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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Celebrating Easter Can Be Difficult
BAGHDAD, April 14, 2003 (zenit.org/english): The looting and fires still raging in war-torn Iraq are making it hard for the country's Catholics to live Holy Week in peace. "We celebrated Palm Sunday almost normally," said Archbishop Fernando Filoni, papal nuncio in...
Sri Lankan Christians Opposing Reintroduction of Death Penalty
Looking for Alternative Ways to Deal With Rising Crime Rate COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, APRIL 13, 2003 (ZENIT.org-Fides).- Catholics and Protestants in Sri Lanka are opposing a plan to reinstate the death penalty in the face of a rising crime rate. In Sri Lanka, the last...
''Poverty is Lack of Choice''
A series of reflections from the SSVDP in New ZealandThese reflecttion are written up in OZANEWS. http://ozanet.org/english/0320034.htm#Poverty%20is%20the%20Lack%20of%20Choice%20for%20the%20Poor
Another Step Toward Beatification of Rosalie Rendu, DC
The entire Vincentian Family rejoices in the announcement that the Vatican has recognized the validity of a miracle attributed to Rosalie Rendu, a Daughter of Charity who was a mentor to Frederic Ozanam and the founders of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. This step...
Further Details and Registration – MISEVI Meeting in Mexico
Rome, April 10, 2003 Dear Brothers and Sisters, The grace of our Lord Jesus be with us always! Recently Fr. Robert Maloney, Superior General, has sent you a letter inviting you to participate in an International Encounter of MISEVI. We the members of the organizing...
New Feature on Famvin
In the left margin of every page there will be a link "Useful Resources." Clicking on it will bring you to page of religious and secular resources such as how to find newspapers of the world or where to turn for a collection of over 8,000 links on just about every...
Bolivia – Third Annual National Assembly of the Vincentian Family
Brief NUNTIA (CM) report of this Assembly and Fr. Benjamin Romo's meeting with the National Councils of various Vlncentian Family branches. From 27 March to 4 April, Fr. Benjamín Romo visited the Vincentian Family in Bolivia. During his stay in this country, the Third...
New Director of International Formation Center: Saint Vincent de Paul.
Fr. Hugh O’Donnell, formerly the Visitor in the Province of St. Louis and then Visitor in the Province of China, will be replacing Fr. John Rybolt as Director After serving as Director of CIF for nine years, Fr. John Rybolt will be returning to the United States in...
Vincentian Family in Rome Prays for Peace
125 Members of Vincentian Family in Rome gather to pray for peace. Following the invitation of the Holy Father, the Vincentian Family in Rome organized a meeting of prayer for peace which was held on 26 March in the Church of San Silvestre (Rome). The prayer service...
Vincentian Lay Missionaries to meet in Mexico – 30 July – 3 August 2003
The meeting has as its purpose “sharing experiences that are already taking place” and to “concretize the ways in which MISEVI can be founded and spread in other countries."The Final Document of the First General Assembly of MISEVI (2001) mentions among its principal...
