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2026 Kenya Appeal ‘Thank You’
This year’s Kenya Appeal has surpassed its goal of $150,000 to support efforts for the poor, education, vocations, formation, and much more in the Vice-Province. Thank you! Fr. Benson Odhiambo, C.M., offers a message of gratitude, along with Mary Ann, whose life trajectory, and that of her son, has changed dramatically with the help of the Vincentians.
Conversations with Confreres–Fr. Michael Joyce, C.M.
Fr. Michael Joyce, C.M., who celebrates his 50-year jubilee this year, has served in many capacities during his years in ministry. He says he has enjoyed all of his assignments, but he admits the most meaningful to him is his current one, serving senior Vincentians as Superior of St. Mary’s of the Barrens in Perryville, Missouri.
Mother Seton Soup Kitchen–Chicago, Illinois
Every Vincentian parish in the Western Province operates services for the poor and disenfranchised. In that spirit, the Mother Seton Soup Kitchen at St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Chicago provides meals and a variety of other services for its clients.
St. Vincent de Paul Parish–Perryville, Missouri
St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Perryville is a vibrant community with a thriving K-12 parish school and charitable organizations like the Ladies of Charity Food Pantry and Society of St. Vincent de Paul.
We Are All Vincentians–Peggy Brinkman
April 2026
Peggy Brinkman has served for 20 years as Director of Religious Education at St. Catherine Laboure, a Vincentian parish in Sappington, Missouri. She reflects on her role as an educator in the Vincentian tradition and on a meaningful encounter with a woman from a community served by the Vincentians.
Conversations with Confreres–Fr. Jim Cormack, C.M.
March 2026
Fr. Jim Cormack, C.M. was ordained to the priesthood in 1976 and currently resides in St. Louis, MO. In this interview, he shares his vocation story and reflects on how he continues to keep it alive and vibrant by constantly rediscovering and reinventing it.
Conversations with Confreres–Fr. Chris Robinson, C.M.
February 2026
Fr. Chris Robinson, C.M., who teaches at DePaul University in Chicago, offers up his most important consideration when discerning a vocation to religious life–does it make you happy?
2026 Annual Appeal ‘Thank You’
February 2026
Fr. Dan Thiess, C.M., helped coordinate aid for families impacted by last May’s devastating tornado in St. Louis. He offers a message of gratitude to those who contributed to the 2026 Congregation of the Mission Western Province Annual Appeal.
We Are All Vincentians–Robert Beatty
January 2026
Robert Beatty has served as the organist at St. Vincent de Paul Parish since the mid-1990s, and his duties have expanded to include aspects of administration and management of the parish’s soup kitchen.
Christmas Novena
December 2025
St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Chicago recently presented a Christmas Novena, which is a Vincentian tradition.
Conversations with Confreres–Fr. Bemnet Melaku, C.M.
December 2025
Fr. Bemnet Melaku, C.M., who serves as assistant pastor at Holy Trinity Parish in Dallas, Texas, shares stories about being inspired to serve the poor as a youth in his native Ethiopia and having that affirmed on a mission trip to Kenya as a Vincentian seminarian.
Jubilee of Hope 2025
November 2025
On Nov. 15, 2025, the Congregation of the Mission Western Province offered with the Association of the Miraculous Medal in Perryville an event celebrating this jubilee year in the Catholic Church, which has the theme Pilgrims of Hope.
Conversations with Confreres–Fr. Henry Grodecki, C.M.
November 2025
Fr. Henry Grodecki, C.M., recently finished a seven-year assignment in Alaska and celebrated his 50-year jubilee in the priesthood. He talks about the missionary role of finding Christ in a place, rather than bringing Christ there.
Apostles of Charity Sustainer Program
October 2025
Nicole LeBlanc, a parishioner at Holy Trinity Parish in Dallas, Texas, is a longtime volunteer at the parish and explains her support for the Vincentians beyond the parish and her choice to do that through the Apostles of Charity sustainer program.
Apostles of Prayer–2025
October 2025
Every day, our senior Vincentians in Perryville, Missouri, the Apostles of Prayer, pray for the intentions of those who join our prayer ministry.
We Are All Vincentians–Teresa Manna
October 2025
Teresa Manna, Chief Development and Communications Officer for the Western Province, has served the Vincentians for more than 20 years, embracing their charism and mission as her own in her work. She is the subject of our video series, We Are All Vincentians, which features laypersons who dedicate their lives to service in the Vincentian tradition.
Three Parishes–Fr. Kevin Fausz, C.M.
September 2025
Fr. Kevin Fausz, C.M., is a Vincentian priest with the Congregation of the Mission Western Province. He is pastor of three parishes in San Antonio, Texas, and talks about the nature of his work for his parishioners and for the needy in the San Antonio community.
Conversations with Confreres–Fr. Rajesh Lakra, C.M.
September 2025
Fr. Rajesh Lakra, C.M., a Vincentian priest from India, is currently working in the Congregation of the Mission Western Province as Parochial Vicar at St. Vincent de Paul Parish and St. Pius V Parish in St. Louis, Missouri. He discusses doubts he had as a seminarian, which he resolved through days of prayer.
We Are All Vincentians–Benny Ruiz
July 2025
Benny Ruiz has worked with the Vincentians most of his adult life, for the past several years as regional treasurer for Texas and New Orleans and as a staff member at Holy Trinity Parish in Dallas, where he works in liturgy and music. He is recognized as an affiliate of the Congregation of the Mission, a distinction reserved for the Vincentians’ most devoted supporters. Our series, We Are All Vincentians, focuses on lay people who live the Vincentian charism.
Conversations with Confreres–Fr. Paul Sisul, C.M.
June 2025
Fr. Paul Sisul, C.M., who has served as a communications specialist for the Western Province the past four years, spent 49 years of his ordained life teaching at the high school and university levels. He reflects on the nature and blessing of change.
Thank you from Kenya
May 2025
Rosemary Awino, who lives in Nairobi and suffers from ovarian cancer, offers a heartfelt “thank you” to those who contributed to this year’s Kenya Appeal. Your donations make a real difference in the lives of people like her.
Conversations with Confreres–Fr. Antonio Ruiz, C.M.
May 2025
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 than two dozen dioceses in Mexico.