Ascension Thursday as Missioning

17th Century Bielorussian icon of the Ascension “Mission” was so essential to Vincent that he founded the Congregation of the Mission. Today’s feast of the Ascension led me to reflect on our missioning.

On this day…

On April 2, 1791, Saint Francis Regis Clet set out on journey to China. He was 43 years old and had asked several times to be sent to China. He was martyred in China some 27 years later. Read about the saint in the Vincentian Encyclopedia.

“Tomb Day” – a world without Jesus

“Holy Saturday is our invitation to get in touch with that sense of loss, to try to understand what it would mean to live in a world without Jesus. ” FAMVIN contributer Susan Stabile (sjs) has some thoughtful reflections about Holy Saturday posted on her...
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