Message from Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission and Daughters of Charity 23rd successor of Saint Vincent de Paul on the occasion of 350th anniversary of death of Saint Louise de Marillac

Your Excellency Cardinal, we, the many members of the Family of Saint Vincent, the Vincentian Family, give thanks for your welcoming us here this afternoon in your cathedral on this fourth Sunday of Lent.

The celebrations of the 350th anniversary of the death of St. Louise de Marillac in Paris were wonderful moments of Vincentian celebration. There were over 3,000 people in the Cathedral of Notre Dame, 80 or more concelebrants, a number of confreres from Italy (by far the largest delegation of the Vincentian Family outside of France), one confrere each [...]

Vatican Daily Press Bulletin has announced, March 15, His Holiness Benedict XVI has named Fr. Vicente Bokalic CM, former Visitor of Province of Argentina the auxiliary bishop of  archdiocese of  Buenos Aires , Argentina and assigned him the titular bishop of  Summa.
In this moment, on behalf of whole Congregation of the [...]

From the March 5th letter of Father Tulio Cordero, Visitor of the Province of Puerto Rico, to which Haiti belongs.

God, merciful Father, you have sent your Son as savior of the world and evangelizer of the poor.  You have chosen us to announce the Good News to the poor, our lords and masters.  We give you thanks for having called us to this vocation as Vincentian missionaries.
In this time of the 41st General Assembly; [...]

Fr. Carlos Rivera wrote to Superior General, Fr. Gregory Gay CM. He tells about situation and willingness of missionaries to help those in need. He also indicates how, in practical way,  we can collaborate in  this help.

More from the CM Province in Chile through Facebook “Earthquake: Mobilizing to help in assisting our brothers and sisters.”
Wednesday at 4:46 pm: 795 dead is the new figure given by the Government. The number of missing is not certain. At least two million are homeless, say official figures.
Now that we have verified that all of [...]

Thanks to God, in the midst of this tragedy, we are all well and as far as we know so are all the members of our families.  From the information that I have received it appears that the communities that we serve have not been greatly affected.  Our houses and churches have been damaged but [...]

Six Vincentian treasurers and two potential treasurers,  representing six provinces and one mission of the Asia Pacific Vincentian Conference are holding a workshop at Adamson University in Manila from February 8 -26.  Facilitating the workshop is Fr. John Gouldrick, C.M., Econome General.