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the week of June 12, 2025
Thank you for opening Vincentian Voices today. This is the newsletter of the Vincentians of the Eastern Province. This week, we mourn the lives lost and wounded in Austria’s mass shooting. We also share a new book authored by one of our Vincentians and get cooking with a seminarian.
Let’s begin, and may God bless you.
A
message
from
Father
Steve
Grozio,
CM
Dear friends,
Please Pray for the Victims of the School Shooting in Austria
The mass murder at a school in Graz, Austria, falls within a Vincentian parish boundary, according to our confrere, Fr. Joseph Swaris, CM. He adds that the school is one block away from St. Vinzenz Church in Graz. Many students and one teacher are dead; others were hospitalized with gunshot wounds. Fr. Joseph requests prayers for the victims of this bloody attack on innocent children and teachers. The Vincentians of the Eastern Province know Fr. Swaris because he spent one year of seminary formation in Philadelphia.
Graduation/Vocation Video
Three weeks ago, I mentioned that our Vincentian seminarians graduated from St. John’s University. Since then, the Vocation Office has prepared a graduation/vocation video. To view it, click here. To visit the Vincentian Vocation website, click here. Please continue to pray for and speak about vocations, and whenever you do so, please always mention the vocation of the brothers.
The Jubilarian of the Miraculous Medal House
This past Sunday, Fr. Jerry Luttenberger, CM, celebrated his 60th anniversary of priesthood at the Miraculous Medal House, surrounded by some of his relatives and his Vincentian confreres and seminarians. A framed certificate from Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM, recognizing his special jubilee, was presented to Fr. Jerry by Fr. Luis Romero, CM, the Superior of the MM House.
Newest Post of the Nuntia Express
[The Nuntia provides updates on Vincentians from around the globe.]
Click here to read the newest Nuntia Express online post. It has articles on the challenge of being a brother in the Congregation of the Mission, Pentecost, the appointment of Fr. Nélio Pereira Pita, CM, as Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, and organ donation and bioethical principles.
May God bless you in the week ahead, and may Our Lady wrap you in her love and grace, drawing you closer to her Son.
Yours in St. Vincent,
Fr. Steve Grozio, CM
Fr. Robert Maloney, CM, invites you to bring St. Vincent home
The premise of Fr. Bob’s newest book, A Month with St. Vincent de Paul: A RETREAT AT HOME, is simple and concise: He asks you consider the relevancy of St. Vincent de Paul to today’s world. To guide you, Fr. Bob structures each chapter in a similar way:
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- The Word of God
- Citations from St. Vincent that follow what the scriptures say
- A reflection by Fr. Bob on the topic
- A concluding prayer or poem
We invite you to read Fr. Bob’s work!
From our Vincentian universities
Let's get cooking with Rony
Meals are a way of bringing people together. Seminarian Rony Lopez shares his love of cooking with his community of fellow Vincentian seminarians at our Miraculous Medal House by St. John’s University.
In our Vincentian seminary, helping others is an essential part of our formation. While cooking may be a passion for Rony, it also acts as a form of service. See how Rony mixes passion with service.
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Trivia time!
1. Which saint did Catholic worshippers travel to Alba de Tormes, Spain, to see her briefly unsealed remains?
2. What’s another name for an electrovalent bond, the type of chemical bond that involves the transfer of electrons from one atom to another, resulting in oppositely charged ions that are attracted to each other?
3. What pop band plans to reunite this summer as all of their military assignments conclude?
last week’s results
1.Which country will allow a controversial mine to export more than 120,000 tons of already mined copper?
9 guesses
7 correct answers
2. What country is Superior General Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, CM, from?
6 guesses
1 correct answer
3.Seventh-grader Faizan Zaki correctly spelled the word below to win the 100th Scripps National Spelling Bee; which option is spelled correctly?
4 guesses
2 correct answers
Prayer requests
Please pray for the repose of the souls of:
Those who lost their lives in the school shooting in Austria
All the Vincentian Priests and Brothers who have gone before us
Please remember in your prayers:
Those who were injured in the school shooting in Austria
Our confreres in St. Catherine’s Infirmary
All those affected by war
All those affected by natural disasters
All victims of violence and their families
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