Month: January 2017

And so it began… the Vincentian Charism

 And so it began… Aidan R Rooney CM reminds us on Facebook ” One day in January 1617, we find Vincent accompanying Mme de Gondi to her castle in Folleville, in Picardy. From nearby Gannes, two leagues away, came the news that a dying peasant wished to see M. Vincent. Immediately he hurried to the sick man’s […]

Vincentian Family Executive Committee at work

A quick gallery of photos from the Vincentian Family Executive Committee meeting held for the first time in its new international office on the grounds of St. Vincent’s Seminary Germantown, Philadelphia. Since this was the first meeting it included a blessing of the new offices. Translation booths facilitated the simultaneous translation for the three languages […]

Historic meeting of Vincentian Family Leaders

Vincentian Family historic meeting  in Germantown January 6-7. Can you imagine being at a family gathering planning to celebrate a 400th Anniversary? How many of us can trace our roots back 400 years? How about adding to that the direct successors of two saints, St. Vincent de Paul (Patron Saint of Charitable Works) and St. […]

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  1. Thanks, John, for letting the Holy Spirit use you to infect us with St. Vincent's charism of preaching the Good…

  2. John, Beautifully said. My mother always said that there is something special about the Vincentians, and I agree with her.…

  3. John, your main point aside, you, Jim and Larry illustrate for me why it's so decisive that we listen to…