We are at the Office for Communications in the Curia General of the Congregation of the Mission. His Excellency Monsignor Souraphiel Berhane Yesus Demwrew, Archbishop of Addis Ababa came to us. He has been participating at the Synod of Bishops here in Rome. Julio Suescun, C.M. Director of [...]
I went to Libya at the invitation of His Excellency Mgr.Giovanni Martinelli. Bishop of Tripoli and the surroundings. The Catholic Church in this area has only one place of worship and that is the St Francis Catholic Parish in Tripoli. Its faithful are international and multi cultural people All Catholics in the area rely [...]
On Saturday 27 September 2008, the entire Vincentian Family of Libanon came together around the Visitor Father Antoine NAKAD and the confreres of Libanon to celebrate the solemnity of our Founder Saint Vincent de Paul and inaugurate the festivities of the 225 th anniversary of the beginning of the Vincentians Fathers in the Orient.
From 5-24 September, I was in Madagascar. From the second day, the whole trip was on land and on some roads in lamentable condition. After a few days I began to consider the trip to the different sites in Madagascar as a pilgrimage in which the holy places were the confreres’ houses and the meetings [...]
The Superior General, Father Greg Gay announces the appointment of Father Enrique Rivas as Sub-Director of the International Association of the Miraculous Medal.
From the General Curia: New assignments; The Superior General recounts his September activities; The International Executive Committee (IEC) for the celebration of the 350th anniversary; The Delegate for the Vincentian Family. From the Provinces:From Chile, the Visitor writes; Meeting of the Councils of the Three Italian Provinces. Nominationes. Ordinationes. Necrologium.
Father Greg Gay, Superior General, and the General Council have appointed Father Marcelo Manimtim of the Province of the Philippines as the Director of the Internation Formation Center in Paris (CIF). Father Marcelo will officially begin his term in September 2009 for a period of five years, renewable for another three years.
Once again I appeal to all the men of the Congregation of the Mission to continue to deepen yourselves in your missionary spirit whether in your home provinces or abroad, serving faithfully by following Jesus Christ evangelizing the poor. The appeal of this letter goes out to all of those confreres who, after having read [...]
