AROUND THE PROVINCE
A home for stories, spiritual reflections, videos, and news from the Vincentians of the Eastern Province (Congregation of the Mission), along with posts about collaborators in the Vincentian Family.
150 Years of Vincentian Presence
Saint John the Baptist Church – 150 years of Vincentian Presence Fr. Astor L. Rodriguez CM shares joyful news and photos of the celebration of 150 years of Vincentian presence in the Brooklyn Diocese. Bishop DiMarzio, spoke to the present and former parishioners...
Be Like Jesus
Deaconate Orlando Chavarría Gutiérrez Begins his Journey Nestled deep in the heart of Panama is Volcán, a town where the members of the Congregation of the Mission have ministered for many years. A native of Volcán, newly ordained Deaconate Orlando Ariel Chavarría...
Ordination 2023: Highlights of the Deaconate Ordination of Orlando Gutiérrez, CM
The deaconate ordination of Orlando Ariel Chavarría Gutiérrez, CM, at our Panama ministry, was celebrated on Saturday morning, February 11. Confreres and laity from all over the Region of Panama, as well as Daughters of Charity, priests and seminarians from the...
Vincentian Chair Lecture Stresses Importance of Authentic Belonging
What is a nation? What does it mean to belong to a nation? What does that belonging require? What is citizenship? M. Shawn Copeland, Ph.D., Professor Emerita of Systematic Theology, the Department of Theology and the Program in African and African Diaspora Studies at...
Foundation Day Liturgy Celebrates Origin of Vincentian Charism
St. Vincent de Paul was filled with a passion to meet the material and spiritual needs of persons who were poor. With a talent for organizing others who shared his passion, he began a group of priests and Brothers—the Congregation of the Mission—for the evangelization...
A Circuitous Route
Fr. Aidan Rooney, CM, tells the Vincentian narrative to current and new audiences using modern-days tools and messaging. On a cold, blustery day in March at Niagara University (a Vincentian institution) in Niagara Falls, New York, Fr. Aidan Rooney, CM, cannot help but...
Miraculous Medal Shrine Elevated to Minor Basilica Status
The Miraculous Medal Shrine, a ministry of Vincentian Priests and Brothers, Eastern Province, USA, has been elevated by the Vatican to Minor Basilica status, a designation shared by only 91 other churches in the United States. To learn more about this prestigious...
The Miraculous Medal Shrine Crypt
If you sit quietly, you can almost hear their hushed tones or feel their priestly presence. Their aura is palpable as they lay to rest once again as confreres. While they have transitioned from the physical to transphysical, the Vincentians of the Eastern Province,...
Exposing human Trafficking
Sr. Michelle Loisel, DC, will give a presentation to anyone, anywhere, and anytime about the scourge of modern-day slavery, also known as human trafficking. When she speaks with groups in America, she is often asked, “Is slavery here?” Her answer is resolute: “Yes,...
Pope Francis blesses sculpture promoting Vincentian’s “13 Houses Campaign”
As part of the Sixth World Day of the Poor, which will be celebrated next Sunday, Nov. 13, Pope Francis today blessed “Sheltering”, a sculpture depicting the plight of the homeless. The work was given to the Vincentian Family’s, FamVin Homeless Alliance (FHA), with...
Give Me 5 – Brother Alfred Smith, CM
A monthly series in Vincentian Voices where we ask five random questions to an Eastern Province Priest or Brother. This month, we talk with Brother Alfred Smith, CM. In 1955, Brother Al entered the Congregation of the Mission: Vincentians of the Eastern Province and...
St. John’s Students Tour the UN with Vincentian NGO Representative
The full measure of the Vincentian commitment to social justice was brought to light for a group of St. John’s University students during a visit to the United Nations in Manhattan on Wednesday, October 26. Student leaders from the University’s Ozanam and Catholic...
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Planting the seeds of hope in a parish community From Brooklyn to Central America to Spain and locations in between, Fr. Astor Rodriguez, CM, has lived, ministered, and studied in myriad places as a Vincentian. Brooklyn, though, is home, and where he often finds...
St. Vincent De Paul Church Celebrates Completion of Interior Renovation
Parish to host Community Open House on Saturday, October 22 St. Vincent De Paul Church, a 173-year-old Catholic parish in the heart of Germantown, recently completed an ambitious $1.5 million interior rehabilitation project. Partners for Sacred Places in collaboration...
I want to love God by loving and serving his people.
Meet Seminarian Vincent Chung Luong Last month, Seminarian Vincent Chung Luong, was received into the Internal Seminary (Novitiate) at St. Vincent's Seminary Chapel in Philadelphia, PA. the Very Reverend Stephen Grozio, CM, Provincial Superior of the Eastern Province...