Some new resources for the feast of St. Vincent… most notably vinformation, a site still in development and dedicated to the idea that learning about Vincent and his charism can be fun. The Vincentian Encyclopedia has added a great deal of other material.Some of the resources from past years gathered by Manuel Sanchez of the St. Vincent dePaul Society in Los Angeles…

Saturday, September 27, is the Feast Day of St. Vincent de Paul, our patron.  I pray that all of you have a wonderful day and, if  possible, join with your fellow Vincentians to celebrate this feast day with Mass and fellowship.

If you’d like some information on St. Vincent, an excellent source is the Vincentian Family Encyclopedia.  Read the site’s entry on the Vincent Apostle to the Poor.

A good web site for all things Vincentian would be the Vincentian Center for Church and Society, sponsored by St. John’s University, a Vincentian university (run by the Congregation of the Mission’s Eastern Province) in New York City. See a  short bio,   a timeline of his life, and Vincent in his own words and some further insights.

A short reflection marking the day, created by Sr. Kieran Kneaves, DC, of the Society’s National Office and taken from her “Vincentian Reflections:  Seek Refuge in the Name of the Lord” attached as an MS Word document.  (You may access the next quarter’s reflections at the Society’s National website.

You may find further reflections based on Vincent’s words (excerpted from a book entitled “Praying with St. Vincent de Paul”) at the Vincentian Family website, famvin.org, by going to http://www.famvin.org/cm/resourcebook/documents/McKennaExcerpts.htm (the famvin website is offered for the extended Vincentian Family, i.e. the Congregation of the Mission, Daughters of Charity, Sisters of Charity, Ladies of Charity, Friars of the Sick Poor, Vincentian Service Corps, MiSeVi, etc.).  You may also find quotes from Vincent at this site.

Also available through the FamVin website are two versions of the Propers (or Mass prayers) for this feast day;  one, available from a traditionalist blog, gives the version used before Vatican II;  the second, available from the Society’s Canadian National office, offers the contemporary texts.

You may find further reflections based on Vincent’s words (excerpted from a book entitled Praying with St. Vincent de Paul, famvin.org, by going to  (the famvin website is offered for the extended Vincentian Family, i.e. the Congregation , Daughters of Charity, Sisters of Charity, Friars and Sisters of the Sick Poor, Vincentian Service Corps, MiSeVi, etc.).  You may also find quotes from Vincent at this site by going to http://www.famvin.org/cm/resourcebook/documents/quotes.htm.