Vincentian Priests and Brothers

On Thursday, July 15, 2010 Fr. Jan Socha CM died in Poland. He was almost 77, Vincentian for 60 years,  priest for 52 years.  For many years he ministered among Polish community and immigrants in France (Polish Catholic Mission).  He was pastor at Les Gautherets,  Saint-Vallier, East-Central France. He was buried in the community [...]

Tags: France, Immigration, Misjonarze, necrology, Obituary, Vincentians

The sad news came to us from Province of New England. On July 20, 2010 died Father Ronald A. WIKTOR CM, M.Div. He was born on December 26, 1935. Entered the Congregation of  Mission in Jne 1957 in then Vice-Province of Poland in the USA (present Province of New England). Ordained priest on June [...]

Tags: announcements, C.M., funeral, New England, Obituary, USA

Wednesday, July 14 was National Holiday in France. For General Assembly participants this day was marked by Vincentian Family festivity. In the morning representatives of the JMV and SSVP gave their speeches. In the afternoon, at 5:00 PM special Eucharist celebration was held in the chapel of St. Vincent de Paul at Maison Mere. It [...]

Tags: 350 Anniversary, assembly, C.M., CM Paris 10, events, letters, Maison Mere, Superior General, Superioress General, Vincentian Family

“To do or not to do” is one of the hihlighted themes in the homily  which  Superior General,  Fr. Gregory Gay CM gave during the Eucharist closing the 41st General Assembly. The other developed theme is derrived from the text above the silver coffin holding the body of St. Vincent de Paul - “Pertransit Beneficiendo” [...]

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The Eucharist sang at noon of the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Friday, July 16, 2010, in front of the body of  St. Vincent de Paul lead the 41st General Assembly of the Congregation of the Mission to the end. Chaired by Superior General, Fr. Gregory Gay CM and concelebrated by all Assistants [...]

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Traditionally at the end of the General Assembly all participants take a group picture. Today it was shot on the stairs in the gardens of Daughters of Charity Motherhouse at 140 Rue du Bac, Paris, France.

Tags: assembly, C.M., CM Paris 10, CMGlobal, Maison Mere

Website of Office for Foreign Missions of Province of Poland has released new section dedicated to missionary education. It’s titled «MISYJNE ABC» (Missionary ABC) and it is a sort of thesaurus containing terms, names, expressions and themes regarding missionary apostolate. At the beginning, number of available entries is not big, but the Office’s editors assure [...]

Tags: announcements, education, Foreign Mission Office, Poland

No doubts, week two of the Geneal Assembly was considered as the most important by many people. On one hand there was time to continue the deliberation on revision of Statutes,  discussion at round table and in Conferences of Visitors. On the other hand delegates turned to ballots electing new Superior General and the Assistants. [...]

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When the election of the Vicar General was completed before noon on July 9, the Chronicler of the Assembly, Fr. Celestino Fernández asked new elected Vicar General, Fr. Javier Álvarez a couple of questions. Personally, they two are very good friends from the Province of Madrid. Read the answers given by new Vicar General:

Tags: assembly, C.M., CM Paris 10, D.C., Maison Mere

Few hours after re-election (July 8, 2010)  the Chronicler of the General Assembly, Fr. Celestino Fernández interviewed Fr. Gregory Gay, Superior General. We all know him, but that day was a special opportunity to ask Fr. Greg about his feelings, reflections, hopes and expectations for another six years of his Generalate. As always he [...]

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Right after Fr. Corpus Delgado CM, the Secretary of the Assembly read out the Decree of Election in fluent Latin, new re-elected Superior General, Fr. Gregory Gay CM spoke ad hoc from deep of his heart:
“As they counted the votes, the last scrutinio. and so, they asked me how I felt. And actually, I had [...]

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There are fourteen Confreres from Province of Poland working in missions Ad gentes nowadays - six in Madagascar, two in China and Taiwan, two in Kazakhstan, one in D.R. Congo, one in Papua New Guinea, one in Honduras and one in Puerto Rico. Many years ago parents and families of Confreres missionaries started to reunite [...]

Tags: events, Foreign Mission Office, Poland, Vincentian Family