by John Freund, CM | Apr 8, 2011 | Congregation of the Mission, Vincentian Family
The Superior General gave an updated report on Father Jean-Pierre Mangulu, CM from the Province of Congo who has been sent to Haiti to assist the Vincentian Family in creating projects for our Zafen website. The process of development in Haiti is slow, yet, our...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 6, 2011 | Congregation of the Mission, Vincentian Family
Fr. Rolando Santos, C.M. provincial superior of the Lazarist Fathers, Philippines, has been named Bishop of Alotau-Sideia (area 20,000, population 245,000, Catholics 41,137, priests 23, religious 43), Papua New Guinea. The bishop-elect was born in Rizal, Philippines,...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 16, 2011 | Congregation of the Mission, Vincentian Family
Vincentians in France are known as “Lazarists” since St. Lazare played such an important part in its early history. After its confiscation by the revolutionary government, Saint-Lazare began another long chapter in its history serving as a women’s...
by Beth | Feb 25, 2011 | Congregation of the Mission, Daughters of Charity, Systemic change
Systemic change projects don’t drop from the skies. They need to be nurtured and grow. Ideas need to be explored. Follow the stages of a group from the Philadelphia & Central NJ region who attended the Belleville, IL Systemic Change conference in November...
by Beth | Feb 22, 2011 | Congregation of the Mission, Daughters of Charity, Disasters and Responses, Vincentian Family
There are no members of the Congregation of the Mission or Daughters of Charity working in New Zealand at the moment, but the Society of St Vincent de Paul is of course active there, and they will be affected directly or by the assistance they will be bringing to...
by Beth | Jan 7, 2011 | Congregation of the Mission, Vincentian Family
Fr. Adan Rooney, CM is managing to run his Vincentian Bolivian Altiplano Mission Facebook page from Mocomoco high in the Bolivian mountains. He has managed to rig a satellite connection so that he does not have to wait until gets back to a larger population center....
