org/ssvpcgien/marco1_en.htm
Analyzing the Reasons for the Rich-Poor Divide
SYDNEY, June 9, 2004 (smh.com.au): The gap between high and low incomes is growing - but not for the reasons you'd think, writes Ross Gittins in The Sydney Morning Herald According to a recent Roy Morgan poll, 88 per cent of people believe the gap between rich and...
Reflections from Coalition Against Hunger
Joel Berg, executive director, New York City Coalition Against Hunger reflections on Hunger Awareness Day in the US June 2, 2004 Tomorrow is National Hunger Awareness Day, recently created to call attention to the growing problem of domestic hunger. But it will take...
Will the World Stop the Genocide in Sudan?
MELBOURNE, June 8, 2004 (theage.com.au): It's time to put pressure on the Sudanese Government to stop the dying in Darfur, write Susan Rice and Gayle Smith in The Age - In Western Sudan, the Government of Sudan and its proxy, the Janjaweed Arab militia, are attempting...
