The celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Vincentian Family in Holland revealed that of the 12 groups represented in Holland the Congregations with the most number of members in this country are not the ones most widely known. Rather, they are the Sisters of the Charity of Our Lady, Mother of Mercy and the Brothers of Our Lady, Mother of Mercy.These are two Congregations founded by Johannes Zwijsen, the first Archbishop of Utrecht after the Church’s reorganization in the Netherlands. He was deeply inspired by Saint Vincent de Paul. The Congregations are present in several other countries, among which are Indonesia and Brazil, where they are very involved in Vincentian Family movements. More than ten other Congregations or Institutes belong to the Vincentian Family too. Fr. Manny Ginete, the Delegate of the Congregation of the Mission to the Vincentian family alos visited the General Houses of some of them in Utrecht and in Tilburg and spoke to their respective General Councils. He also stayed with the missionaries in Panningen and Nijmegen.
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