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NUNTIA October 2003 Issue Now Available
The October issue of NUNTIA, the official newsletter of the Congregation of the Mission, is now available online.This issue features reports of the latest meeting of the members of the General Council, Vincentian representation at the Silver Jubilee celebrations for...
Update on SVDP Efforts for California Fire Victims
Current emphasis on need for cash rather than "in-kind" gifts. http://www.svdpla.org/News/11-2003/News-FireStorm.htm>http://www.svdpla.org/News/11-2003/News-FireStorm.htm Original Story
191 UN Member States – Millenium Development Goals for 2015
The UN website has a special section devoted to it goals for the Milleunium and a brochure outling these goals as well as what has been achieved.For the goals visit http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/ For the brochure visit...
War On Terror Undermines War On Poverty, Expert Says
Monday, November 3, 2003 The focus on funding for the U.S.-led war on terrorism is undermining the fight against global poverty, World Bank Environment Director Kristalina Georgieva told Reuters last week, stressing that governments around the world spend $600 billion...
Prepare fpr Thanskgiving – National Hunger & Homeless Week 11/16-22
November 16 - 22 National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, Co-sponsored by National Coalition for the Homeless and National Student Campaign Against Hunger & Homelessness. Each year, one week before Thanksgiving, National Coalition for the Homeless and the...
Sister of Charity of St. Joan Antida Named Patron Saint of Nurses
The Vincentian Family rejoices with the Sisters fo Charity of St. Joan Antida as they celebrate on Sunday 9th November the feast of Saint Agostina who was declared "patron of nurses in Italy" on the 29th April 2003. The feast will be celebrated in her native village...
''Cause Related Marketing'' nets SVDP (Ireland ) over $60,000
A publisher's promise to donate 1£ for every copy bought of "Irish Girls About Town" has netted Barnardo's (a children's relief agency) and the SVDP in Ireland a windfall of funds. This is an example of a new phenomenon called "Cause Related Marketing".A Vinfam member...
JMV Mexico Assembly Papers
Father Pedro Castillo, C.M., presents a chronicle of the JMV Assembly which was held in MexicoAmong the reports... New horizons for the lay missionaries First day Second day Third day Fourth day http://www.misevi.org/mexico2003/eng/mexico2003.asp
More U.S. Families Hungry or Too Poor to Eat, Study Says
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (AP) - Despite the nation's struggle with obesity, the Agriculture Department says, more and more American families are hungry or unsure whether they can afford to buy food. About 12 million families last year worried that they did not have enough...
Work of the JMV in Tole, Cameroon
Tole is a poor village of about five thousand inhabitants, situated in the administrative capital city of the Southwest Province of Cameroon, and also under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Catholic Diocese of Buea. In this village called Tole, one cannot but...
