by Communication Cont | May 29, 2023 | Congregation of the Mission, News, Spirituality
Invitation to essentiality Introduction In the context in which we live today, the term ‘simplicity’ can easily seem an outdated, insignificant and trivial term. Yet it is important to ‘speak as we think and feel in the utmost simplicity’. This...
by Communication Cont | Mar 15, 2023 | 400th Anniversary Celebration, Congregation of the Mission, News, Spirituality, Superior General
To all the confreres of the Congregation of the Mission Dear confreres, May the grace and peace of Jesus be with us always! The theme of our 43rd General Assembly was : “Revitalizing our identity at the dawn of the fifth centenary of the Congregation of the...
by Communication Cont | Mar 8, 2023 | Congregation of the Mission, News
Andrej Tumpej C.M. (1886-1973) called himself “the old Balkan man” in his later years. He lived almost a full life outside his native Slovenia (Istanbul, Macedonia, Belgrade, Kosovo), and this title belongs to him. The bishop-lazarist Gnidovec obtained it...
by Communication Cont | Feb 15, 2023 | Congregation of the Mission, News, Saint Vincent de Paul
On 10 December 2022, in the presence of the Archbishop of Turin, Monsignor Roberto Repole, and the Bishop of Sofia, Monsignor Christo Proykov, the diocesan process of beatification of Father Giueppe Alloatti (1857-1933) was closed. Present were the officials who...
by Communication Cont | Oct 17, 2022 | Congregation of the Mission, News, Vincentian Family
What a beautiful thing to imagine: no poverty. Everyone in the world with their basic needs met. The majority would not be wealthy, but no one would live in poverty. Too much to imagine? An impossible dream? Perhaps. But “nothing happens without first a dream.”...
by Communication Cont | Jan 25, 2022 | Congregation of the Mission, News
Let us try to understand and appreciate the wishes of St. Vincent de Paul regarding his “Little Company”. In this field, three aspects emerge in the Founder’s mentality: The Congregation of the Mission is a gift of God’s mercy to the Holy...
