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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Impact of Environment on the Poor
"Making the poor a priority is a defining element of the church’s contribution to the environmental debate. The poor are vulnerable to environmental hazards." "Poor families often live on the margins of society: in urban areas where their housing is poor, or in rural...
Vincentian Association of Married Deacons (France)
PARIS, January 15, 2004 (famvin.org/cm/fr): Since 1989, there has existed in France a Vincentian Association of Permanent Married Deacons. With the permission of their wives and their respective Bishops, these Deacons also become attached to one of the French...
Vincentian Registration for Washington Lobbying day as of Jan. 14 shows 140+!
More than 140 Members of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul will go to Washington, DC in February 2004. The Society of St. Vincent de Paul will join the Catholic Social Gathering, scheduled in conjunction with the Society's Midyear meeting, the agenda provides...
Scientists Assail WHO on Malaria Drugs
LONDON (AP) - The World Health Organization and other aid agencies are undermining the battle against malaria by funding cheaper and less-effective drugs, contributing to tens of thousands of deaths of children in Africa, researchers asserted. The scientists, writing...
January 25 – Foundation Day for the CM
José-María Román, C.M. writes..." the 25th of January of the same year, Vincent had preached, in Folleville, what he called the first sermon of the Mission, and which he always considered as the beginning of the Congregation of the Mission. But, in fact, on that day...
Vocation Recruitment in AMERICA Magazine
In celebration of Vocation Awareness Week Fr. John Maher, CM has taken out a series of ads in various diocesan newspapers and the current (1/19-26 p.13) hard copy edition of AMERICA .The ads draw attention of the vocation website at http://www.vincentians.net. Among...
Coming Soon – Fr. Aidan Rooney Relfects on Sunday Readings
Fr. Aidan Rooney will inaugurate his series of weekly reflections on the Sunday liturgy in time for the celebration of the feast of the foundation of the Congregation of the Mission on January 25. These reflections will appear approximately one week in advance of the...
Milestone – 1/2 Million Page Views for Spanish Site of FAMVIN
Congratulations to Julio Suescun, CM for the work that he has been doing on the Spanish language version of FAMVIN which has led to his site beng viewed 1/2 million times since January 2001.Among the features that proving very attractive are his weekly relfections on...
Scientists Close to Malaria Cure
Chemicals which had been sitting on a shelf at the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) for more than 80 years could hold the key to finding a cure for the killer disease malaria. In 2001 scientists at the NIMR in The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, stumbled across the...
Former Head of SSVDP Conference on Path to Beatification
Ross Dizon alerts us to the following... For saying “no” to Hitler, a former president of the Conference of St. Vincent is on possible path to beatification.The Bolzano-Bressanone Diocese has opened the local phase of the process of beatification of Josef Mayr-Nusser,...
