Saints and Blesseds of the Vincentian Family
La santità consiste nel fare la volontà di Dio in ogni cosa
San Vincenzo de’ Paoli
Articles about Saints
Cards of the Saints and Blessed Vincentians
Articles of Venerable and Servants of God
Rite of Beatification of the Venerable Servant of God JAN HAVLÍK
To all the Congregation of the Vincentian Mission and Family With joy we want to share the decree by which the Holy Father grants the Rite of Beatification of the Venerable Servant of God JAN HAVLÍK, a seminarian killed in hatred of the faith. It will take place on 31...
Fortunato Velasco Tobar, cm, and 13 Companions
FORTUNATO VELASCO TOBAR, CM, AND 13 COMPANIONS We list here 14 martyrs who were victims of the fierce religious persecution that, in the mid-1930s, presumed to eliminate the Church of Spain. Their martyrdom, like that of other priests, sisters, brothers, and lay...
Antônio Ferreira Viçoso, cm
ANTÔNIO FERREIRA VIÇOSO, CM (1787-1875) Antônio Ferreira Viçoso was born into a pious Christian family on 13 May 1787 in Peniche, in the province of Leiria, Portugal. At the age of 15, he was received into the Diocesan Seminary of Santarém, where he remained until...
Ján Havlík
JÁN HAVLÍK (1928-1965) Ján Havlík was born 12 February 1928 in Vlékovany near Skalica (now Dubovce) in the family of a poor worker, Karol Havlík and his wife Justina née Pollékova. In his handwritten curriculum vitae, we read, “Because I wanted to continue my studies,...
Vicente Queralt Lloret and 20 companions
VICENTE QUERALT LLORET AND 20 COMPANIONS We list here 21 martyrs who were victims of the fierce religious persecution that in the mid-1930s presumed to eliminate the Church of Spain. Their martyrdom, like that of other priests, sisters, brothers, and lay people, is a...
Franciscus Hubertus Schraven, cm, and Companions
FRANCISCUS HUBERTUS SCHRAVEN, CM, AND COMPANIONS (1873-1937) The Servant of God, Franciscus Hubertus Schraven, was born in Lottum (a hamlet within the municipality of Grubbenvorst, Province of Limbourg, Netherlands) on 13 October 1873. On 30 September 1894, Frans...