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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Fr. Maloney – ”The Listening Disciple”
"...today let me speak of only one thing, the "necessary" thing, according to Luke’s gospel, the secret of her holiness: she listens to the word of God. Mary hears what God is saying and acts on it."THE LISTENING DISCIPLE Each morning he wakes me to hear, to listen...
AIC International Assembly – Monday Report
Report on the Activities for Day 2 - MondayTRANSFORMATION OF THE ASSOCIATION For the preparation of this Assembly, we started with the conviction that the ideas that were born during these last years, mainly during the international assemblies, in Queretaro and in...
Temporary Web Site of AIC International Assembly – France
The temporay address of the web site presenting the proceedings and document of the International Assembly of the AIC (of which LCUSA is a part) is http://bethnicol.com.Due to technical difficulties in both France and the US the site presently available only in...
How cash crops are keeping the world hungry.
"We are forced to grow pineapples and bananas for other people, while there is less corn to feed our own populations. It is obvious that we are on the wrong track, that we are abusing our natural resources." - Costa Rican farmer Wilson Campos For further information...
Vincent De Paul’s Letter to Today’s Christians
An English translation of a piece which appeared originally in the Boletín Informativo, PP. Paúles Prov. Madrid, nº 264, julio-septiembre 2002, I, Vincent Depaul, unworthy priest of the Mission, dare address you, Christian men and women of a very advanced and highly...
AIC General Assembly Begins in Nice, France
Today marks the beginning of the International Assembly of the AIC (LCUSA in the US).The delegates from all corners of the world will spend the next week in discussion and planning around the theme "Social Co-Responsibility - A Path to Peace" The web site of the AIC...
”The Spirituality of the Magnificat” – Fr. Robert Maloney
The Magnificat is a freedom song of the poor. Mary, the lead singer, epitomizes the lowly of Israel, those marginalized by society, for whom there is “no room in the inn.”[1] God is her only hope, and she sings his praises with exuberant confidence. As members of...
Vincentian Study Week In Salmanca
From 9-13 September, the 28th Week of Vincentian Studies was held in the Provincial House. The theme was: “Vincentian Laity for the Third Millennium.28th Week of Studies. ” The first conference was the responsibility of the Superior General, Robert Maloney, who...
CM Guidelines for Those Serving in the Missions
The Congregation of the Mission has released new guidelines for those working in the Missionshttp://www.famvin.org/cm/curia/curia/RATIO%20MISSIONUM-Ingles-co.htm
Vincentian Family Mission in Peru
The three provinces of the Southern Cone (Argentina, Chile and Peru) held, in communion with the Vincentian Family, an interprovincial mission from 29 July to 11 August.Interprovincial Mission. The places chosen for this pastoral activity were the communities of: La...
