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

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

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

On Friday, April 16, the body of Mr.  Ryszard Kaczorowski,  last President-in-exile  of  the Republic of Poland and scout Scoutmaster of  Republic will be moved from Belvedere Palace along streets of Warsaw to Basilica of Holy Cross in Warsaw for funeral and mourning ceremonies.  Coffin, covered with the color of  President of  Poland and Commander-in-Chief [...]

Tags: announcements, disaster, events, funeral, history, Holy Cross, liturgy, Poland, Warsaw

On April 5, 1970 Archbishop of Krakow, Cardinal Karol Wojtyla (pope John Paul II) ordained Fr. Albin MALYSIAK CM a bishop. Pope Paul VI nominated him a titular bishop of Beatia and auxiliary bishop of Krakow on January 14, 1970. For many years of his service he was Vicar General and supervised departments of [...]

Tags: C.M., events, history, jubilee, Krakow, Malysiak, Poland

Mr. Jerzy Karpinski, M.D., Gdansk region surgeon general has informed media on the current state of health of Archbishop Tadeusz Goclowski CM who yesterday, March 7, 2010, was admitted to the Neurology Clinics of Gdansk University Medical Center with suspected stroke. This suspition, said Dr. Karpinski, has not confirmed yet. According to his assessment, patient [...]

Tags: C.M., events, Gdansk, Goclowski, Poland

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

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

Tags: announcements, C.M., Christmas

…in the presence of all his people” (Psalm 116:14). According to tradition  in the  CM Province of Poland, in the solemnity of Immaculate Conception of Virgin Mary our seminarians in various stages of their formation  celebrate either Vocation Day (Internal Seminary) or Good Promise (Bonum Propositum, I Philosophy) or Sacred Vows (III Theology).

Tags: C.M., liturgy, Seminary, Stradom

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