Vincentian Priests and Brothers

“Lord, my God… following Christ, the Evangelizer, in the presence of Blessed Virgin Mary I … vow that I will spend myself in the Congregation of the Mission, for whole time of my life  preaching the Gospel to the poor…” words which each of seven Confreres, students of  III Theology have proclaimed taking Sacred [...]

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Vincentian Fathers Institute of Theology (ITKM) at Stradom House in Krakow was established in 1910 after the diocesan seminary was moved to their own premises. In 2010 the Institute which didn’t stop activity even during the World War II (moved to other House) celebrates its centenary. Main events will take place on Friday, November [...]

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Provincial House at Stradom in Krakow was chosen to host 125th plenary meeting of the Conference of Men’s Orders Major Superiors in Poland. The gathering takes place on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 12-13, 2010. The invitation to Vincentian residence was accepted to honor 350th Anniversary Year of death of St. Vincent de Paul and St. [...]

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In the period of nine years from 1651 to 1660 Vincent de Paul sent about 120 letters to Confreres in Warsaw. This number of correspondence is saved in the Provincial Archive in the Library of the Stradom House in Krakow. Some of the letters are handwritten by Vincent himself. Some, especially those from last years [...]

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…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).

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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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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 [...]

At the begining of September lateral chapels in the Seminary Church of Conversion of St. Paul at Stradom in Krakow were reopened after several weeks long renovation. Chapels of Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (to left from main entrance) and Our Lady of Czestochowa (to right from entrance) are now opened for worshipers. From this [...]

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Sunday, June 14, 2009 was marked by the priesthood anniversaries in the Provincial House in Krakow. Fifteen confreres celebrated their 55th, 50th and 25th anniversaries of priestly ordinations. The main celebration was the Eucharist which all of them concelebrated in the seminary church of Conversion of  St. Paul, Stradom, Krakow, the place where they were [...]

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On June 6, a day after the Provincial Assembly finished in St. John’s University a group of 13 confreres from US Eastern Province of the Congregation of the Mission, one from Midwestern Province led by Msgr Alfonso Cabezas  CM, retired bishop of Villavicencio, Columbia, and two American born members of Province of New England,  accompanied [...]

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On Saturday, May 16, 2009,  Msgr Józef Guzdek, Auxiliary Bishop for Archdiocese of Krakow has ordained new priests and deacons during the special liturgy in the Vincentian Fathers Seminary Church of Conversion of St. Paul at Stradom, Krakow. All new ordained are graduates of Vincentian Fathers Institute of Theology (ITKM) in Krakow. Those ordained come [...]