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

We have received very sad notice from our beloved Province of Curitiba in Brazil, which we would like to share as soon as possible.  In the early afternoon, Monday, May 3, Fr. Eugênio Dirceu Keller CM (53), Visitor of the Province of Curitiba, was found dead in his room in the Provincial House in Saint Francisco [...]

Tags: Brazil, C.M., Curitiba, funeral, necrology, Obituary

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

At 10:53 AM local time (0653 GMT) Polish President’s airplane with 89 passengers and 7 crew members on board crashed while an attempt to touch down at Severny Airfield near Smolensk, South Western Russia. According to official report all passengers died. No one survived the crash. Among killed passengers were Mr Lech [...]

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“In our century martyrs came back. And often, they are unknown martyrs, as if they were “unknown soldiers” of God’s great cause… Their testimonies should not be forgotten in the Church” (John Paul II, Tertio Millenio Adveniente, 37)  
On April 29, 1945 American troops liberated Nazi concentration camp KL Dachau - place in heart [...]

On early April 21, 2009 at St. Catherine’s Infirmary at the Vincentian Eastern Province of USA  Motherhouse in Germantown, Philadelphia died Rev. Kenneth F. Slattery CM, Ph.D. He was lifelong educator in Niagara University, St. John’s University, Mary Immaculate Seminary in Northampton, PA, St. Joseph’s Seminary in Princeton, N.J.  From 1965 to 1976 hold [...]

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. [...]

On Tuesday, March 17, 2009 in St. Joseph’s Residence, Enfield, Connecticut, died Rev. Edward P. Gicewicz C.M., Ed.D, retired USAF chaplain, the oldest priest of Province of New England of the Congregation of the Mission. He died in the age of 96 and in 71 years of priesthood.
Rev. Gicewicz was born on January 28, 1913 [...]

Tags: C.M., New England, Obituary