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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Vincentian Millennium Partnership endorses Archbishops' call for peace
3 March 2003 -The Vincentian Millennium Partnership (VMP) justice group in England and Wales agreed on Saturday to endorse the joint pre-Lent statement on Iraq by Archbishop Rowan Williams and Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor in which they stated: "War is always a...
Srs. of Charity – Leavenworth Dedicate New Retreat Center
The Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth will bless and dedicate Marillac Center, their new retreat and conference center, at 1:30 p.m. March 15. Marillac Center is located adjacent to the SCL Mother House at 4200 South 4th Street in Leavenworth, Kan. This facility is...
Vincentian Housing Partnership in Ireland
The Vincentian Housing Partnership, also known as 'Rendu Apartments' provides good quality, rented accommodation for people in the age group 20 -50 who are experiencing poverty or who can not otherwise get access to affordable accommodation. Volunteers, the directors...
U.S. Bishop's Conference President Expresses Regrets Over War
WASHINGTON, D.C., MARCH 20, 2003 (Zenit.org).- The president of the U.S. bishops' conference expressed his brother prelates' regrets over the Iraq crisis but hoped for limited damage from the war. Bishop Gregory Calls for Prayer, and Protection of the Innocent "Our...
Partners Against Poverty Receives Grant
Jim Ryan, Director of the Gateway Vincentian Volunteers program and Coordinator of the Partners, accepts a grant from Sr. Cathy Vetter, CCVI, Board member of the Incarnate Word Foundation On January 15, 2003, the cooperative consortium known as Partners...
Irish Vincentians Work with ''Travellers''
Travellers are a distinct cultural and ethnic group in Ireland constituting less than 1% of the total population. There are currently about 5,000 Travelling families totalling some 30,00 individuals of whom more than 50% are under 15 years. 'Our Christian Community...
St. Vincent on Ravages of War
[The] number [of poor persons] is very great and so are their needs. We have started assisting them corporally....We are obliged to go and serve them in the rural areas where they are. They are our portion, and now that they are coming to us, driven out by the...
Iraq War and Vincentian Response
There will no doubt be abundant news on the internet concerning the war and there will be no need to duplicate such material. However, St. Vincent was in the forefront on war relief. In this spirit I will set up a section on www.famvin.org dedicated to perspectives on...
Daughters of Charity and the Civil War
In this time of tragedy it may be of interest to review how the Daughters of Charity functioned during the Civil War in the US. The Civil War separated the American Sisters of Charity geographically because their community had houses in the North and the South....in a...
John Paul II's Message for 18th World Youth Day
VATICAN CITY, MARCH 19, 2003 (Zenit.org).- Here is John Paul II's Message for the 18th World Youth Day, which will take place at the diocesan level April 13.* * * "Behold, Your Mother!" (Jn 19,27) My dear young people! 1. It always gives me great joy to address a...
