Vincentian Priests and Brothers

On the occasion of Social Worker Day President of Poland Mr. Lech Kaczynski has awarded with orders and medals number of people bringing help to other people and for outstanding work among people in need. Rev. Andrzej Augustynski CM, President and Director General of “U Siemachy” Association was one of the recipients.

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FAMVIN.ORG has published Letter for Advent 2009 addressed by Superior Gemeral, Fr. Gregory Gay CM. In this letter we can read: “… This Christmas, especially in this time of Advent, I’d like to focus on it being a time of bringing back the true meaning of Christmas and purifying our attitudes with regard to what we [...]

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On Staturday evening, after the visit to Helcel House, Superior General has moved to Vincentian House of St. Vincent de Paul at sw. Filipa Street, Kleparz district. This is one of most important Houses in the history of Polish Province, and third oldest, since erection, in the Province. In history, together with the church founded [...]

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On the eight day of his visit Superior General visited Daughters of Charity in the Province of Krakow. The visit started in the morning in Provincial House at Warszawska Street in the Kleparz district. In the afternoon he was showed two of works Daughters of Charity run in the Krakow - St. Louise Children’s House [...]

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Second part of the visit to Poland Superior General spent in Krakow and surroundings on private sightseeing of historic places and tourist attractions. In the morning Fr. Greg went to the Museum in former concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. In the late afternoon he stepped underground - touring the salt mine in Wieliczka.

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Sixth day of Superior’s General visit to Poland was dedicated to Daughters of Charity from Province of Warsaw. Most of the day Fr. Greg spent in the Provincial House at Tamka Street and two different works of the Province - Nursing House for elderly women at Solec Street, Warsaw and Special Education Center and Kindergarten [...]

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Warsaw was another stage of Superior’s General trip in Poland. At about 5 p.m. on Wednesday, November 4, our Honored Guest accompanied by the Visitor and the Provincial Secretary arrived to Holy Cross House in Warsaw, the oldest Vincentian community in Poland and one of oldest in the world. Holy Cross Parish in Warsaw was [...]

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Northern city of Sopot was another stage of Superior’s General tour of Poland. In the evening, November 3, the honorable Guest arrived to the parish of the Pentecost in Sopot, another Vincentian community in the Province. All confrères from the parish, the retreat house in Gdynia and diocesan major seminary welcomed him cordially and had [...]

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Day four of Superior’s General visit in Poland was dedicated to Daughters of Charity from the Province of Chelmno-Poznan in Chelmno, a small town some 30 miles North-East from Bydgoszcz. Fr. Greg spent most of the day in the Provincial House. As we noticed later, it wasn’t easy for him to leave the place where [...]

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The Feast of All Souls, November 2, was third day of Father General presence in our community. In the morning our Honorable Guest left Stradom to travel to Vincentian House in Bydgoszcz at St. Vincent de Paul Basilica. The Visitor, Fr. Arkadiusz Zakreta and Provincial Secretary, Fr. Adam Borowski accompanied him. During their trip they [...]

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Sunday, November 1, Solemnity of All Saints was the second day of Superior’s General, Fr. Gregory Gay CM visit in Poland. Visit to cemetery was very important event in the agenda. According to Polish tradition people visit cemeteries and graves fo their relatives and friends, decorated with beautiful flowers and lots of candle lights. Fr. [...]

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In the afteroon, October 31, the Visitor of Poland, Fr. Arkadiusz Zakreta CM accompanied by Provincial Secretary and Provincial Econome welcomed Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission, Most Rev. Gregory Gay CM arriving to John Paul II airport in Krakow for long and warmly expected visit to Vincentian Province of Poland and three [...]