Vincentian Priests and Brothers

Archbishop Tadeusz Goclowski CM, retired Metropolitan of Gdansk was awarded the Order of the White Eagle, highest Polish state decoration by the Bronislaw Komorowski, President of the Republic of Poland, during the special ceremony in the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland on November 10, day before Polish National Independence Day. Another two awarded today, [...]

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Holy Trinity Sunday, June 19, 2011 was a great feast in the city of Dax in is South Western France. A martyr of French Revolution, first Superioress and Director of the city hospital, Sister Marguerite Rutan, Daughter of Charity guillotined on April 7, 1794 was beatified. The solemn ceremony begun minutes after 3:00 PM (1300GMT) [...]

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Daughters of Charity from the Province of Warsaw continue their prepartions to celebrate 300th anniversary of erecting autonomous Province of the Comapny in Poland in 2012. This weekend, for the second time, they organize the three day workshops on Vincentian charism and spirituality. The event known as VINCENTIAN LABORATORY is taking place in Provincial House [...]

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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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At 4:45 a.m., September 27, 1660 in his room in Maison St. Lazare, Paris, France Monsieur Vincent de Paul died peacefully. Priest, founder and first Superior General of the Congregation of the Priests of the Mission. It is 350 years since that moment today. Have a look at how historians report on that day:  

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In Poland 350th Anniversary Year was initiated in St. Vincent de Paul Basilica in Bydgoszcz on September 27, last year. Its culmination was scheduled in the Holy Cross Basilica in Warsaw during the weekend of their parish feast (the Exaltation of the Cross).  The celebrations came along with the annual Vincentian Family gathering and peregrination [...]

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Jubilee Year of 350th Anniversary of  the death of St. Vincent de Paul anf St. Louise de Marillac is coming to an end. Celebrations in Poland begun in September 2009 in St. Vincent de Paul Basilica in Bydgoszcz, in the church which was built to commemorate 300th foundation annniversary of  the Congregation of the Mission. [...]

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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 [...]

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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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May 1 and 2 each year, are days of joy and entertainment  filled with songs heard from everywhere and crowds of young people from all parts of Poland, from Vincentian parishes and many otherpalces,  seen all around the Stradom House in Kraków. On these days VINCENTIANA - Festival of Religious Song for young performers takes [...]