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.
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...
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,...