by CM Communications | Apr 24, 2020 | Conferences of Visitors, News, Provinces
The idea of systemic change as a properly Vincentian methodology in assisting the poor is becoming an increasingly shared culture within the Vincentian family. One example of a systemic change project comes from Madagascar, in the village of Jangany, where P. Tonino...
by CM Communications | Apr 23, 2020 | News, Vincentian Family
Donate: https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/13Houses-Campaign-coronavirus The “13 Houses” Campaign is expanding due to COVID-19 to support the poorest of the poor and the homeless. All monies raised by FHA through Depaul International will be distributed...
by CM Communications | Apr 22, 2020 | News
We share a letter that Most Reverend Vicente Bokalic, CM, Bishop of Santiago del Espero (Argentina) wrote to the Superior General. At this time when many people experience uncertainty and pain, his words are most hopeful. Dear Father General Tomaž Mavrič, CM May the...
by CM Communications | Apr 21, 2020 | News, Spirituality, Vincentian Saints
Last week we published an article that caused a stir in the members of the branches of the Vincentian Family: it was proposed that our Saint Jean Gabriel Perboyre, a martyr in China, become an intercessor for the patients of the Coronavirus Pandemic, taking into...
by CM Communications | Apr 20, 2020 | CLAPVI, News, Provinces
In 2020 the Vincentian Missionaries, members of the Brazilian Province of the Congregation of the Mission (PBCM), are celebrating two hundred years of presence and service in the country of Brazil. At the end of November, 1819, animated by the missionary spirit to go...
by CM Communications | Apr 19, 2020 | News, Spirituality
On 2 November 1656, St. Vincent de Paul invited his Missioners to exercise mercy always: at home, in the countryside, on missions, always hastening to help others. Being merciful means having a heart for the poor; the Hebrew term for mercy, rachamim, indicates...