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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
257 Out Of Every 1000 Children Die Before Age 5 – Afghanistan
Afghanistan, a country of roughly 22.5 million people, is in a truly desperate situation. Out of every 1000 children born, 257 die before turning five. Seventy-eight percent of the population live in rural areas, of which only 11% have access to drinking water, and a...
Rothberg Insitite Launches International Effort to Fight Malaria
GUILFORD, Conn., Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- The Rothberg Institute for Childhood Diseases (TRI), a non-profit research institute devoted to discovering medicines for orphan childhood diseases such as Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC), today announced the release of the...
Reuters Vocation Story Picked up by La Prensa in Panama
Reuters Vocation Story posted on famvin last week about seeking vocations on the internet was picked up by "La Prensa" in PanamaIf anyone else comes across a reference to it in other papers please let us know. It will be interesting to track the reach of this approach...
International News of Vincentian Youth
An extensive English language roundup of the activities of Vincentian Youth in 19 countries around the world.US, Czech Republic, Nigeria, Kenya, Indonesia, Phillipines, Ukraine, Panama, Guatemala, Venezuela. Cameroon, Caribbean, Spain, Portugal, Perú, Colombia-Bogotá,...
''The Two Feet of Social Action''
The Catholic Cmapign for Human Development web site has a very interesting graphic showing the footprints of two shoes... one representing Direct Social Services and the other Social Change.The graphic very effectively isslustrates the interconnectedness of helping...
Units on Baptism and Prayer in E-course on Vincentian Spirituality
Sr. Mary Wedding, a Sister of Charity of Nazareth, continues generously to share with us her translations of the correspondence course she is doing with Sr. Elizabeth Charpy, DC of the Paris Province.The latest two additions are devoted to Baptism and Prayer. The...
Lights, Camera …Faith!
"Who would have thought that the movies we see on Saturday night could enlighten our reading of the Gospel on Sunday morning?" As Pauline Books & Media releases the third volume in the Lights, Camera ...Faith! A Movie Lectionary series this week (Cycle C...
Commemorative Medal for Beatification of Rosalie Rendu, DC
New Medal for Rosalie Rendu The French site of Congregation of the Mission features larger versions of these images http://www.famvin.org/cm/fr/FAMVINModeles/Congreg_Mission/saints.famvin/Rosalie/Rosalie_Medaille.html
Photos from the Beatification of Rosalie Rendu, D.C.
Tim Williams of Australia alerts us to the pictures of the beatification of Roslie Rendu taken by Pere Lamblin, CM of the Paris Province of the CMThey can be found at http://www.famvin.org/cm/fr/FAMVINModeles/Congreg_Mission/saints.famvin/Rosalie/Beatificat.Photos.html
''Roll Back Malaria'' Partnerships
Five years after the launch of Roll Back Malaria (RBM) in 1998, this groundbreaking health initiative has matured into a functional global partnership of governments, civil society and non-governmental organizations, research institutions, professional associations,...
