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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
SSVDP Twinning between Sri Lanka and New Zealand
New Zealand has been twinned with Sri Lanka for over 30 years. Every five years or so, we make a fraternal visit to keep in close contact with them in the same way as any family does, and also to see the sort of work that they are doing with their twinning funds. The...
AIC Website Has Been Updated
The International site of the AIC (known as Ladies of Charity in the USA) has been updated to include material from their International Assembly in France last October. Visit http://www.famvin.org/aic/reunionesin.htm
Bike to Power Computer in Remote Village of Laos
Pedal-powered e-mail in the jungle. Bay Area visionaries head to Laos with a tough little PC for villagers. The computer will be powered by a bike.Friday, January 17, 2003 (SF Chronicle) Pedal-powered e-mail in the jungle/2 Bay Area visionaries head to Laos with a...
Fr.Pratap Misal, C.M.expresses heartfelt thanks to SSVDP in USA
Fr.Pratap Misal, C.M. comes from the area that the USA SSVDP is funding for a new medical center. He did his high schools studies in that town. (He is currently doing further studies at the Catholic University of America.)The news that the SSVP of US funded for the...
''Our Apostolate with Blacks''
Father Sy Peterka, CM reflects on "Our Apostolate with Blacks" in this 2001 article from VINCENTIAN"One might suspect that in speaking about our Apostolate with Blacks that we begin telling the story about various Vincentian Ministries throughout the United States...
SSVDP and DC Collaborate in India
The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul in USA partnered with the Daughters of Charity to fund the work our Vincentian Family to build a new health care facility needed after the terrible flooding experienced in Orissa, India. Vimala Health Centre Completed in Orissa,...
American Hired as International Executive Director of SSVDP
January 17, 2003 - The First American, Steve M. Pearson, of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul has been hired for the newly formed position of International Executive Director, by the International Président General, José Ramón Díaz-Torremocha.The Society of St....
History of the Congregation of the Mission in the USA
The Congregation of the Mission in the United States: An Historical Survey - By John Rybolt, C.M., Director of International Center for Formation (Paris) 1. Roman Mission, 1815-1835 2. One Province, 1835-1888 3. Two Provinces, 1888-1975 4. Five Provinces, 1975...
Vatican Document on Catholics and Politics
"The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, having received the opinion of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, has decided that it would be appropriate to publish the present Doctrinal Note on some questions regarding the participation of Catholics in political...
Robert Maloney – Horizon Shifts for the Daughters of Charity (1997)
A VINCENTIANA article from 1997 summarizing "Horizon Shifts" that occured during the 1997 General Assembly of the Daughters of Charity.Horizon shifts that were evident during the 1997 general assembly 1. From a Community shaped predominately by European...
