by Beth | Jan 27, 2007 | Missions inter gentes
Superior General in Papua New Guinea Perhaps we sons of Saint Vincent are the last missionary group to arrive in this remote and difficult terrain. But the work here is immense and the reality offers specific and impelling challenges that go the heart of our...
by Beth | Jan 26, 2007 | Church
VATICAN CITY, JAN. 24, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Here is the message Benedict XVI wrote on the occasion of World Communications Day 2007, which will be observed May 20 with the theme: “Children and the Media: a Challenge for Education.” 1. The theme of the...
by Beth | Jan 25, 2007 | Vincentian Family
Jesus Caldera, Spanish Minister for Labour and Social Security, presented the Golden Medal Merit Award to Daughter of Charity, Sister Carmen Velasco Ramos, for her work in the Health Service. The ceremony was attended by her co-workers from the clinic as well as...
by Beth | Jan 24, 2007 | Uncategorized
Vincent de Paul came into contact with Francis de Sales in Paris in 1618 or 1619. Though Francis de Sales lived only another four years, his own spirituality and virtue, as well as his writings, especially An Introduction to the Devout Life, and Treatise on the Love...
by Beth | Jan 24, 2007 | Uncategorized
January 25 marks the 390th anniversary of the foundation of the Congregation of the Mission. But, in fact, according to José-MarÃa Román, C.M., on that day in 1617 he did not found anything. He simply discovered his vocation, that is, the way by which, in the future,...