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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Fr. Maloney visits new Province in Kiev
From 16-20 September, Frs. Robert Maloney, Superior General, and Józef Kapu_ciak, Assistant General, were in Kiev (Ukraine), participating in the first-ever meeting of the confreres of this newly erected vice-province (2001). Almost all participated: 21 priests, two...
BBC report on failure to reduce hunger
Continuing struggle: Little has changed since 1996 - Ambitious plans to halve world hunger by 2015 are facing failure, says a report from the United Nations. Experts predict that it could take a century to meet the target if progress were to continue at the current...
French Bishop’s Conference Statement on Iraq Attack
PARIS, Oct 15, 02 CWNews.com- France's Catholic bishops warned on Tuesday that an attack on Iraq would destabilize the Middle East and that it would be illegal in any case. The bishops' conference issued a statement questioning whether Iraq is an urgent military...
Vincentian Partnershiip for Justice Seminar
A Spirituality for Justice Seminar hosted by the Vincentian Partnership for Justice took place in All Hallows College  on Saturday 28th Septmber 2002 The aim of the day was to try to deepen our understanding of the connection between the Vincentian Charism and...
Vincentian Family Use of Technology
The Daughters of Charity pause to reflect on Vincentian use of technology.
Pope to Add New Mysteries to the Rosary
VATICAN, Oct 16, 02 http://CWNews.com/ -- Pope John Paul II will release an apostolic letter on devotion to the Virgin Mary on October 16-- the anniversary of his election to the pontificate-- according to informed Vatican sources. Leaks from the Vatican, in...
SSVDP Convokes General Assembly in Rome 2003
On the occasion of the 170th birthday of our Society and as the Commission for the Reform of the Rule, asked by the General Assembly of Fatima in 1999, finished its works, the General President decided to convoke a General Assembly in Rome, from October 14th to 19th,...
Vincentian Family in Costa Rica
Fr. BenjamÃn Romo, Delegate for the Vincentian Family, visited Costa Rica from 2-16 September. During his visit he met with the different associations of the Vincentian Family present in the country and got to know the reality and the projects the Vincentian Family...
Starvation in Africa Raises Questions In Australia
SYDNEY, October 8, 2002 (smh.com.au): With millions of southern Africans facing starvation, Australia must reconsider its aid policies, write Andrew Hewett and Jack de Groot in today's Sydney Morning Herald. STARVATION IN AFRICA October 8, 2002 There is a food crisis...
70 Seminarians in Vincentian Seminary in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands and the Congregation of the Mission Visit to the Mission. During the month of September, Fr. Victor Bieler, Assistant General for the Missions, visited the missions of the CM in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. He was in...
