by Communications | Aug 9, 2021 | News
By now we all know something about climate change. While COVID19 prevention has been prominent on our collective minds, climate change follows and is in fact potentially the far greater threat in the long term. I’m tempted to take back that “long term”...
by CM Communications | Jul 29, 2021 | Formation, News
On July 29, Saint Martha is celebrated, which, traditionally, has been the patron saint of the Brothers in the Congregation of the Mission. This tradition comes from St. Vincent de Paul himself, who said that the Brothers were destined to fulfill the purpose of...
by Communications | Jul 22, 2021 | CIF, CIF News, News
Due to the persistence of the coronavirus in several countries (some with highly contagious variants) and the difficulty of obtaining visas in France for several of those who want to participate in the CIF, the General Council decided to suspend the CIF for the...
by Communication Cont | Jul 20, 2021 | Blessed Venerable and Servants of God, News
GIUSEPPE ALLOATTI (1857-1933) Giuseppe Alloatti was born on 20 July 1857 in Villastellone, the first of six children of Pietro Alloatti and Caterina Chicco. His family was rich in faith and included an uncle who was a priest and who, with his advice and goods,...
by Communications | Jul 16, 2021 | News, Nuntia, Uncategorized
From Resilience to Hope A friend once gave me some books about resilience, which they say is the ability to adapt to adverse situations with positive results. While you might think that all people are resilient in some way or another, I believe that not all of...
by CM Communications | Jul 9, 2021 | News, Spirituality, Vincentian Saints
This year 2020 has been surprising and unexpected for everyone. How could we have imagined being confined to our homes as if we were monks of strict monastic observance! It became our turn to leave haste and what Saint Vincent called “excessive zeal” behind, which, in...
