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The Cathedral of Saint Vincent de Paul in Tôlagnaro stands where the first Lazarist missionaries sent by Saint Vincent reached Madagascar in 1648. Inaugurated in 1969, its modern architecture, diocesan role, and living Vincentian presence make it both a memorial to missionary courage and a continuing center of faith and service for the communities of Anosy and Androy.
Saint Vincent de Paul’s legacy invites the Vincentian Family to rediscover its vocation with gratitude and wonder. Called by name, gathered in communion, and sent in the Church’s mission, Vincentians are urged to recognize today’s faces of poverty, strengthen collaboration among branches, deepen formation, and remain available to serve Christ in the poor with courage and hope.
The motive for our works, the mission of our vocation, and the God whom we serve are all a single thing: charity. This theological virtue, which the Apostle teaches us is above all other virtues, is defined in our catechism with a recitation of the Greatest Commandment: to love God above all things for his own sake, and to love our neighbor as ourselves for the love of God.
In this series, Fr. Rooney extends the Sunday experience by looking at how we practically live a liturgically informed life. This week: many lay Vincentians are married; let’s reflect on how we can imitate the virtues of holy founder Frederic Ozanam in his relationship with his wife, Amélie.
In this opening section of Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo XIV presents artificial intelligence, digitalization, and robotics as part of the res novae — the “new things” — of our time. He does not begin with fear, nor with naïve enthusiasm. He begins with discernment.
Homelessness damages health, while poor health makes escaping homelessness more difficult. In Ukraine, the loss of identity documents can tighten this cycle further, blocking access to medical care, social benefits, employment, and housing precisely when a person needs them most.
Manuel Martínez Jiménez, an attorney and farmer from Almería, made the Eucharist the center of an intense lay vocation and turned his possessions into lasting works serving people in poverty, priestly vocations, and the Church. A member of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, he was murdered in 1936 amid the violence of the Spanish Civil War and beatified in 2017 with 114 other martyrs of Almería.
Fr. Robert Maloney, C.M. reflects on St. John Gabriel Perboyre, C.M.: What went on inside this genuinely holy man?
The life story of Juan Gabriel Perboyre, C.M., born in a rural area of France in 1802 and martyred in China in 1840, from peasant to missionary, reveals a deeply personal story of discernment, perseverance, and faith.
