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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Ending Poverty Is a “Sacred Duty” of Every Politician, Says John Paul II
VATICAN CITY, NOV. 22, 2002 (Zenit.org).- John Paul II met with the new ambassador of Haiti to the Vatican and stressed the duty of those who govern to be committed to the eradication of poverty. "To eliminate the profound causes of poverty and despair, to give every...
Presentation by CM Representative at the UN
Vincent's Spirit - Food for a Journey - Fr. Joe Foley, CM If someone were thinking about being a Vincentian in any of our Communities and asked any of us in this room to say something about who we are, perhaps we would say: We are a Community with a commitment to a...
Pope Speaks to Religious of St. Vincent de Paul
"Your missionary venture was born of the experience of your founder and his companions who, through the Conferences of St Vincent de Paul of Bl. Frédéric Ozanam, discovered the sad state of workers' families, deprived of dignity and excluded from social life."During...
Engaging Website for CM Province of Puerto Rico
Even if one does not read Spanish this new site is worth a visit if only to see the beautiful graphic of the Vincentian Family and the use the site makes of music. http://www.padrespaulespr.net
November 28 – Feast of St. Catherine Laboure
Further information about her life can be found at http://www.amm.org/catherine.htm and http://www.cammonline.org/pages/laboure.html Addtional resource material for the feast of St. Catherine Laboure can be found at using this "google.com "search of the internet.
Solemn Novena – Feast of Miraculous Medal
Many places prepare for the Feast of the Miraculous Medal by celebrating a Solemn Novena prior to November 27. For the novena prayers and background information read more...For the novena prayers visit either http://www.cammonline.org/pages/novena.html or...
Vietnamese Web Site Links the Poor and Donors
First time Catholics in Vietnam have used an Internet website to evangelize and to link poor people and donors.November 17, 2002   HO CHI MINH CITY, November 16, 2002 (ucanews.com): Catholic Internet surfers in Vietnam are responding to a "Let's Help the Needy"...
Social Justice in a Secular Society – SSVDP (Australia) Lecture
St Vincent de Paul Society (Victoria) Ozanam Lecture, delivered by Professor John Molony, with response by Morag Fraser, Melbourne, 9 July, 2002.My simple purpose is to scatter among you a few seeds of thought, some of which may seem to contain ‘hard sayings’. In all...
”In Christ, God Was Made An ”Emigrant”
VATICAN CITY, NOVEMBER 17, 2002 (Zenit.org).-Here is a translation of John Paul II's address at midday on Sunday, before praying the "Angelus" with pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican. Dear Brothers and Sisters! 1. Today the Day of Migrations is...
OCEANIA VINCENTIAN Goes Online
SYDNEY, November 14, 2002 : The 2002 edition of Oceania Vincentian, a Journal of the Australian Province of the Congregation of the Mission, has now been published and distributed within the Province. Owing to costs, the Journal is not available to the public. ...
