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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Are there alternatives to war against Iraq?
Hungry people hope so. From the Bread for the World website... The United States seems headed toward war against Iraq. But military action against Iraq could bring dire consequences for hungry and poor people—not only in Iraq, but around the world. As peacemakers and...
Vincentian Computer Training Project for Workers
A basic computer science project was started last 27 September in Tandang Sora, Quezon City (Philippines) for the domestic employees who live in that area. Various seminarians and lay experts, led by a confrere, animate the program which has begun to function in the...
DC's Breaking the Cycle of Poverty in Ethiopia
In Addis Ababa the Daughters of Charity are trying to break the poverty cycle by means of a very special place - the ATSE School. Breaking the poverty cycle Once the basic essentials for life have been secured, the best way to break the cycle of poverty is to empower...
St. Vincent de Paul Formation School for the Laity – Central America
103 Central America The St. Vincent de Paul Theological Formation School, located in San Jacinto (San Salvador) and inaugurated a little over a year ago, recently introduced areas of study which will contribute in responding to the signs of the times and, especially,...
Report from CM in Venezuela
Venezuela Dramatic Situation. The Visitor, Fr. Antonio González, wrote to tell us that Venezuela is going through a difficult situation, that it is suffering from a strike that has already lasted a month, without hope for a quick solution due to the contrary positions...
CM hosts International Meeting of Archivists
On 3 December, the Curia House was host to the year-end meeting of the archivists of religious Congregations in Rome. Fr. Rolando DelaGoza, Archivist and Procurator General, presented a short paper on “Archivists: Starting from Scratch,” which outlined the various...
Vincentian Book of Prayer.
From 13-20 December, Fr. Aidan Rooney (Orl) was at the General Curia working on the draft of the Vincentian Book of Prayer that will be sent later to the Visitors, leaving ample space for local and regional adaptation and enrichment. (Source: NUNTIA cf....
Pope to Ordain Vincentian Priest a Bishop for Ukraine
Msgr. Milan Sasik of the Congregation for the Mission, born September 17, 1952, ordained a priest June 6, 1976, elected titular bishop of Bononia and appointed apostolic administrator "ad nutum Sanctae Sedis" of the Eparchy of Mukacheve, Ukraine, on November 12, 2002....
Recycle Used Christmas Cards to Benefit the Needy
St. Jude's Ranch for Children recycles used greeting cards, clipping the covers and attaching them to preprinted card stock to make a new card, which is then sold to help fund the activities of the ranch. St. Jude's was founded by a Catholic priest in the 1960s as a...
Serving as a Guide at the Shrine of Elizabeth Seton
Recently I (Sister Mary Agnes O'Neil) served as a Docent at the shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, Maryland. It was indeed a return to my roots after 52 years, as I had made my seminary at the old Provincial House now owned by the Fire Academy of the...
