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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Maloney -"Temptation to acquiesce to the powerful…"
On Being Gentle and Firm By Robert P. Maloney About once a month here in Rome, I go to St. Peterís and enter when the doors open at 7 a.m. It is awesome to gaze at the huge, empty basilica as the morning light filters through the windows. Lately I have found myself...
Seminarians Bring the Spirit of Easter and learn from the Poor
From New York Newsday "St. Vincent de Paul taught us that the poor have more to teach us about our God and ourselves than we could ever teach them," Fitzgerald says." "We truly discover the resurrected Christ among a people who could easily give in to despair but...
Vincentian Family at Conference on Vocations
Representatives of the Daughters of Charity and Vincentian fathers were among 200 persons from 22 countries and 22 states who gathered in Indiana, USA, from April 8-12 to explore ways that religious communities can obtain new members. This was the 10th year that the...
John Paul II's Meditations for Way of the Cross at the Colosseum
VATICAN CITY, APRIL 17, 2003 (Zenit.org).- Here is the text of the meditations for the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday, in which John Paul II will participate at the Colosseum in Rome. Written in 1976 When He Was a Cardinal The meditations were composed in 1976...
One minute for the poor – April 23
In recognition of the 170th anniversary of the founding of the St. Vincent de Paul Society, we are asking everyone to pause for a moment of silence at 10 a.m. on April 23 to be mindful of the plight of the poor throughout the world.It was April 23, 1833 when a group...
Pope Writes a Very Personal Encyclical on the Eucharist
VATICAN CITY, APRIL 17, 2003 (Zenit.org).- The encyclical "Ecclesia de Eucharistia," published by John Paul II this Holy Thursday, is the most personal of the 14 he has written. The encyclical has some vivid poetic passages, interlaced with phrases in which the Pope...
New Vincentian Prayer Book on the Web
All of the Vincentian Provincials have received a CD containing files to produce a book of "Prayers and Invocations" - actually, prayers, invocations, antiphons and songs -- to be used by the members of the Congregation. Modeled on the traditional "formulary", the CD...
Twelve Voices of Easter
A RealAudio and visual drama written by Dr. Woodrow Kroll and Keith Ghormley intended to enrich and challenge your understanding of Easter. . The Twelve Voices of Easter Judas - Voice of Betrayal Peter - Voice of Denial The Chief Priests - Voices of Deception Caiaphas...
John Paul II Reflects on the Easter Triduum
3 Days to Relive the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Christ VATICAN CITY, APRIL 16, 2003 (Zenit.org).- Here is a translation of the address John Paul II gave today at the general audience, during which he reflected on the mysteries of the life of Christ that...
Circular Letter of Mother General of Daughters of Charity
"In the Company, there are some Sisters who have repeated their “Yes” 80 times. Far from being a more or less routine “repetition”, each year it is a “Renewal” that implies that the “Yes” is pronounced, each time, within a different context. It carries with it...
