Vincentian Priests and Brothers

Polish public TV news channel (TVP Info) has reported in the evening today (2006 GMT) that Archbishop Tadeusz Gocłowski CM, former Archbishop of Gdansk, has suffered a stroke. We have confirmed this information from Superior of Vincentian Parish of Pentecost in Sopot, Fr. Jerzy Berdychowski CM. Bishop’s health is in serious but stable condition. He [...]

Tags: C.M., Gdansk, Poland

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

Father Rafal Brukarczyk CM is working as missionary in Honduras for a couple of years. He is responsible for a parish located high in mountains, accessed with difficulty and requiring extraordinary transportation to be used. Since the beginning he has been using a horse, which is not very effective transportation. First one died.  The other [...]

Tags: Foreign Mission Office, Honduras, missionary support

Tags: announcements, C.M., Christmas

Superior General, Very Rev. G. Gregory Gay CM addresses entire Vincentian Family with his Christmas message and gives Christmas greetings from the Curia: “It’s with great joy that I speak with you this day as we’ve come upon a great event in a life of humanity, the birth of Jesus Christ.”

Tags: Christmas, Superior General, video, Vincentian Family, YouTube

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.

Tags: announcements, C.M., Krakow, Poland, U Siemachy

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 [...]

Tags: announcements, Superior General

On Mission Sunday, October 18, 2009, the website of Office for Foreign Missions of Vincentian Province of Poland concerned on missions ad gentes themes, has started a project named „Multilingual Rosary for the Missions”. Their goal is to get involved in the great project of Venerable Pauline Marie Jarocot foundress of Association of Living [...]

Tags: ad gentes, Foreign Mission Office, prayer

As it usually takes place  at the beginning of summer break each year there are personal reassignments announced in the Province. Now, in the beginning of September all changes have taken effect. Despite it, we feel encouraged to present you the list of new assignments of our Confreres.

Tags: announcements, C.M., Poland

As upcoming year 2010 will be marked by 350th Anniversary of death of St. Vincent de Paul and St. Louise de Marillac, Vincentian Family in Poland wants to prepare to faithfully celebrate the Jubilee Year.  Responding to suggestion of Very Rev. Arkadiusz Zakręta CM, Visitor of Province of Poland, annual Vincentian Family Gathering will take [...]

Tags: 350 Anniversary, announcements, jubilee, Poland

“All of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility” (1 Peter 5:5) is the motto of 19th National Pilgrimage of Association of  Miraculous Medal to Our Lady of  Jasna Gora shrine in Czestochowa, which will take place on Friday, July 24 and Saturday, July 25. This year event has special meaning [...]

Tags: AMM, announcements, Jasna Gora, Miraculous Medal, Poland

On Monday, April 20, 2009 in Krakow, died Fr. Józef Mazurek CM. He was long-time minister in the Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Kraków. It was his first pastoral post and the last. Since 1991 he was a chaplain in the nearby Interior Ministry’s hospital (szpital MSWiA) in Kraków. Born on February 15, 1933. [...]