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CM's Get Vocation Coverage in Reuters
 Catholic Orders Seek Recruits in Cyberspace Wed November 12, 2003 12:24 PM ET By Deborah Scoblionkov PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Some Catholic religious orders, shaken by church sex scandals and a drop in priesthood volunteers, are turning to cyberspace to attract new...
''Learn From the Poor''
What is it that [the poor] teach us? They remind us of the impermanence of this existence and how attached we are to what passes away. " Taken from the beginning of day 12 of a 40 day email/e-course retreat at "Spirituality and Health" We have so much, and when...
Burundi Government Launches New Malaria Medicine
Bujumbura Burindi: The government of Burundi launched a new malaria treatment, a combination therapy of artesunate and amodiaquine, on Monday, and announced the stoppage of chloroquine and fansidar, which have become resistant to the disease. "The new medicine will be...
Vincentians Participate in Immigrant Workers Freedon Rally
On October 4th, the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride rally attracted close to 100,000 people from all over the USA to Flushing Meadows Park in New York to protest the current treatment of many groups of immigrants to our country. Religious (Cardinal Egan, Bp. DiMarzio),...
Australian Vinnies Focus on Gold Coast Homeless
GOLD COAST QLD, November 9, 2003 (catholicleader.com.au): Homeless single fathers and their children, who are sleeping in cars or on the beach each night, are the new face of poverty on the Gold Coast. St Vincent de Paul Society Gold Coast regional president Stephen...
Brief History of the Missionary Cenacle Family
"Father Judge (was convinced) that the priest by himself was insufficient to meet the pastoral needs of the day. " A Brief History of the Missionary Cenacle Family Father Thomas Augustine Judge, C.M., was ordained a priest at the dawn of the twentieth century when the...
Churches' Role in Diseases of Poverty
"Churches and communities of faith: Significant and sustainable partners in the fight against the diseases of poverty " An editorial recognizing the role of Faith Communities by Vice-President of Christian Connections for International Health "The faith community –...
Join ''Masive Effort'' campaign Against Malaria
For those looking for guidelines on political advocacy regarding malaria visit the web site of an already existing golobal effort. http://www.massiveeffort.org/index.html THe site features section on advocacy, organization and mobilization. One particularly striking...
VIncentian University Outreach Goes International
More than 250 St. John's University volunteers went out to work with civic and charitable groups in communities near the campuses in Queens, Staten Island, Oakdale, Manhattan and Rome, Italy. Second Annual University Service Day saw scores of students, alumni,...
Complete Schedule of Events in Rome and Paris for Rosalie Rendu
The official site of the daughters of Charity has a complete list of the events celebrating the beatification of Rosalie Rendu. The events cover the time period from November 8 in Rome through November 16th in Paris. Visit...
