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FEAST OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL
We want to share with all of you the joy that we experience as we draw near to the feast of our holy founder: Saint Vincent de Paul.
Thank you, Lord, thank you! is the exclamation that flows from our heart on this feast of Saint Vincent de Paul.
Thank you, Lord, thank you! because on September 23rd of this year we celebrated the 406th anniversary of Saint Vincent’s ordination. On September 23, 1600, he received the sacrament of Orders in the Church of Château-l’Évêque.
Thank you, Lord, thank you! because today the Vincentian charism continues to be alive in the Church and in the world. Through countless Vincentian missionaries, Daughters of Charity and lay Vincentians throughout the world the Good News is proclaimed to the poor.
We wish to renew our commitment to serve and evangelize the poor in whatever place we might find ourselves. We want to sing hymns of praise to God through handing ourselves over to and serving those who live on the margins of society.
The proclamation of Good News to the most needy, both those in material and spiritual need, continues to be an urgent necessity. Evangelization is a responsibility that makes demands on all those who have been baptized and on the whole Church.
Saint Vincent accomplished his first great works through collaboration with the laity, with men and women. He realized that the benefits of the mission would not endure unless the flame remained lit as a result of the action of zealous and well-formed priests, who established their lives and their ministry on an intimate encounter with Christ. For Vincent there is no substitute for priests when he considered their role in regard to the souls that had been entrusted to them.
From a missionary perspective his commitment to forming and serving priests was expanded to include retreats for ordinands, the Tuesday Conferences, and the development of seminaries. Therefore the Congregation of the Mission was established to preach the good news of salvation to poor people, especially in rural areas, and also has as an objective to help seminarians and priests grow in knowledge and virtue so that they can be effective in their ministry (cf. Common Rules I, 1).
Vincent de Paul’s vision of priesthood is based on a personal experience of the mission which takes on a universal dimension when he says to his missionaries: We have been chosen by God to be instruments of the immense and paternal charity that he wishes to be established and expanded … therefore our vocation does not consist of going to just one parish or one diocese but rather our vocation is to go to the whole world. Why? To set the hearts of people afire, to do what the Son of God did when he came to set fire to the world so that ultimately people might be enflamed with his love. Therefore it is true that I am sent not only to love God but also to help others love God. It is not enough that I love God if my neighbor does not love God (SV XII, 262).
The celebration of the feast of Saint Vincent is an occasion to renew our Vincentian vocation. Vincent sensed that the incarnation of Jesus Christ was the foundation of his commitment to the poor. Throughout his life Vincent knew how to translate this intuition into concrete gestures. It is necessary to conform ourselves to Jesus in regard to his relationship with the Father and others, with the poor and the needy to whom he was sent: It is necessary to strip ourselves in order to clothe ourselves in Jesus Christ (SV XI. 343). In this way we conform our lives to that of Jesus Christ who handed himself over to God and humankind. From this apostolic perspective of Saint Vincent, the Incarnate Word occupies the central place: Remember that we live in Jesus Christ through the death of Jesus Christ … and that our life should be hidden in Jesus Christ and overflow with Jesus Christ for to die like Jesus Christ it is necessary to live like Jesus Christ (SV I, 295).

We hope that for the whole Vincentian Family this feast might be an occasion of spiritual and missionary renewal and a stimulus for apostolic service.

Saint Vincent de Paul, the man who encountered God and his sisters and brothers, the man who was open to the movement of the Holy Spirit — this man invites us to take a renewed look at the mission in the present world. Hopefully, through generous collaboration and constant mutual support, priests and laity, respecting their proper vocation, might go with greater courage to meet the women and men of today and proclaim the gospel to them. May Christians build communities that are alive and open to all, especially those who are most in need or most alienated and may they give witness of God’s personal love for them. May they be concerned for the human and spiritual growth of individuals and groups. May they contribute to the messianic mission of Jesus Christ that because of their vocation they ought to continue.

