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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Selling to the Poor, Stores Bill US Top PRices
WASHINGTON, June 5 — Federal and state officials are expressing alarm about the proliferation of food stores that cater to low-income people but charge more than other grocery stores, thus driving up the cost of a major federal nutrition program. The program, the...
Merger in the Vincentian Family
The Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati and the Vincentian Sisters of Charity of Cleveland, will merge as of the morning of June 27. That afternoon the VSC's will have a ceremony making vows within the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati there in Bedford. Following several...
Four Scenarios for the Future Church
" Despite the astonishing stamina of John Paul II, at some point the Holy Father will go to his reward and the Catholic church will find itself at a crossroads. " John Allen speaking to the Catholic Press Association offers his insights in 4 possible scenarios based...
Text of Pope’s Message to Bush
ZENIT is providing the full text of the Pope's message to President Bush.
No Dissent from the Poor ,Thanks!
MELBOURNE, June 3, 2004 (theage.com.au): This (Australian) Government does not want to hear criticism - especially from the poor, writes Kenneth Davidson in The Age ....  When the poor speak, who listens? .... The ability of groups to provide independent advice is...
Silencing of Dissent by the Federal Goverment (Australia)
SYDNEY, June 2, 2004:(tai.org.au): Ninety per cent of charitable and community organisations in Australia believe the Federal Government is determined to gag their right to free speech, according to a leading public interest think tank. The finding was made in a...
Daughters of Charity Meeting on AIDS
From May 6th to 8th, 2004 a group of Sisters serving in Health and Social Work from all the provinces of Spain, met in Ibarra (Guipuzcoa) for the first Inter-provincial AIDS Encounter. Sister Carmen Perez, Provincial of San Sebastian, encouraged us to live out this...
Sr. Gwen Tamlyn’s Spiritual Reflections for April-June 2004
At last! We've updated our downloads section and posted the current Weekly Spiritual Reflections by Sr. Gwen Tamlyn. You can retrieve them either as one large file, or as separate reflections. These are pdf files, so you'll need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view...
Midwest Newsletter Features Story on the Association of the Miraculous Medal
The Midwest Province of the CM features an article about the Association of the Miraculous Medal at St. Mary's of the Barrens."Visit the web site (www.amm.org) of The Association of the Miraculous Medal at Saint Mary’s of the Barrens and you will be greeted by the...
2004 Vincentian Family Day of Prayer
The English site of the Vincentian Youth has posted the letter of the Vincentian Family leaders concerning the 2004 Day of Prayer on September 27.The direct link to this page can be found at http://www.secretariadojmv.org/inter/p.general/famvin/carta_famvin_ing.htm In...