25 January 2007
Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul
and the Foundation of the Congregation of the Mission
To the members of the Congregation of the Mission
Dear Brothers,
May the grace and peace of Our Lord Jesus Christ fill your hearts now and forever!

… the Congregation of the Mission, faithful to the gospel, and always attentive to the [...]

Fr. Alfredo Becerra Vázquez, C.M.
Rome, January 2007
In this year, 2007, we are celebrating 390 years since the foundation of the Congregation of the Mission. St. Vincent founded it fort the evangelization of the Poor and the formation of the Clergy. Today the Congregation has defined its end in the following way: [...]

66. Holy See
Vincentian Bishop is new Bishop of a new Diocese in Brazil. Pope Benedict XVI erected the Diocese of São José dos Pinhais, with territory taken from the Archdiocese of Curitiba, and named, as first bishop of the new diocese, Msgr. Ladislau Biernaski, CM, until now, Titular Bishop of Tetci and Auxiliary Bishop of [...]

Fr. Tulio Cordero, CM
Missionary in Papua New Guinea

The path taken

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 Vincentian identity and vocation: on [...]