As was true during the time of Vincent so too today, in order to be authentic witness of Jesus Christ, priests and laity need a solid human, doctrinal, pastoral and spiritual formation. The efforts that have been made in this area and that ought to continue, especially among young people, are a source of hope for the vitality of the Church and the credibility of her witness. I hope that the sons and daughters of Saint Vincent continue to renew the commitment that they received from their founder, namely, to contribute to the formal and spiritual support of the priests and to do this with an ecclesial and missionary spirit.
Today we want to give thanks to the heavenly Father for having given us these teachers of holiness who pointed out to us the way of Christ’s love and the consequent apostolic commitment, namely, that of leading souls to God.
Lastly we implore the Father in heaven to send abundant graces upon the Vincentian Family so that they might become holy and so that their ministry might be fruitful.
Thus, this commemoration constitutes an hour of grace for the whole Vincentian Family and impels us to new apostolic zeal in proclaiming Christ to today’s poor.
We pray that just as during the time of Jesus, all of us might receive the light and the strength to fulfill this mission.
Therefore we lift up our prayers to God for the Vincentian Family so that all the members might continue to generously fulfill their mission of proclaiming to the Gospel to today’s world and take upon themselves the founding spirit and apostolic zeal of Saint Vincent de Paul and Saint Louise de Marillac.
From heaven may the Blessed Mother under the title of our Lady of the Miraculous Medal intercede for us. May she obtain from her Son the divine grace that enables us to continue with new dedication this sacred service of the Lord. Amen.
(Charles T. Plock, C.M., translator)

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44. Holy See
Vincentian Cardinal member of various Ministries. On 6 May, Pope Benedict XVI named His Eminence Cardinal Franc Rodé, C.M., member of the following Ministries of the Roman Curia: Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Congregation for Bishops and Pontifical Council for Culture.
Taking possession of the Deaconry. His Eminence Cardinal Franc Rodé, Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life took possession, on 13 May, of the Deaconry of St. Francis Xavier in the Garbatella area of the city of Rome.
45. General Curia
Itinerary of the Superior General. First of all, he participated, from 29 April to 2 May, in the Meeting of the Conference of Visitors of Europe and the Middle East (CEVIM) in Istanbul (Turkey). Later, from 3-10 May, he was at the annual meeting of the Conference of Visitors of Africa and Madagascar (COVIAM) in Madagascar. From 11-12 May, he participated in a meeting with the Visitatrixes of the Daughters of Charity at the Motherhouse in Paris. From 14-21 May, he was with the participants of the CIF program in the Berceau (France). Upon returning to Rome, he participated in the semi-annual meeting of the Union of Superiors General from 24-26 May. On 27 and 29 May, he had the opportunity to meet with the members of the Finance Committee of the Congregation in the General Curia. From 30 May to 4 June, he traveled to Madrid to meet with JMV International and AMM Spain. From 12-16 June, the General Council held a Tempo Forte meeting. On Sunday, 18 June, he visited the “Community in Dialogue,” for which Fr. Matteo Tagliaferri, is responsible. From 22-30 June, he visited the Province of Ireland, where he met with the confreres, the Daughters of Charity and members of the Vincentian Family. From 2-22 July, he was on vacation with his family in the United States. On 23 July, he was in New York to share experiences and preside the Eucharist at a meeting with young people of the Vincentian Family. He was in Naples from 2-4 August and Palermo from 5-6 August with Frs. Manuel Ginete and Giuseppe Guerra to visit the confreres and the Daughters of Charity. From 14-25 August, he traveled to Indonesia, where he met with the confreres, the Daughters of Charity and the members of the Vincentian Family. From there, he went to the Solomon Islands, where he was from 26 August to 1 September, visiting and getting to know the works of the confreres and the laity of the Vincentian Family.

