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.

At the same time I am grateful for the wonderful work that Father Hugh O’Donnell continues to do as the Director of the CIF program. Beginning in the middle of this month, he will begin transitioning with Father Marcelo Manimtim and with Father José Carlos Fonsatti, the Vice-Director of the CIF program. Father Fonsatti officially began his term in September 2008. He too has a commitment of five years, renewable for another three years.

Thank you Fathers Manimtim and Fonsatti for your generous giving of yourselves to this most important piece of our Vincentian Formation.

Welcome to CIF, Father Marcelo Manimtim.