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.
Hundreds Gather for Mary’s Love at Solemn Novena
Mary’s love can provide us with profound spiritual healing and physical restoration. The Basilica Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal recognized the power of this love through a nine-day Solemn Novena from November 13 through 21 during which hundreds of...
Basilica Shrine Welcomes International Miraculous Medal Subdirector
When the new international subdirector for the International Association of the Miraculous Medal wanted to learn more about how the association’s constituent organizations are promoting the Medal and perpetuating the Blessed Mother’s message, the first place he...
Learn How Vincentians in the United States’ Eastern Province Are Recommitting to Their Mission Heading Into Their 400th Anniversary
Reflect on 400 years of the Vincentians’ mission to help lift people from the depths of poverty. Ask yourself: What have been our contributions to that mission? Fathers, brothers, sisters, and worshipers throughout the Eastern Province joined together at The Basilica...
Solemnity of St. Vincent de Paul Mass
St. Vincent de Paul teaches us that, “We cannot better assure our eternal happiness than by living and dying in the service of the poor.” Hundreds of worshippers joined the Vincentian priests and brothers at The Basilica Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal on...
Vincentian Youth Conference 2023
Vincentian Youth Meeting, July 28-August 7, Portugal Twenty members of the Vincentians’ Eastern Province family were culturally enlightened and spiritually transformed as they gathered in Portugal for 10 days with young adults from around the globe for the...
Vincentian Family Executive Board Meeting
Preparations for the 2024 gathering of the global Vincentian Family in Rome highlighted the semiannual meeting of the Vincentian Family Executive Board. The meeting was held from June 26-29, 2023, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. More than a dozen religious and lay...
A Flame of Hope for the Hopeless
POSITIVITY AND ENERGY As you step inside Potter’s House Services, Inc. in Baltimore, Maryland, a palpable current of positivity and energy fills the air. It’s truly remarkable to think that this enthusiasm was envisioned by a Vincentian brother, despite his physical...
St. Mary’s Catholic Church, A Diverse Spiritual Community
In the late 1920s, Greensboro, North Carolina, was still a relatively small city with approximately 50,000 residents, a mere fraction of its current population of 370,000. However, during that time, Greensboro consisted of two separate and conflicting worlds....
NFL EVP Establishes Vincent Commission
Troy Vincent, NFL executive vice president, and Tommi Vincent, chair of the National Domestic Violence Hotline, have launched The Vincent Commission, a newly established entity formed to study and address gender-based violence on college and university campuses. The...
Of Pride and Priesthood
Of Pride and Priesthood. A mother and son sharing a special moment If I still used yellow legal pages this post, or rather the false starts over the past 10 days, would have filled many pads and waste baskets! I finally realized that one image from the ordination of...
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...