Saints and Blesseds of the Vincentian Family

Recurrences, lives, missions and faith

Come è facile essere santo.
La santità consiste nel fare la volontà di Dio in ogni cosa

San Vincenzo de’ Paoli

Articles about Saints

Celebrating Saint Louise de Marillac: A Pillar of Charity and Compassion

Celebrating Saint Louise de Marillac: A Pillar of Charity and Compassion On March 15, the Vincentian Family and the brothers of the Congregation of the Mission fondly and gratefully remember Saint Louise de Marillac, co-founder along with Saint Vincent de Paul of the...

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...

All Saints in the Light of Saint Vincent: Reflections on Vincentian Sanctity

All Saints' Day, also known as All Saints' Day, is a fundamental celebration in Christianity. This feast pays homage to all saints, including those who have not been canonised. In the liturgical calendar, the Solemnity of All Saints is on 1 November, followed by the...

Saint Louise de Marillac: a woman guided by the Holy Spirit. Foundress

Saint Louise de Marillac: a woman guided by the Holy Spirit. Foundress[1] The challenge for the sons and daughters of St Vincent and St Louise, heirs of the charism that flows from the Holy Spirit through them, is to return again and again to that source in order to...

An experience of light in the middle of a dark night. The Pentecost light of Saint Louise de Marillac.

I grew up in a far away place in the interior of Paraguay, where only when I was about 10 years old did electricity arrive. Therefore, it was normal for me to be around my house at night, there was a lot of darkness, except when there was a full moon. I think that's...

The diocesan enquiry into the alleged miracle of the Venerable Bishop Janez Frančišek Gnidovec, C.M. has been completed.

On Tuesday, 16 May 2023, the final session of the diocesan process concerning the ascertainment of a miracle for the beatification of Venerable Bishop Janez Frančišek Gnidovec, C.M., was held in the Bishopric of the Diocese of Skopje (North Macedonia). During the...

OZANAM…A LAY SAINT FOR TODAY

OZANAM...A LAY SAINT FOR TODAY "Grace has its moments," wrote St. Vincent de Paul to Father Bernard Codoing on March 16, 1644. And the grace of the rebirth of the lay apostolate in the Church had its moment, when Providence inflamed the heart of Mr. De Paul, leading...

BLESSED SISTER MARTA WIECKA – A sweet-smelling violet!

The meaning of flowers is a vast and curious subject, but, above all, of great richness. Knowing the meaning of each flower is essential if you want to convey a message through this wonder of nature. Flowers accompany all the highlights of our lives. With their...

The beatification of Janez STRASEK, CM

The beatification of Janez STRASEK, CM began in Zagreb on September 20, 2021. The first session was presidede by Rev. Marko Kovač, delegate for his Eminence, Cardinal Josip Bozanic. The Tribunal was established with appointment of the Delegated Judge, who will...

The Great Witness of Our Missionary-Martyrs.

In recent times, new causes of beatification have begun for some of our missionaries who gave their lives in order to bear witness to their faith and to remain firm in their mission as apostles of Christ. Martyrs in Chengtingfu (today Zhengding) in China, 9 October...

Cards of the Saints and Blessed Vincentians

S. Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton

4 January, Read more

The martyrs of Angers

1 February, Read more

Translation Relics of SVP

26 April, Read more

B. Maria Wiecka

30 May, Read more

San Justin de Jacobis

30 July, Read more

Jean-Gabriel Perboyre

11 September, Read more

Martyrs of Spain

6 November, Read more

Beata Lindalva Justo de Oliveira

7 January, Read more

Blessed Giuseppina Nicoli

3 February, Read more

Saint Luisa de Marillac

9 May, Read more

Pier Giorgio Frassati

4 July, Read more

Ghebre-Michael

30 August, Read more

Saint Vincent

26 September, Read more

B. Mark Anthony Durando

10 Dicember, Read more

Foundation of a Charism

25 January, Read more

Blessed Jeanne Marie Rendu

7 February, Read more

Santa Jeanne Antide Thouret

23 May, Read more

S. Francis Regis Clet

9 July, Read more

B. Frederic Ozanam

9 September, Read more

S. Catherine Labouré

28 November, Read more

Articles of Venerable and Servants of God

Venerabile Janez Frančišek Gnidovec

VENERABILE JANEZ FRANČIŠEK GNIDOVEC (1873-1939) Janez Gnidovec was born in Veliki Lipovec on 29 September 1873, the third of nine siblings. After the death of his mother, he always was distinguished by progress, commitment, reserve, loyalty to duty, humility, and...

Salvatore Micalizzi, cm

SALVATORE MICALIZZI, CM (1856-1937) Venerable Father Salvatore Micalizzi was born in Naples on 5 November 1856. Salvatore’s family was well-to-do, but the situation changed radically when, struck by the cholera that raged in Naples in 1865, his father died, leaving...

Giovanni Battista Manzella, cm

GIOVANNI BATTISTA MANZELLA, CM (1855-1937) He was born on 21 January 1855 in Soncino, a characteristic medieval town in the province of Cremona. After finishing his technical studies, he joined his father Carlo’s work as a mattress maker, first in the village and then...

José María Fernández Sánchez and 38 Companions

JOSÉ MARÍA FERNÁNDEZ SÁNCHEZ AND 38 COMPANIONS This group of martyrs of the Vincentian Family consists of 33 members of the Congregation of the Mission, 17 of them priests and 16 coadjutor Brothers. To these 33 religious were added six laymen, Knights of the...

Father Giuseppe Alloatti, a holy missionary of the Eastern Church

On March 27, 1933, Father Giuseppe Alloatti CM, a missionary among Bulgarians of the Byzantine-Slavic rite in present-day Bulgaria and Macedonia, died in the House of Peace in Chieri, where he was receiving medical treatment. He was 76 years old. He died completely...

Giuseppe Alloatti

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,...

Next Entries »