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.
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...
Vincentian Seminarians Instituted as Lectors at Mass at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary
Congratulations Juan Carlos and Paul On Saturday September 17, 2022, Seminarians Juan Carlos Perez, C.M., and Paul Phuong Pham, C.M., , were instituted in the ministry of lector along with their classmates of different Dioceses and candidates for permanent diaconate....
New Executive Vice President for Mission Seeks to Engage, Learn, and Grow
A great many St. John’s University special events begin with an invocation, which is a welcoming prayer—often given by a priest or a religious person—that asks God for a special blessing upon the gathering. As the new Executive Vice President for Mission, Rev. Aidan...
His Cup Runneth Over…To the Next House
Traveling Chalice Program Unites Parish Families in Prayer for Priestly Vocations Fr. Luis Romero, CM, Director of Vocations for the Vincentians Eastern Province, has researched creative ways of promoting vocations in the local communities and found a Program which is...
Give Me 5 – Fr. Luis Romero, C.M.
A monthly series in Vincentian Voices that asks five random questions to an Eastern Province Priest or Brother. This month, we talk with Vocations Director, Fr. Luis Romero, C.M. . Since taking office as Vocation Director for the Vincentians Eastern Province on the...
Give Me 5 – Fr. Astor Rodriguez, C.M.
A monthly series in Vincentian Voices that asks five random questions to an Eastern Province Priest or Brother. This month, we talk with Fr. Astor Rodriguez, C.M. . From Brooklyn to Central America to Spain and locations in between, Fr. Astor, has lived, ministered,...
Fr. Robert P. Maloney C.M. pens letter of support to the Vincentian Family in Ukraine
Vincentian of the Eastern Province, Fr. Robert P. Maloney, CM, who was the 23rd Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission from 1992 to 2004 and a firm supporter of the worldwide Vincentian Family, has written this letter in solidarity with all the Ukrainian...
Fr. Tomaž Mavrič CM – Elected 2nd Term as Vincentian’s Superior General
On Saturday, July 2, in the city of Rome, the General Assembly of the Congregation of the Mission elected, for a second term, Fr. Tomaž Mavrič CM as Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission and the Daughters of Charity. To read the article in full CLICK...