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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Taizé Plans New ”Pilgrimage of Confidence” for Youth
Since 1978, this year-end European meeting has gathered as many as 100,000 young people for over five days. Meetings have been held in Prague, Rome, Budapest, Munich, Vienna and Paris, among other places. On some occasions, meetings have been held in India, the...
(Australian) VINNIES: A LANTERN IN THE DARK
SYDNEY, November 10, 2002 (catholicweekly.com.au): Damir Govorcin writes in next Sunday's The Catholic Weekly - "An endless nurse, a lantern in the dark … the whispered prayer, the song of comfort that sees a victim through the night." That, says Premier Bob Carr, is...
SSVDP Teams up with Singer/songwriter
SYDNEY, November 7, 2002 (cathtelecom.com): The St Vincent de Paul Society in Queensland has teamed up with singer/songwriter Kasey Chambers to produce a series of posters educating people about the issues facing disadvantaged youth. Kasey's song Not Pretty Enough was...
What Would St. Vincent Do?
http://nuntia.cs.depaul.edu/cm/hunger/www.htm
Rethinking the Death Penalty
U.S. Courts Put More Barriers to Capital Punishment WASHINGTON, D.C., NOV. 9, 2002 (Zenit.org).- U.S.. courts are showing more doubts about the death penalty. On Wednesday, one minute before Texan prisoner James Colburn was to be taken from his cell to the death...
Daughters of Charity – Province of the West
The Daughters of Charity of the Province of the West have web site which is located at http://www.daughtersofcharity.com/
Rethinking the Death Penalty
U.S. Courts Put More Barriers to Capital Punishment WASHINGTON, D.C., NOV. 9, 2002 (Zenit.org).- U.S.. courts are showing more doubts about the death penalty. On Wednesday, one minute before Texan prisoner James Colburn was to be taken from his cell to the death...
Vatican Donates to Encourage Struggle Against Hunger
From Zenit.org: NEW YORK, NOV. 7, 2002 (Zenit.org).- The Vatican made a symbolic financial contribution to the World Food Program to encourage international generosity with this initiative. The announcement was made by Archbishop Renato Martino, president of the...
De Paul University – 8th Largest Private University in US
DePaul Again Sets Enrollment Record, Is Now Eighth-Largest Private University in the United StatesNovember 07, 2002 DePaul University has become the eighth-largest private university in the country this fall through a nine percent increase in enrollment that...
Listen (literally) Stories of the Daughters of Charity
The Daughters of Charity of the East Central Province of the US invite us to literally listen to stories about them on their web site.In brief segments you can listen to Daughters Diary Daughters Stories A Daughter Helped Me VIsit http://www.doc-ecp.org/core.asp
