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Sumario

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

  1. 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

  1. EVANGELIZATION ………………………………………………15

  2. INCULTURATION ……………………………………………….17

  3. A POLYCENTRIC CHURCH……………………………………….18

  4. RESPECT FOR OTHER RELIGIONS AND ECUMENISM………………….19

ChapTER III. OUR PRESENT-DAY RESPONSE AS SONS OF ST. VINCENT............................................................................................................21

  1. MISSIONS ALREADY ESTABLISHED BY PROVINCES IN COLLABORATION WITH THE LOCAL CHURCH ……………………………………..21

  2. NEW INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS ………………………21

  3. ORGANIZATION OF OUR MISSIONS…………………………22

    1. CRITERIA FOR ACCEPTING ANS EVALUATING A MISSION…………………………………………22

    2. THE CHARACTER OF A VINCENTIAN MISSION …………23

    3. CANDIDATES FOR THE MISSIONS…………………………23

      1. SELECTION …………………23

      2. PREPARATION AND ENTRY INTO THE MISSION……….24

    4. FINANCIAL PLAN ………………………………24

    5. COMMUNITY FOR MISSION …………………25

    6. VOCATIONAL PROMOTION……………………26

  1. COLLABORATION BETWEEN PROVINCES…………………………27

  2. 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

General Index - Year 2002

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