Vincentian Priests and Brothers

It is tradition in the Province of Poland to institute new Lector (Reader) and Acolyte ministers on the first Sunday of Lent. These ministries are elements of formation toward priesthood. Canon Law requires candidates for diaconal ordination to have received and have exercised for an appropriate time the ministries of lector and acolyte and prescribes that [...]

Tags: Bydgoszcz, C.M., events, Krakow, Lent, liturgy, Seminary, Stradom

2010 was proclaimed Chopin Year in Poland to commemorate 200th birthday anniversary of Frederic Chopin, most famous Polish composer and one of the biggest in the world.  He was born on February 22, 1810 (some sources say it was on March 1) in Zelazowa Wola near Warsaw. On eve of the birthday anniversary solemn Thanksgiving [...]

Tags: events, heritage, history, Holy Cross, Poland, Warsaw

FAMVIN.ORG has published Letter for Lent 2010 addressed by Superior General, Fr. Gregory Gay CM. In this letter we can read: “… Let us reflect this Lenten season on the fragility of Jesus Christ and on our own fragility to see it not as a limitation but rather as a means of building a new [...]

Tags: announcements, Lent, letters, Superior General, Vincentian Family