On the 1st and 2nd of July, I participated in a meeting of CEVIM for young missionaries, in Castellnovo, Castellon, Spain. About 30 missionaries from different countries in eastern and western Europe were there. The principal focus of my comments was the International Community: Collaboration and Development.
Memorandum
To: All the Members of the Vincentian Family
From: G. Gregory Gay, C.M. Superior General
Date: 16 April 2008
Subject: Announcement of Upcoming Events
The General Curia: Ministries for Brother Fahed;Heads of the Vincentian Family;Various Commissions;Our Students from the Alberoni College;Our Students from the Alberoni College;The Superior General. From the Provinces: Venezuela; Cuba; Vietnan; Philippines;Vice-Province of Nigeria;Province of Slovenia.Interprovincial Spiritual Exercises: Italia; España.Vincentian English Translation.From the Missioners: Father John Sledziona; Father Carl Pieber. Jubilee Celebrations.
Faithful to the will of the Visitors, and with the unanimous support of my Council, I write each and every one of you to reflect deeply upon the importance of on-going formation in your personal life as well as in the life of the local community, your province, and the Congregation
As always, God invites us to holiness in community. We need to be careful, as we share the message of Lent with those we serve, that we always encourage Lent’s effectiveness in ourselves. I would like to strongly recommend to you, my brothers, that this Lent we share a common effort to improve our prayer [...]
As you recall, the award was established to acknowledge and support projects developed by an individual confrere or groups of confreres which reflect St. Vincent’s creativity in finding and implementing unique and even untried ways to respond to the urgent needs of the poor.
Dear Priests, Visitors and Friends:
Greetings from the International Secretariat. May the Spirit of our Lord always guide you in this wonderful mission on behalf of the most neddy. VMY remains unitd to you in prayers and counts on you to keep building the Vincentian Family.
Yasmine Cajuste
Présidente Internationale JMV
“Whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, so that by steadfastness and by encouragement we might have hope.” (Rom 15:4)
The following is a summary of some of the points that we discussed in our most recent tempo forte meeting 3-7 December 2007.
I would like to be able to respond personally to each of the greetings that I have received, but I will make use of this modern means of communication to extend to you in my name and in the name of all the members of the Curia here in Rome, our hopes for a [...]
Reflection on this story has helped me to grasp more fully the understanding of Advent as the great mystery which leads us to the celebration of the Incarnation of Christ at Christmas. (From the letter of the General Superior)