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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
The Bishop Must Be a “Vir Pauper”
Pope John Paul II writes "...poverty should be considered an indispensable condition for a fruitful episcopal ministry in Present day circumstances."Article 20 of Pope John Paul II’s “Pastores Gregis” reads in part: The Synod Fathers, as a sign of collegial unity,...
National SVDP (Australia) Calls for Bipartisan Poverty Summit
CANBERRA, October 15, 2003 (cathnews.com): The National Council of the St Vincent de Paul Society in Australia issued a media release on Wednesday calling on the Government to consider Poverty alleviation as a Bipartisan (all Parties) National Issue and asking for a...
$40,000 Worth of Rejected clothing Going to the Poor Via SSVDP
A Sydney importer has opted to help disadvantaged children in Fiji rather than see $40,000 worth of rejected clothing destroyed. About 1500 pairs of brand new board shorts that fell short of the importer’s specification would have been destroyed In the past rejected...
Retiring De Paul Industries board members honored for volunteering work
10/09/2003 Last month, Portland Archbishop John Vlazny honored three retiring members of the DePaul Industries board of trustees: Art Wiese, 21 years of service, Bob Belding, 22 years, and Mark Moothart, 16 years. All three have been active volunteers in the Catholic...
Monthly Catechesis Material from International Association of the Miraculous Med
At its meeting in July, 2003, the AMM International Coordinating Council made a commitment to a monthly catechesis. The catecheses are being posted here as they become available. They will also be linked from the AMM eNews newsletter for the quarter in which they are...
General Asembly of the SSVDP – Rome, Oct. 14-19
From October 14th to 19th, the Extraordinary General Assembly of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul will take place in Rome, with the principal and historical aim of adopting the new Rule of the Society. All Presidents of instituted National or Superior Councils are...
US Bishops Offer Questions Regarding Faithful Citizenship
U.S. Bishops Call Catholics to "Faithful Citizenship" Outline Questions and Challenges for 2004 ElectionsWASHINGTON, D.C., OCT. 13, 2003 (Zenit.org).- Catholics need to take the demands of their faith seriously when they vote in elections, says a new document from the...
Series of Short Vocation-Oriented Bulletin Blurbs Available
In order to encourage vocations Fr. Ron Hoye offers a collection of two or three sentence blurbs that correspond to the theme of the Liturgy for each Sunday beginning October 19, 2003 and ending on the Feast of Christ the King, November 21, 2004. The Vocation...
FAMVIN International Web Team Meeting
The team behind the international FAMVIN web sites met for an intensive week of work in New York October 4-11The team presently consists of John Freund, CM, (New York), Claude Lautissier, CM (Paris), Beth Nicol (Auburn, Alabama) and Julio Suescun, CM (Pamplona,...
Virtual Tour of Vincent's Paris
The "virtual tour" of Vincent's Paris has been relocated.The text accompanying this tour is that of John Rybolt, CM. who spent many years in Paris as Director of the International Center for Formation (CIF) sponored by the Congregation of the Mission. Fr. Rybolt has...
