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

Letter from the Postulator General

To the Visitors and Regional Superiors Dear confreres, At the Angelus on 1 November 2005, Benedict XVI taught us that the Solemnity of All Saints makes us taste the joy of being part of the great family of God’s friends, and “to share in the inheritance of the holy...
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First vincentian seminarian: Jan Havlik, cm to the glory of the altars

The beatification ceremony of Ján Havlík will be held on Saturday 31 August 2024 in the National Shrine, Basilica of the Virgin Mary of Seven Sorrows in Šaštín. Here is the official programme of the celebration. In anticipation of this great event of grace Fr. Marlio...
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Louise de Marillac, a woman of faith and of “other shores”

Louise de Marillac was a woman of deep faith who always sought to do God's will! A reflection by Fr Hugo Sosa!   A few months after Luisa's death, Vincent meets with the Daughters of Charity and tells them: "What a beautiful picture God has set before your eyes! Yes,...
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Frédéric, Amelie And Marie Ozanam: Marital Sanctity In The Vincentian School – Part 2

The reflection on the married couple Frédéric and Amelie Ozanam and Conjugal Holiness in the Vincentian chrism continues! Ozanam And His Home...A Family To Serve The Poor With A Vincentian Flavour If the proverb that states that "charity begins at home" is valid, then...
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Frédéric, Amelie And Marie Ozanam: Marital Sanctity In The Vincentian School – Part 1

The reflection on the married couple Frédéric and Amelie Ozanam and Conjugal Holiness in the Vincentian chrism continues! It is an immense grace that the "Pope of the smile", today Blessed John Paul I, in his short pontificate of 33 days, referred to our Father Saint...
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Louise de Marillac: resilient, empathetic and creative mother

Louise de Marillac: resilient, empathetic and creative mother[1] A few months after Luisa's death, Vincent meets with the Daughters of Charity and tells them: "What a beautiful picture God has set before your eyes! Yes, it is a picture to which you must look as a...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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

Salvatore Micalizzi, cm

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

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

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

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

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,...