Javier F. Chento
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![Advent Message from the Superior General, Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2016/11/adviento-fb-EN.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Advent Message from the Superior General, Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM
"The Incarnation, Here and Now": this is the theme proposed by Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM, for the time of Advent, in a letter addressed to the entire Vincentian Family, which we have reproduced below. After the text, you will find links to download his letter in several...
![The Prayer That Led Us To Visit Families • Tales of the Miraculous Virgin](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2016/11/chapel-of-the-miraculous-medal-chapelle-de-la-mc3a9daille-miraculeuse-paris-paul-prescott-01.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
The Prayer That Led Us To Visit Families • Tales of the Miraculous Virgin
In a few days, the Vincentian Family will greet the Virgin with special affection in its invocation of "Miraculous." Surely this month many reflections will be published online, on her history, present, etc. We invited you to do something...
![Cefonin Dining Hall of Dschang (Cameroon)](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2016/11/1479225833Picture1.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Cefonin Dining Hall of Dschang (Cameroon)
Dear Benefactors, I would like to introduce you to 4 boys. Their mother leaves home very early in the morning to clean a family’s home and she returns home around 6:00. She has a small salary of 38 € per month. We found the children in a very poor nutritional state....
![Mary Brought Life to My Life • Tales of the Miraculous Virgin](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2016/11/miraculous_medal_visor_clip__87618.1411517314.1280.1280.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Mary Brought Life to My Life • Tales of the Miraculous Virgin
In a few days, the Vincentian Family will greet the Virgin with special affection in its invocation of "Miraculous." Surely this month many reflections will be published online, on her history, present, etc. Last month, we invited you to...
![A Family Devotion • Tales of the Miraculous Virgin](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2016/11/family-devotion.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
A Family Devotion • Tales of the Miraculous Virgin
In less than a month, the Vincentian Family will greet the Virgin with special affection in its invocation of "Miraculous." Surely this month many reflections will be published online, on her history, present, etc. Last week, we invited...
![Funeral Prayer for Homeless in Ukraine](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2016/11/funeral-prayer-vfo-ukraine.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Funeral Prayer for Homeless in Ukraine
"May the angels take your soul, raise it from earth to heaven, may the song of the saved follow it, in the face of the highest God." Today “Volunteer School” (Kyiv) was held in a different format – volunteers, Fathers missionaries, Marian sisters and seminarians...
![The History of Salvation in a Medal • Tales of the Miraculous Virgin](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2016/11/medaille-mir.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
The History of Salvation in a Medal • Tales of the Miraculous Virgin
In less than a month, the Vincentian Family will greet the Virgin with special affection in its invocation of "Miraculous." Surely this month many reflections will be published online, on her history, present, etc. Last week, we invited...
![Carrying Mary on Our Neck, Lips and Heart • Tales of the Miraculous Virgin](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/11/miraculous-medal-featured.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Carrying Mary on Our Neck, Lips and Heart • Tales of the Miraculous Virgin
In less than a month, the Vincentian Family will greet the Virgin with special affection in its invocation of "Miraculous." Surely this month many reflections will be published online, on her history, present, etc. Last week, we invited...
![Juvenal y Ramiro: Promoting Better Education in Bolivia, #IamVincent](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2016/10/promoting-better-education-IamVincent.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Juvenal y Ramiro: Promoting Better Education in Bolivia, #IamVincent
Juvenal y Ramiro are two young people who belong to the Vincentian pastoral team at Mocomoco (Bolivia) where the Congregation of the Mission carries out its service from an international missionary community. They can also say #IamVincent: their work in education is a...
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Halloween, and What Christians Celebrate
A few years ago, my sister-in-law told me about the changes in the classroom of my nephews, their activities and all those little things that helps children learn to socialize. Thus, among other stories, she told me this of my little niece, 5 years old then, facing...