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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Frederic’s E-Gazette March 2014
Frederic's E-Gazette for March 2014 is now available to view  online or download. It is a monthly newsletter designed to provide timely, short articles of interest to the members and supporters of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. The publication complements Ozanam...
SVDP fostering cell phone engagement
Something for followers of Vincent and Louise to consider... The St. Vincent dePaul Society offers 10 reasons why their Councils should  consider cellphone engagement: 1. Reach the unengaged through a personal device carried by nearly everyone 2. Encourage one-time...
Niagara University “trends” on Twitter
Tom Burns, NU’s associate vice president for communications, sent the email at 10:04 p.m. By just after 11 p.m., the hashtag #ThomasBurns was an international trending topic on Twitter, a designation typically reserved for major world events (e.g. Boston Marathon...
Saturday Study Hall – Journey with Vincent
We are all on a spiritual journey. Abraham risked all to follow God's invitation even in advanced age. The disciples journeyed with Christ and found themselves in surprising places. So too Vincent. His journey took him seeking a life of security to following Christ...
Ladies of Charity – Second Sunday of Lent
The LCUSA website offers SZr. Margaret John Kelly's reflections for the second Sunday of Lent. The reflection concludes with an invitation... Select one difficult experience or suffering in your life which turned out to be a blessing because in faith you followed the...
Charity Federation Connections
The Sisters of Charity of Halifax offer their monthly review of whats new in Charity Federation Connections — Lifelines March 2014
Friends of the Poor Walk/Run 2014
Can you top this?  22,000 walkers raised over $2.1m Million in 2013! SAVE THE DATE: FRIENDS OF THE POOR® WALK/RUN Saturday, September 20th, 2014 The Friends of the Poor® Walk/Run began as a national program with the purpose of providing local Society of St. Vincent de...
Formation Friday – Vincentian Family through the year
Every family has its special days. The Vincentian Family is no exception. Continuing our exploration of the resources of the VinFormation site within Famvin.org, here is a sample of resources presented as they occur in the course of a year. January 4: Feast of St....
“Voice of the Poor” becomes “Out of Poverty”
OUT OF POVERTY is now the title of the Western Region Voice of the Poor newsletter. It seems appropriate, because it indicates the goal of everything we do for the people we serve. Together with the new name, our team decided that the newsletter would have each time...
Ten insights into Pope Francis
Rome Reports offers a powerful series of video moments it considers highlights and insights into Pape Francis' first year. The text below is even more powerful when viewed with appropriate video clips illustrating its choice in RomeReports. 1- HELPÂ As he introduced...