Vincentian Song Festival
If you are travelling along the path of mission and charity, it is because you are animated by the mysticism of our charism
If you are travelling along the path of mission and charity, it is because you are animated by the mysticism of our charism
On that day in May of 1629, neither Vincent nor Louise was aware of just how far that journey of service leadership would take her nor of its ramifications for the Church and for the service of generations of persons in need.
Mission Sunday theme – “Baptized and Sent: The Church of Christ on Mission in the World.” certainly has strong echos of the Vincentian call to walk in the footsteps of Christ the Evangelizer of the Poor!
On October 15, 2019, it was exactly 90 years ago that the first Brothers of Charity from the Netherlands arrived in Indonesia, more specifically in Purworejo (Java), where they started the Dutch East Indies School with 286 pupils.
Clericalism leads to many dangers in the Church and in the lives of all people, clergy and laity.