General Index - Year 2002
I. Holy See
Appointment and Beatification Ceremony..............................................119, 509
II. General Curia
1. Letters of the Superior General
Lent 2002............................................................................................58
Mission Appeal 2002 (Rome, October 15, 2002) .............................
Advent 2002............................. ............................. .............................
Creation of the Vincentian Solidarity Office (VSO) (Rome, 20 October, 2002)…..
2. Toward the General Assembly 2004
Letter of the Superior General, Robert P. Maloney, C.M., for convoking the 40th General Assembly of the Congregation of the Mission. Rome, 5-29 July 2004 (Rome, 8 June, 2002)……. ................... ............................. ................... .............................126
Letter from the Preparatory Commission for the 2004 General Assembly to the Visitors of the Congregation of the Mission (Rome, 30 June 2002)…………………….128
40th General Assembly (2004). Consultation Document……………130
Certificate of the Election of the Delegates for the General Assembly. Model………….. ............................. ............................. ...........................………..137
Indications for the Presentation of Postulates to the General Assembly ............................. ............................. ............................. .............................138
3. Vincentian Family
On the Day of Common Prayer (Rome, 20 May 2002) .............................140
On the Some of the Steps that Have Been Taken to Implement those Proposals of the First International Meeting of the Association of the Miracolous Medal (Rome, 10 June 2002) (R. P. Maloney) ............................. ............................. ............................144
Prayer of the Vincentian Family.......................................................... .......................255
4. SIEV
Information Sheet n. 6 On the work and decisions of SIEV (September 20 and 21, 2001)……………………………………………………………..
5. Statistics
2001 Annual Statistics of the Congregation of the Mission..........................122
III. Feature
1. Experiences of the Charism in the C.M. Today
Prison Chaplain (C. Labourse)......................................................................61
The Vincentian Character of Our Apostolate in the Tanzanian Mission
(C. Panathara)............... ................... .............................63
A Parish on Top of a Garbage Hill. Parish of Ina ng Lupang Pangako, Quezon City, Philippines (R. DelaGoza)..................70
The Vincentian Mission in the Solomon Islands (R. Sucaldito - J. Harris).........76
Cuba: In a State of Evangelization. Between Fear and Hope (J. M. Lusarreta)..82
Alternative Methods for the Formation of the Clergy: The St. Vincent de Paul Major Seminary (Cali - Colombia) (A. Mesa)........................88
A Daily and Impassioned Seeking (B. Depalma).................95
2. Meeting of the Visitors: “Animation of the Local Communities”
All Hallows College - Dublin, 4-16 June 2001
Participants......................................................................151
Program......................................................................155
Chronicle (C. Sens) ......................................................................161
Questionnaire on the Local Communities. Synthesis of the Reponses to the Requests Made to the Visitors (M. Ginete) ......................................................173
Homily of the Superior General for Opening of the Visitors' Meeting. Readings: Tobit 1:1-2; 2:1-9; Matthew 12:1-12. ...............................................................179
On Building a Healthy Ecosystem in Community (R. P. Maloney)…………..181
The Theological Dimension of Community Life (I. F. de Mendoza)……..190
The Community Project (J. A. Ubillús) .............................................................197
Vincentian Community, Community for the Mission (S. Azcárate)…………201
The Vincentian Local Superior (J. Kapuściak)……………………………….209
The Vincentian Family in the World (B. Romo)……………………………..216
Report on the International Formation Center Saint Vincent de Paul (CIF) (J. Rybolt) ...............................................................................................................226
The Visitors' Conferences (J. M. Nieto) ............................................................232
Reorganization of Provinces (T. McKenna) .....................................................240
Homily of the Superior General for the Closing of the Visitors' Meeting. Readings: James 5:9-12; Matthew 5:33-37........................................................247
Proposals......................................................................250
3. Saint John Gabriel Perboyre: Bicentennial of the Birth (1802-2002)
Presentation (R. Lovera)
The Influence of His Family and Friends on the Development of St. John Gabriel Perboyre (A. Sylvestre)
The Psycho-Spiritual Development of John-Gabriel Perboyre (E. Curran)
John Gabriel Perboyre in his Letters to his Family (T. Davitt)
John-Gabriel Perboyre's Pastoral Journeys in France (P. Lamblin)
The Elements of a Discourse: The Correspondence of John Gabriel Perboyre (E. Delplace)
St. John Gabriel Perboyre. A mis en scene (J. Loftus)
The Martyrdom of St. John Gabriel Perboyre (J.-Y. Ducourneau)
Jesus Christ in the Life of John Gabriel Perboyre (Á. Quevedo)
Western Missionaries in China (B. Li)
History of the Cause of Beatification and Canonization of St. John Gabriel Perboyre (G. Guerra)
Decree of the Canonization of Blessed John Gabriel Perboyre (S.S. John-Paul II)
John Gabriel Perboyre: Bibliography
IV. Life in the Congregation
A Letter to Father Vincent de Paul in Heaven about the 350th Anniversary of the Vincentians in Poland (J. Dukala).............……………………………….101
The Poor, the Clergy and the Laity (Visitors of the United States) ??????