46. Tempo Forte
Tempo Forte. From 12-16 June, the General Council held a Tempo Forte meeting, which was preceded by the meeting of the General Council with the Presidents of the Conferences of Visitors and/or Provinces. It began with the topic of ongoing formation. There was a presentation on the new database of the General Secretariat. The winners of the “Mission Award 2006” were chosen. Various reports were presented: Vincentian Solidarity Office (VSO), Delegate of the Superior General for the Vincentian Family, Conferences of Visitors and/or Provinces. It was made known that the International Secretariat for Vincentian Studies has prepared a CD with the digital edition of Vincentiana (1995-2003). The Statutes for the International Missions were revised and the preparation for the International Meeting of Visitors was begun. Its theme will be: “Ongoing Formation for the Vincentian Missionary Today.”
Visits to the General Curia. From 10-13 May, Fr. Edmundo Burbano, Director of the Daughters of Charity in Ecuador, was here. Fr. Hagos Tewelde, Director of the Daughters of Charity of Eritrea, passed by on 11 May. His Eminence Cardinal Stephanos Ghattas, Coptic Catholic Patriarch Emeritus, visited our community from 22-27 May. On 27 May, His Eminence Cardinal Bernard F. Law, Archpriest of the Liberian Patriarchal Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome and Archbishop Emeritus of Boston (USA) visited the General Curia. From 28-31 May, the confreres, Frs. Vicente Olmos and Mario García (Province of Colombia), visited our community, taking advantage of a break in the Vincentian Heritage Program of CIF in Paris. On 30 May, Fr. Yvon Laroche, Superior General of the Religious of St. Vincent de Paul and several members of his Curia house visited the General Curia in Roma. From 9-12 June, the Presidents of the various Conferences of Visitors and/or Provinces of the Congregation of the Mission were at the Curia. They are Frs. Corpus Delgado (CEVIM), Mathew Kallammakal (APVC), Michael Ngoka (COVIAM), Francisco Solás Sánchez (CLAPVI) and Daniel P. Borlik (Delegate of NCV).
Preparatory Commission for the International Meeting of Visitors. On 2 June, the members of the Preparatory Commission for the International Meeting of Visitors, which will be held in Mexico on June 2007, met in the General Curia. They are Frs. Daniel P. Borlik (Visitor of the South, USA), Yves Bouchet (Visitor of Toulouse), Michael Ngoka (Vice-Visitor of Nigeria), Francisco Solás Sánchez (Visitor de Venezuela) and Antonius Sad Budianto (Visitor of Indonesia). Fr. Roberto de Jesús Gómez (Province of Toulouse) was present as translator into French.
Farewell to the Local Superior. On 2 June, the local community said goodbye to Fr. Mario Di Carlo (Province of Rome) after his service as Local Superior of the Curia House for the past two years. We thank him for this time given to the General Curia.
New Local Superior. On 21 June, Fr. Varghese Thottamkara (Procurator General) was named Local Superior. However, since he was elected Visitor of the Province of South India he left this duty in August. We thank Fr. Varghese for the service rendered to the community.
Finance Commission. On 27 and 29 May, the Finance Commission of the Congregation met in the General Curia. The Commission is made up of Frs. G. Gregory Gay (Superior General), Santiago Azcárate (Province of Zaragoza), José Luis Fernández (Province of Peru), Philippe Lamblin (Province of Paris), Elmer Bauer III (Treasurer General), John Gouldrick (incoming Treasurer General), and Bernard Meade (Province of Ireland).
47. APVC
Meeting in Indonesia. The Asian-Pacific Visitors’ Conference (APVC) met from 1-12 May in Indonesia. The first part consisted of formation sessions on Islam. The work agenda was varied: updating on the programs and plans of each province of the region, reports on the Meeting of Formators of the Region and the session of the Charism and Culture Commission, and the future between APVC and the International Mission of the Solomon Islands. Fr. Joseph P. Foley, Representative of the CM at the UN, spoke on his role and the expectations between APVC and the office for which he is responsible. Fr. Serafín Peralta was named the new Executive Secretary of APVC.
48. CEVIM
CEVIM Assembly. The Conference of Visitors of Europe and the Middle East met in Istanbul, Turkey from 27 April to 3 May. Twenty-one provinces and regions of Europe and the Middle East were represented. The meeting was presided by Fr. Corpus Delgado, President of CEVIM and Visitor of Zaragoza, together with Frs. Eugen Schindler (Visitor of Austria) and Stanislav Zonták (Visitor of Slovakia) and Giuseppe Turati, Secretary of CEVIM.
49. Hungary
Meeting of students. From 1-5 July, a meeting of students and formators from the Vice-Province of Sts. Cyril and Methodius and the Provinces of Poland, Slovakia and Hungary was held in Piliscsaba, Hungary. Twenty-one seminarians and six formators participated. It was an occasion for strengthening ties among the communities of students.
50. Salamanca
Week of Vincentian Studies. From 21-25 August, the 32nd Week of Vincentian Studies was held in the residence of the Vincentian Fathers in Salamanca. The theme was: “Pastoral Emergencies for the Vincentian Family.” Each day, in the morning, two conferences were presented and, in the afternoon, papers. More than 300 people participated.

