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...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | Jul 28, 2022 | Education/Evangelization, Province News
Rev. Edward Joseph Tomasiewicz, C.M., was born on December 11, 1947, to Joseph and Genevieve Tomasiewicz of Omaha, NE. After attending South High School, He began discerning a call to the priesthood. He applied to the Archdiocese of Omaha and matriculated to...
