On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the birth of St. John Gabriel Perboyre, the International Secretariat for Vincentian Studies (SIEV) has promoted and asked some confreres to study in depth the life of our martyr with the intention of investigating, in a special way, aspects of his life that were overlooked in previous studies. The initiative of SIEV was intended to promote further study of the personality of the saint, thus providing a basis for further critical studies that we hope someone will have the courage to undertake. This invitation was extended in a general way to all the confreres, through the Visitors, but it was also made in a very specific way to several confreres who are known for their expertise in the area of Vincentian studies. In the issue of Vincentiana which is about to be published (6/2002), these studies on Perboyre (family, psychology, letters, ministry in France, context, mission in China, martyrdom, Jesus Christ, Western missionaries in China and the Cause of Canonization) are collected and published, in some 150 pages, in order to enrich all of us, missionaries.
Source: NUNTIA (of the CM) Http://nuntia.cs.depaul.edu/
