The Summer Vincentian Popular Mission ‘09 is another initiative of Adamson University in order to carry-on the Vincentian legacy of creatively responding to those who are in need and evangelizing through words and deeds. This program follows a similar one in ‘08.
St Vincent’s Parish Ashfield will be a host site for the Year of St Paul National e-Conference sponsored by the Diocese of Broken Bay and the Australian Bishops Conference. For more info on what this National E-Conference is about, go to the links Year of Paul National E-Conference (Broken Bay Institute) and Hi-tech Treatment for Paul’s Messages [...]
In “Shared Sickness” TB in the Ngobe Family Fr. Joe Fitzgerald, CM uses video as part of his doctoral project to tell the story of how this disease affects the indigenous Ngobe people of Panama.
From the General Curia: Spiritual exercises; The Superior General; CEVIM: Meeting in Beirut. From the Provinces: Argentina: The Celebrations of the 150th Anniversary; Colombia: From the Internal Seminary; Portugal: Provincial Day; Vice-Province of Nigeria: Canonical Visitation. New Unpublished Vincentian Document.  CLV (Centro Liturgico Vincenziano. New Web Sites. Visit CMGLOBAL.ORG
Two new websites have been launched recently. One features the Spanish CM Province of Salamanca is dedicated to St. John Gabriel Perboyre and feature many photos since it is sponsored bya French tour company. (See n otices on the Australian CM site.
More than 50 Polish CM’s were martyred during the Holocaust. According to the newly inaugurated website of the Polish Vincentians “They were among the 2,794 clergy members including 1,773 Polish priests and religious brothers were held in KL They are all celebrated in Martyrdom of Polish Clergy Memorial Day.
Fr Richard Benson CM from the United States is currently visiting Australia by invitation of the St Vincent de Paul Society, according to the Australian CM site. He will give workshops, talks and retreats for the St Vincent de Paul Society in Sydney, Canberra and Galong in New South Wales, and in Cairns, [...]
As part of a project to integrate technologies such as google maps, the Vincentian Encyclopedia has developed at list of all the provinces of the Congregation of the Mission and is now starting to insert maps into these pages. similar maps could be made of other Vincentian Family locations.
The CM Province of Argentina, celebrating 150 years of Vincentian Mission, has launched a new website. The Province of Argentina includes Paraguay and Uruguay. Themed in the colours of Argentina, the site contains information about the works of the province, news, the story of Vincent de Paul, vocation promotion links, details of the sesquicentenary celebrations,.  [...]
How would you like to work on a tropical island? You’re picturing gentle breezes, swaying palm trees, pristine beaches…paradise, right? Father Gilbert Walker, CM, laughs heartily at the image. Since 2003 he is one of a very long line of Vincentians to serve in Cuba. Read the more detailed description of his work with the [...]
The third of 3 videos taken by the Superior General during his recent visit to the CM and DC missions in Kenya. This one features the postulants and celebrations of the Daughters of Charity.
The Lay Led Liturgies have now been updated to May 24, the Feast of the Ascension. They are provided by provided by Fr John O’Keefe CM of the Australian Province of the CM. All can be accessed on the site of the Australian CM province through the link: Lay Led Liturgies. (Scroll down to see [...]
Our ongoing formation session was directed by Father Luigi Mezzadri with the theme The Women Who Helped to Build the Holiness of Saint Vincent. At our quarterly meeting Rome 2-7 March we hosted the Vincentian Solidarity Office team, the three Visitors of the western region of the United States who presented their ongoing process of [...]
Imagine if New York City's taps went dry. What would we do? Jennifer Connelly walks to Central Park to get dirty water for her family as millions of mothers in Africa do every day.