by Beth | Aug 14, 2005 | Vincentian Family
It began with a nun’s prayer. Certainly, neither Sister Patricia Sullivan DC nor the Vietnamese priests and postulants who escaped from their country in the middle of the night in small boats back in 1975 thought it would lead to this. But three decades later, the...
by Beth | May 30, 2005 | Vincentian Family
Leaders of many of the branches of the Vincentian Family report on their meeting in Paris and offer some suggestions for the annual Vincentian Day of Prayer.Rome, 29 May 2005 Solemnity of Corpus Christi To the members of the Vincentian Family Dear brothers and...
by Beth | Dec 15, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
A Berkeley scientist, an Albany biotechnology startup and a unique San Francisco nonprofit drug company will announce today they have received a $43 million grant to develop a cheaper version of a Chinese herbal drug that is considered the most effective cure for...
by Beth | Nov 15, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
New York Times: A Chinese herbal drug that is strikingly effective against malaria is in critically short supply because of rising demand, public health officials and pharmaceutical executives say. As a result, prices for the drug, artemisinin, have quadrupled, and...
by Beth | Sep 10, 2004 | Vincentian Family
As part of their Study Abroad experience a group of St. John’s University students visited Viet Nam. In their E-journals they share their experiences in a new culture including visits to a Nike factory and a firehouses in Hanoi and Saigon which one felt were...
