December 8 in the Vincentian Family

December 8 marks

• the Feast of the Immaculate Conception,
• the canoncial establishment of the Confraternity of Charity– 1617;
• one of the four major feasts chosen by the Society of St. Vincent DePaul 1834 and
• the day on which many groups of the Sisters of Charity renew their vows.

It also marks the publication (1975) of the Paul VI’s exhortation to announce the Good News (Evangelii Nuntiandi)