by cduggan@vincentian.org | Sep 27, 2022 | Carousel, Education/Evangelization
By Fr. Ray Van Dorpe, C.M. The feast day for St. Vincent de Paul, the founder of the Congregation of the Mission, is celebrated Sept. 27. For this occasion, Fr. Ray Van Dorpe, C.M., offers the following reflection. One of the most often-quoted lines from St. Vincent...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | Sep 22, 2022 | Carousel, Province News
Though she didn’t know it at the time, Vie Thorgren’s first introduction to the Congregation of the Mission was on the night before her First Communion. In a dream, a man showed her to a bridge between some big, fancy houses and a rundown shack. She and the man stood...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | Sep 15, 2022 | Carousel, Province News
Fr. Tom Hinni, C.M., reflects on Vincentian community and says his calling came to him through a trusted advisor. He is featured in Conversations with Confreres for September 2022, the Congregation of the Mission Western Province’s month video series. You can...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | Sep 12, 2022 | Carousel, Province News
In 1981, the Vincentians of the Western Province went to Kenya and established a mission to serve the poor and form clergy native to the region. Today, in the new Vice-Province of Kenya, the need is still great. Our Vincentian parishes also have a strong tradition of...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | Sep 11, 2022 | Carousel, Education/Evangelization, Province News
In the coming months, we will begin a series of articles to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the American Vincentians’ service in China. As a prelude, we offer the story of St. John Gabriel Peryboyre, C.M., a Vincentian martyr who, like St. Francis Regis Clet before...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | Aug 16, 2022 | Carousel, Province News
In the August 2022 edition of Conversations with Confreres, Fr. Paul Golden, C.M., states that his calling came as a complete surprise to everyone, including himself. After a career teaching and adminstering in seminaries, he offers some important advice for anyone...
