In this video, Fr. Bernard Massarini shares his experience at the 2nd Vincentian Family Convocation, held in Rome in November 2024. The event brought together over 300 members of the Vincentian Family from across five continents to reflect, collaborate, and share their efforts in service of the poor. Fr. Massarini, who served as a translator during the gathering, offers insights into key discussions around education and health care—two vital areas where the Vincentian mission is taking concrete steps forward on a global scale. His testimony captures the richness of intercultural exchange and the shared commitment that unites the Vincentian Family worldwide.

Transcript:

I want to greet all the Vincentian family. For the meeting, I was very happy to be present. I was in charge to translate from Spanish to French at the meeting of Vincentians in education and healthcare. For me, the very interesting part of the job, [besides] the conferences which were very interesting too, was that I discovered that in your presence in education, in Asia, in Europe, in North America, in Africa, and in South America, you have many presences of Vincentians, Daughters or ladies working in education. And they sought some means to be more in touch with the reality. They chose some means to create a questionnaire; some lines to be a good patient educators. and then they are thinking to create a special formation for all these Vincentians working in education, to be more Vincentian in their pedagogy. And for healthcare… I don’t remember but they chose some some ways to be more active and more efficient. For me this was the effectiveness of our meeting: to start to do a common job, not only to share about your realities. So I want to greet for the occasion you gave me to participate in this meeting.

Read or download the final document of the Second Convocation of the Vincentian Family: “Keeping the Fire Burning to Be Pilgrims of Hope.”

“Keeping the Fire Burning to Be Pilgrims of Hope”: Document of the Second Convocation of the Vincentian Family