by cduggan@vincentian.org | May 15, 2025 | Carousel, Province News
Captivated by the stories from Vincentian missionaries as a child, Fr. Antonio Ruiz, C.M., would go on to become a Vincentian priest and was the first spiritual director for a lay missionary group in LA that spread to more than 20 parishes in the archdiocese and more...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | May 8, 2025 | Carousel, Province News
May 8 is Give STL Day. Please support the priests and brothers of the Congregation of the Mission, who have been quietly serving the St. Louis community for over 200 years, forming your clergy, teaching in your schools, and caring for the poor in the tradition of our...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | May 8, 2025 | Carousel, Province News
We mourn Fr. Roy Persich, C.M., died on May 5, 2025, at the age of 91 in Los Angeles, CA. Roy Anthony Persich was born in New Orleans, LA, on February 22, 1934, to the late Gladys Julia (nee Fricken) and Nicholas S. Persich. He attended elementary school at St. Joseph...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | May 6, 2025 | Carousel, Province News
Jeffery Hampton Harvey, the seventh child of James and Essie Mae (nee Hampton) Harvey, was born in Carson, California, on April 10, 1964. Baptized as an infant at St. Leo Church in Los Angeles, he attended Ascension Church and School in Los Angeles, where he received...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | Apr 30, 2025 | Carousel, Province News
Brother David P. Goodman, C.M., 87, of Perryville, Missouri, passed away Monday, April 28, 2025, at St. Mary’s of the Barrens Apostle of Charity Residence in Perryville, MO. He was born February 23, 1938, in Haverhill, IA, to Arthur Charles and Clara (Brady)...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | Apr 28, 2025 | Carousel, Province News
This article, by Fr. Ray Van Dorpe, C.M., was published in the spring 2025 issue of our quarterly newsletter, THE VINCENTIAN. It is the last in his series commemorating the 400th anniversary of the founding of the Congregation of the Mission. As we celebrate the...
