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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Papal Medal Awarded to Vincentian Affiliate
December 19, 2003 ROTORUA NZ, December 18, 2003 (Provincial News #11/2003): Mrs Margaret Hodge (Rotorua, New Zealand), an affiliated member of the Congregation of the Mission, has been awarded a Benemerenti Medal by Pope John Paul II for her services to the...
''Poverty is…'' Annual report of the SVDP in the UK
The SVDP in the UK has posted their very attractive and informative annual report on their web site.In addition to the annual report the web site http://www.svp.org.uk/ also has links on their news page to the 2004 daily planner and Christmas cards they are selling.
Powerpont Presentation of Life of Bl. Frederic
The Brazilian site of the SVDP has a fine brief English powerpoint presentation of the life of Bl. Frederic.The relatively small file (591 kb) can be dowloaded by visiting http://www.rededecaridade.hpg.ig.com.br/artigos.htm. Once there click on the linked that reads...
Pope's Message for World Day of Peace
Pope's Message for World Day of Peace "An Ever Timely Commitment: Teaching Peace"VATICAN CITY, DEC. 16, 2003 (Zenit.org).- Here is a translation of John Paul II's message for the World Day of Peace to be observed Jan. 1. Message of His Holiness Pope John Paul II For...
Canossian DC, St. Bakhita, Lauded by Pope
Zenit "At age 7, Josephine Bakhita (1869-1947) was sold and purchased five times by Arab traders. In 1882, an Italian consular agent purchased her and took her to Italy. There, she learned about Christianity and was baptized in 1890, entering later in the Institute of...
The Tradition Goes On at Adamson University – Philippines
St. Vincent de Paul strove to make a difference in his life and succeeded. Now, the Community’s observance of his feast day on September is an affirmation of Adamson’s unrelenting commitment to empower the poor through quality but affordable education. - Sad as it may...
Vincentian Family Calendar Resource
famvin.org now provides a convenient way to know what is going on in the Vincentian Family and when.A visit to http://www.famvin.org/enarchive/calendar.htm will take you to a site that has an opening page with listing by month of signficant meeting dates and events in...
More ''heartfelt'' emotions about attachment to luxuries
December 9, 2003 - 'Tis the Season--To Spend More or To Be More? "In our fifty combined years of listening to consumers, we have never heard more heartfelt expressions of emotion about a product that even industry insiders think of as mundane and unworthy of much...
Catholic Worker Perspective on Advent 2003
In his initable fashion Robert Waldrop has written an Advent Letter fro the perspective of a Catholic Worker.Visit his reflections at http://www.justpeace.org/2003adventletter.htm.Many of you will recall his web site Just Peace which is still a veritable gold mind of...
Fr. Ron Ramson, CM writes of the Beatification of Rosalie Rendu
Pope John Paul II beatified Sister Rosalie Rendu, a Daughter of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, on Sunday, November 9, 2003. Sister Rosalie spent 54 years working in Paris with the poorest of the poor (1802 – 1856). Twenty-one Vincentians from across the United...