V. Study
Some Opportunities for Creativity in the Congregation of the Mission Today
(R. P. Maloney)..........………………………………………….107
VI. Special Issues of Vincentiana
Ratio Missionum
Letter of the Superior General……………………………….5
Introduction…………………………………………………….7
CHAPTER I. The present Situation: A New and Diverse World……………11
1.tHE rEALITY OF POVERTY AND THE ASPIRATION FOR jUSTICE………………………………………………………………………..11
2REAFFIRMATION OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY……………12
3RELIGIOUS REVIVAL………………………………………12
4DIFFERENT REGIONAL REALITIES…………………………13
4.1. THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE (AFRICA AND LATIN AMERICA………………………………………13
4.2ASIA AND OCEANIA……………………………………14
4.3NORTHERN HEMISPHERE (EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA)……14
Chapter II. A NEW MISSIONARY PARADIGM…………………………15
EVANGELIZATION ………………………………………………15
INCULTURATION ……………………………………………….17
A POLYCENTRIC CHURCH……………………………………….18
RESPECT FOR OTHER RELIGIONS AND ECUMENISM………………….19
ChapTER III. OUR PRESENT-DAY RESPONSE AS SONS OF ST. VINCENT............................................................................................................21
MISSIONS ALREADY ESTABLISHED BY PROVINCES IN COLLABORATION WITH THE LOCAL CHURCH ……………………………………..21
NEW INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS ………………………21
ORGANIZATION OF OUR MISSIONS…………………………22
CRITERIA FOR ACCEPTING ANS EVALUATING A MISSION…………………………………………22
THE CHARACTER OF A VINCENTIAN MISSION …………23
CANDIDATES FOR THE MISSIONS…………………………23
SELECTION …………………23
PREPARATION AND ENTRY INTO THE MISSION……….24
FINANCIAL PLAN ………………………………24
COMMUNITY FOR MISSION …………………25
VOCATIONAL PROMOTION……………………26
COLLABORATION BETWEEN PROVINCES…………………………27
COLLABORATION WITH THE VINCETIAN FAMILY ………………28
CHAPTER IV. Formation FOR Mission ……………………………29
URGENCY AND IMPORTANCE ………………………………29
GENERAL MISSIONARY FORMATION……………………29
SPECIFIC MISSIONARY FORMATION ……………………30
VINCENTIAN FORMATION……………………………………31
CONTINUINS EDUCATION……………………………………32
RETURNING MISSIONARIES…………………………………33
APPENDIX I. WORDS FROM ST. VINCENT ABOUT THE MISSIONS................35
APPENDIX II. MODELS FOR CONTRACTS...................................47
APPENDIX III. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY.................................53
2. Vincentian Month 2002: Advisors of the Vincentian Family
Paris, 7-26 July, 2002
Presentation.......................................................... ..............................................259
Participants......................................................... ..............................................263
Program.......................................................... ....................................................268
Greeting of Welcome from the Superioress General of the Daughters of Charity.......................................................... ....................................................274
Homily of the Superior General for the Opening of the Vincentian Month….277
Chronicle (B. Schoepfer) .............................................................................280
First Week: Faithful to the Gospel, the Church and St. Vincent
Laity in the Church Today (J. Landousies) ....................................................295
St. Vincent de Paul and Lay Ministry (J. Prager) ............................................305
To Serve the Poor Spiritually and Corporally (J. Prager) ................................312
Being Evangelized by the Poor (E. Villar) .......................................................319
Marian Spirituality and the Vincentian Charism (C. Delgado) .........................328
Pilgrimage to Vincentian sites in Paris. Homily in Clichy (B. Schoepfer)…….352
Second Week: The Nature of the Vincentian Family
Presentation of the AIC (P.P. de Nava) ..........................................................357
Presentation of the the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (F. Provence)……..363
JMV in the Third Millenium: An Experience of and for Young People (G. Abi-Saïd) ....................................................... ..........................................................368
The Association of the Miraculous Medal (C. Shelby) .....................................377
Lay Vincentian Missionariess (MISEVI) (E. Villar y F. Nieto)…………390
Evolution of Charity (P. de Nava) ..........................................................399
Unifying Elements in the Vincentian Family (B. Romo) ..................................409
Homily in the Chapel of the Rue du Bac (M. McCullagh)…………………….421
Third Week: The Rol of the Advisor in the Vincentian Family Lay Groups
Some Qualities of a Good Formator (R. P. Maloney) ......................................427
Louise de Marillac, Animator of the Confraternities of Charity (E. Charpy)…434
the role of the Advisor in the Vincentian Family Lay Groups (J. A. Ubillús).449
The Advisor and the Spiritual Life (E. Urdampilleta) .....................................459
the Advisor and the Apostolic Mission of Lay Vincentians (J. Corera)…470
Vincentian Family Associations: Juridical and Canonical Dimensions (A. Vernaschi) .......................................................................................................478
Sharing the Experience of the Vincentian Month (B. Romo)……………..491
Homily for the Clossing of the Vincentian Month (B. Romo)…………….495
Síntesis Final: “Now is the Time for a New `Creativity' in Charity”…….498
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