51. USA – East
Deadline for requesting scholarships. Fr. Charlie Strollo, Provincial Assistant, sent the following note: “This note refers to the scholarship fund of the USA Eastern Province. The deadline for making the final decision about which provinces will receive scholarships will be 1 January 2007. Please present your petition for scholarships to Fr. Thomas McKenna. After the deadline, the USA Eastern Province will notify the provinces who requested scholarships whether or not they have received them.”
52. Vincentian Family
Vincentian Translation Project. The Vincentian Translation Project Team announces the publication of the second volume of Conferences to the Daughters of Charity (Volume 10 of St. Vincent de Paul: Correspondence, Conferences and Documents). It is easy to see how the Documents show the fundamental structure of the work of the CM and the DCs, but the Conferences continue the development of the spirit of service: the love of God, Jesus Christ is the model of charity, zeal for the good of the neighbor, confidence in Divine Providence in all things, etc. – are some of the topics which will benefit all the members of the Vincentian Family. The book can be requested at: Vincentian Translation Project; St. Joseph’s Provincial House; 333 South Seton Avenue; Emmitsburg, Maryland 21727-2997; USA. Tel: (1) (301) 447-3121 ext. 3535; Fax: (1) (301) 447-7079; E-mail: mpoole@doc.org
Bicentenary of the birth of St. Catherine Labouré. The Vincentian Family shares the joy of the bicentenary of the birth of St. Catherine Labouré. She was born in Fain-les-Moutiers (Côte-d’Or, France) on 2 May 1806. She entered the novitiate of the Daughters of Charity at the Motherhouse in Paris on 21 April 1830. She was the object of celestial signs: the apparitions of the heart of St. Vincent and those of the Immaculate Virgin Mary on the night of 18-19 July and 27 November 1830. She received a mission. The Miraculous Medal continues to be an instrument of innumerable graces. She lived in silence, a life of humility, hard work and rich in merits. She died on 31 December 1870. She was beatified on 28 May 1933 by Pius XI and canonized on 27 July 1947 by Pius XII. She is known as “the saint of silence.” This is a feast for all the Vincentian Family, especially the Daughters of Charity and, in a particular way, for the Vincentian Marian Youth and the Association of the Miraculous Medal.
53. Provincial Assemblies
Barcelona. 26-30 June.
Turin. 3-8 July. Theme: “Activity of charity and evangelization”.
USA – East. 30 May – 2 June.
Salamanca. 3-7 July. Theme: Urgencies of being, living and acting” (Urgencies that today’s world asks of our provinces).
Vice-Province of St. Justin De Jacobis. 10-15 July.
Zaragoza. 26-30 June.

Gratitude on the part of Fr. Alfredo Becerra:

I sincerely thank all the confreres and members of the Vincentian Family for their prayers and interest to be kept informed about the development of my recuperation. Since 28 August, I am, once again, back in community.
May God bless you always!

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NOMINATIONS

BORDA MONTES Rubén Pedro 23-05-2006 Visiteur – Pérou
IYOLO IYOMBE Dominique 17-06-2006 Visiteur – Congo
MANZONI Ferdinando 01-07-2006 Directeur FdlC – Turin
MARTELLO Daniel 01-07-2006 Directeur FdlC – Belgique
BUKOWIEC Kazimierz 19-07-2006 Directeur FdlC – Madagascar
SANZ PORRAS Enrique 19-07-2006 Directeur FdlC – Madrid
S. Vincent
THOTTAMKARA Varghese 26-07-2006 Visiteur – Inde du Sud

