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.

Greensboro, NC Parish Gives Money to People Experiencing Poverty

Greensboro, NC Parish Gives Money to People Experiencing Poverty

“At St. Mary's, you will be heard and will be respected,” Fr. John “Jack” Timlin Jr., CM, said of St. Mary’s Church on Duke Street in Greensboro, North Carolina. St. Mary’s also understands when you fall on tough times. Someone respecting you and listening to you...

give me 5 with Fr. Joseph Ita-Sam, CM

give me 5 with Fr. Joseph Ita-Sam, CM

give me 5 is a series in our Vincentian Voices newsletter that asks five random questions to an Eastern Province Priest or Brother. Meet Fr. Joseph Ita-Sam, CM, in this edition.Fr. Joseph Ita-Sam, CM, serves the Germantown neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,...

Hundreds Gather for Mary’s Love at Solemn Novena

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...

Solemnity of St. Vincent de Paul Mass

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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