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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
”Young Vincentians, Hearts in the Right Place”
Third in a series catechetical reflections from Toronto and World Youth Day An invitation "“You are the salt of the earth... You are the light of the world” (Mt 5:13-14): this is the theme I have chosen for the next World Youth Day. The images of salt and light used...
”The Poor are our top Priority as Vincentians”
Another in the series of catechtical instructions in Toronto found on the Young Vincentians Web site.An invitation Many people are wounded by life: they are excluded from economic progress, and are without a home, a family, a job; there are people who are lost in a...
”Young Vincentians, Be witness of the Gospel” World Youth Day
The English web site of Vincentian Youth has a series of catechesis from the World Youth day experience in Toronto.An invitation For a long time, salt was also used to preserve food. As the salt of the earth, you are called to preserve the faith which you have...
New Orleans SSVDP celebrates 150th Anniversary
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul will celebrate its 150th Anniversary of charitable works in the City of New Orleans during the month of September 2002. Parishes throughout south Louisiana will declare that period, “Society of St. Vincent de Paul Month.” For further...
Listing of Parishes Dedicated to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
A preconfigured web search for parishes dedicated to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton.
Listing of parishes dedicated to St. Catherine Laboure
A preconfigured web search for <a href=http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&newwindow=1&safe=off&as_qdr=all&q=+%22St+Catherine+Laboure+parish%22&btnG=Google+Searchparishes dedicated to St. Catherine Laboure.
List of parishes dedicated to St. Louise de Marillac
A preconfigured web search for parishes under the patronage of St. Louise de Marillac.
Yahoo’s World Youth Day Slide Show
Yahoo has turned a still growing collection of more than 180 photos into an easily accessible slide show.Each slide is annotated with descriptive text and allows clicking on a particular photo to see a larger version of it. It even provide a link whereby one can email...
Human Development Facts
Did you know?... Facts culled from UN Human Development 2002 report .A sampling... • There have been great improvements in human political and civil rights: since 1980, 81 countries have taken significant steps in democratization, with 33 military regimes replaced by...
Politics matter for human development.
Reducing poverty depends as much on whether poor people have political power as on their opportunities for economic progress. UN Report on Human Development 2002Democracy has proven to be the system of governance most capable of mediating and preventing conflict and...
