by john freund | Feb 7, 2017 | Vincentian Saints
Mizael Donizetti Poggioli, CM, writes of Blessed Rosalie Rendu, Daughter of Charity, and her struggle to restore people’s dignity. More than anyone else, Sister Rosalie lived in accord with the teachings and the insights of Vincent de Paul, who together with...
by john freund | Feb 1, 2017 | Formation, News, Vincentian Saints
Martyrs of Yesterday and Today This week we have the memorial of two martyrs. Marie-Anne Vaillot and Odile Baumgarten belonged to the Company of the Daughters of Charity. They worked in the Hospital of Saint Jean in Angers. The two were martyred on 1 February 1794,...
by john freund | Jan 29, 2017 | Superior General
Celebration of the 400th Anniversary of the origin of the Vincentian Charism 1617-2017 With the words: I was a stranger and you welcomed me (Matthew 25:35), the worldwide Vincentian Family inaugurates a Jubilee Year … a time during which it celebrates the four...
by john freund | Jan 5, 2017 | Formation, News, Vincentian Saints
In a study entitled “Care for those persons who are poor” Fr. Mizael Donizetti Poggioli, CM draws on the lives of two saints celebrated during this first week of January. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (January 4th) and Blessed Lindalva Justo de Oliveira (January...
by john freund | Dec 12, 2016 | News
DePaul University announces that John E. Rybolt, C.M., will be honored Dec. 12 when he receives the Vincentian Studies Institute’s Pierre Coste Prize. Rev. John E. Rybolt, C.M., will be honored Dec. 12. Fr. Rybolt, who was ordained in 1967, is a Vincentian...