S.I.E.V.
International Secretariat for Vincentian Studies (SIEV -Secrétariat International des Études Vincentiennes)
SIEV (International Secretariat for Vincentian Studies) was born in 1982 as a response to a Postulatum of the 1980 General Assembly, which sought to create local organizations for the promotion of Vincentian Studies, and an organization at the international level with the job of coordinating them. Before SIEV, there was an unofficial group known as GIEV.
The purpose of SIEV is to “animate, inform, and promote everything that has to do with Vincentian Studies.”
To realize this purpose, certain paths are indicated in the Statutes of SIEV:
- assure information and communication;
- be at the center of Vincentian studies and promote new studies of Vincentian matters;
- furnish concrete instruments for Vincentian formation;
- invite specialists to share the results of their research by organizing dialogues on specific themes;
- support the publication of a Vincentian bibliography that is as complete as possible;
- stimulate the organized care of archives and of historical research;
- propose to the General Council the organization of international
The SIEV Commission which held its most recent meeting from 1- 4 September in Barcelona, Spain.
Because of the proximity of the General Assembly in 2010, SIEV has placed in its future program another session for Vincentian Scholars in 2011. Contents of the workshop that was held for the young investigators earlier will be presented in the first number of Vincentiana in 2009. The SIEV Commission also presented some initiatives on how we could celebrate the 350th Anniversary of the deaths of Saint Vincent and Saint Louise. Their suggestions include a symposium, publications, competitions and prizes of a literary and artistic perspective. The SIEV Commission continues to prepare an introductory guide for Vincentian studies which when completed will be published in Vincentiana. Their next meeting is planned for October 2009 in the General Curia in Rome. Source
Fr. Suescun is the Executive Secretary of SIEV and is in charge of the Vincentian Family web page in Spanish. He was born in Navarra, Spain. He is 72 years old, with 56 years of vocation and 48 as priest. He belongs to the Province of Zaragoza, and before coming to the General Curia he was working in a parish in Teruel (Spain). He has served in different capacities in the Congregation. Source
Al presente (2006), está formado por misioneros procedentes de distintas provincias: Alexander Jernej (Austria, Executive Secretary), Gilson Cézar Camargo (Curitiba), Eugene Curran (Ireland), Elie Delplace (Paris), Hugh F. O’Donnell (CIF) and Mixtel A. Olabuénaga (Zaragoza).
A primeros de 2007, el Superior General nombró al P. Julio Suescun (Zaragoza-Curia General) como Secretario Ejecutivo del Siev, permaneciendo el P. Alexander como Cordinador del Siev
En el Tempor Forte de Octobre, el Superior General nombró al P. Fonsati como miembro del SIEV eb substitución del P. Cézar Camargo.
For more history see Vincentiana (VT-1998-0405-13-ENG-LOVERA.DOC)
