In the city of Fortaleza, capital of Province of Ceara (northeast of Brazil), the Refuge Saint John Gabriel Perboyre,...
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by Vincentian Family Office | April 25, 2016 | Formation, Vincentian Family, Year of Vincentian Collaboration | 0 Comments
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | April 18, 2016 | Formation, Year of Vincentian Collaboration | 0 Comments
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by Vincentian Family Office | Apr 26, 2016 | Formation, Vincentian Family, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
In the city of Fortaleza, capital of Province of Ceara (northeast of Brazil), the Refuge Saint John Gabriel Perboyre,...
by Vincentian Family Office | Apr 25, 2016 | Formation, Vincentian Family, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
The Vincentian Family 10th Annual Meeting was held in St Vincent’s Retreat Center, Gopalpur on Sea, on 12th and 13th...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Apr 18, 2016 | Formation, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
The Handmaids of Charity (Ancelle della Carita) were founded in 1840 at Brescia, Italy, by Saint Maria Crocifissa di...
by Javier F. Chento | Feb 15, 2016 | Collaboration, Formation, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
On March 14, 2013, almost three years ago, the church experienced a day full of joy and hope: the white smoke announcing the election of the 266th Pope. We all remember the excitement that his appearance on the Vatican balcony generated as well as the many surprises...
by Vincentian Family Office | Feb 15, 2016 | Collaboration, Formation, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
Collaboration in the Vincentian Family by Eli Chaves Dos Santos, C.M. This year’s theme for the Vincentian Family is collaboration. Our conviction is that collaboration among the various branches of the Vincentian Family is necessary for the qualitative and...
by Javier F. Chento | Feb 8, 2016 | Formation, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
If collaboration has a necessary aspect, it is the strong bond of unity that makes us rely on one another. To better fulfill our unique mission —and let us not forget that it is to announce the Good News and to serve those in need— it is essential that we support one...
by Vincentian Family Office | Feb 8, 2016 | Formation, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
The Sisters of the Sacramental Heart of Jesus was founded in Zacatecas, Mexico by San José María Robles Hurtado (1888-1927), a martyr of the persecution of the Mexican Church. His charisma is "Extending the Kingdom of Love of the Heart of Jesus in the Eucharist."...
by Javier F. Chento | Feb 1, 2016 | Formation, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
We Vincentians are part of a wonderful spiritual family. We drink from the springs of the purest evangelical love, with charity being at the center of our spirituality and our action. This year 2016, we celebrate the Year of Vincentian Collaboration, an event that...
by Vincentian Family Office | Feb 1, 2016 | Year of Vincentian Collaboration
What are Unaffiliated Lay Vincentians? Considering the declining membership in many branches of the Vincentian Family in the United States, how will the Vincentian mission continue in the twenty-first century? In 2005, Rev. Edward R. Udovic, C.M., Senior Executive for...
by Vincentian Family Office | Jan 25, 2016 | Formation, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
In Madagascar, the Vincentian Family has been running for some 20 years now, encouraged by Congregation of the Mission from the start. All branches meet 4 times per year, and at the moment are striving to concretize at all levels, Father Gregory Gay’s words last May,...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jan 25, 2016 | Formation, Sisters of Charity, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
Urgent needs of Irish orphans and immigrants led to the founding of this Canadian community in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1854. Bishop Thomas Louis Connolly, OFM Cap. went to the New York novitiate of the Sisters of Charity to call for women to found the new...
by Vincentian Family Office | Jan 18, 2016 | Formation, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
The Brothers of Charity were founded in 1807 at Ghent, Belgium, by Pierre Joseph Triest (1760-1836) for nursing and education. This priest founded four congregation to aid the poor in the spirit of Saint Vincent de Paul, the patron of this institute. Triest himself...