ORDINATIONS SACERDOTALES

NAYACALEVU VEREMO Vadrogalio Aus 20-05-2006
OLSZEWSKI Łukasz Pol 20-05-2006
PASTERNAK Przemyslaw Pol 20-05-2006
KITCHEY Benoît Par 25-05-2006
NGUYEN THANH François Xavier Ly Par 25-05-2006
TRAN DUC François Xavier Hoa Par 25-05-2006
BORGES SILVA Fantico Nonato For 27-05-2006
DA SILVA Raimundo João Flu 27-05-2006
ISONGA Alex Ocn 27-05-2006
MUKANZI Ignatius Ocn 27-05-2006
PEREIRA MADEIRA Rogério For 27-05-2006
BARBOSA DE OLIVEIRA Vandeir Flu 04-06-2006
YONKI Joseph Par 15-06-2006
ENRIQUEZ Rock Joseph Garcia Phi 24-06-2006
MBOUAPEGNIGNI Blaise Par 29-07-2006
NACIONAL Nacisvalencia Rhodel Phi 24-06-2006
B’NAHRIA YATINE Paul Par 26-06-2006
JAZBEC Amadej Sln 29-06-2006
KOLLO Salomon Colbert Par 08-07-2006
MBESSE NGA Marcellin Par 08-07-2006
MUÑOZ RUÍZ Miguel Óscar Bar 15-07-2006
PÔRTO OLIVEIRA SANTOS Tadeu Flu 16-07-2006
ANDBREHAN Ghirmay SJJ 16-07-2006
BERHE Jawid SJJ 16-07-2006
HABTEGABR Okubamichael SJJ 16-07-2006
ROLKE Christian Ger 16-07-2006
YOSIEF Temnewo SJJ 16-07-2006
ZECARIAS Goitom SJJ 16-07-2006
PARADA OTÁROLA Gastón H. Chile 28-07-2006
VERA MARTINA Hugo Marcelo Arg 29-07-2006
RABARIJAONA Sedy Mad 20-08-2006

NECROLOGIUM

NOMEN COND DIES OB PROV AET VOC

AGUIRRE ARAMBURU José Antonio Sac 20-04-2006 Cae 76-59
HAHN Pierre Sac 22-04-2006 Par 95-75
TEKLEHAIMENOT Tesfu Sac 24-04-2006 SJJ 86-51
RICCARDI Carlo Sac 27-04-2006 Rom 83-67
URBINA HAYE Ernesto Sac 28-04-2006 Orl 34-12
RUZ PARÚGUEZ Juan Miguel Sac 29-04-2006 Sal 37-15
VILOTTI Guerrino Sac 30-04-2006 Tau 87-67
LE GENTIL Jean-Marie Sac 01-05-2006 Par 80-61
BERVOETS Willem Fra 07-05-2006 Hol 84-65
DOYLE John Sac 07-05-2006 Hib 79-61
KRISTIN Ernst Sac 07-05-2006 Aus 82-62
BETANCOURT HERRERA Orlando Sac 20-05-2006 Col 52-30
HERNÁNDEZ SANDOVAL José N. Sac 23-05-2006 Col 94-71
RIVA Luigi Sac 24-05-2006 Tau 52-32
MUISER Jacob Sac 25-05-2006 Hol 81-61
WANG François Sac 14-06-2006 Sin 81-58
KING John Francis Sac 23-06-2006 Orl 97-69
PUDUSSERY Joseph Sac 29-06-2006 InS 72-49
MAJKUT José Francisco Sac 30-06-2006 Arg 73-56
CHOW (TCHEOU) John Sac 02-07-2006 Sin 99-78
FESSAHAZION Barnabas Sac 10-07-2006 SJJ 85-48
GUIROY Jean Fra 19-07-2006 Par 85-67
GISBERT COTS Francisco Domingo Sac 29-07-2006 Mat 82-50
McKEON William Edward Sac 12-08-2006 Orl 71-52
PRIOR Francis Xavier Sac 17-08-2006 Orl 80-62
ARCISZEWSKI Franciszek Sac 19-08-2006 Pol 96-78
DURETZ Emile Sac 12-09-2006 Par 85-69

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