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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
DC (Northeast USA) – New Format for Web Site
The Northeast Province of the Daughters of Charity in the USA offers a new look and much new content.The site is rich in news as well as profiles of many of the sisters. It provides much information helpful for those considering the possibility of join them. Among...
Australians Call for National Forum on Poverty
CANBERRA, Octer 5, 2003 (aapmedianet.com.au): Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President, Archbishop Francis Carroll has joined with other heads of churches and leaders of the Jewish and Islamic faiths in sending a letter to Prime Minister John Howard, urging...
Missionary Cenacle Pin
Receiving my Missionary Cenacle pin made a difference in my life. At first, I wore it only to meetings and special occasions. I really wasn't sure if I was supposed.to wear it more often. Then Nancy Beukenkamp, a newly pinned MCA said to me, "I wear it every day,...
Newsletter of MIdwestern and Southern Provinces of the CM
EARTH CITY, MO, USA, September 2003 (.vincentian.org): The September Issue of Vincentian, the Newsletter of the Midwestern and Southern Provinces of the CM in the USA, is now available.Among the stories covered... Midwest Province Ordains Rev. Derek Swanson Perboyre...
Vincentian Universities and ''Weltanschauung''
Fr. Robert Swain, a Vincentian priest at SJU, reflects on the world-view of Catholic university "attempting to maintain the traditions of a Roman Catholic Weltanschauung in a changing environment." Almost a half century ago, I first encountered the term Weltanschauung...
Vincentian Family Celebrates in Kansas
Carl Schulte, CM writes "This year the Vincentian Family Celebration of the Feast of St. Vincent in the Kansas City area was hosted by the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, Kansas, a branch of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, Kentucky."Sister Marie de Paul Combo,...
AMM International Coordinating Committee
The Association of the Miraculous Medal announces the International Coordinating Committee (photos included) AM International Coordinating Council Fr. Robert P. Maloney C.M. Superior General Congregation of the Mission International Director, living in Rome @:...
Letter from Fr. Maloney on the Miraculous Medal
In his September 20,2003 letter Fr. Maloney reports on the progress of the Associations of the Miraculous Medal and announces a new international web site for the Associations. The site is active in three languages as of October 1September 20, 2003 To the Visitors of...
''Casa San Vicente'' Opens as House of Discernment
On the eve of the feast of St. John Gabriel Perboyre, 3 young men were received into a newly opened house of discernment "Casa San Vicente" in West Hempstead, New York.May God's blessings be on this new house and the three young men who will begin their discernment...
Malaria, the Terrorist's Friend
"When the United States Marine Corps went ashore in Liberia in August, it discovered an enemy that had no ties to the various factions in the civil war there. More than 50 of the 225 service members, roughly a quarter, who landed in Liberia last month were...
