http://vincentians.pl Province of Poland Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:47:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://vincentians.pl/index.php/2010/07/21/fr-jan-socha-cm-died/ 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 ... http://vincentians.pl/index.php/2010/07/20/fr-ronald-a-wiktor-cm-died-in-province-of-new-england/ Wednesday, July 14 was National Holiday in France. For General Assembly participants this day was marked by Vincentian Family festivity. In the morning representatives of the JMV and SSVP gave their speeches. In the afternoon, at 5:00 PM special Eucharist celebration was held in the chapel of St. Vincent de ... http://vincentians.pl/index.php/2010/07/18/letter-of-pope-benedict-xvi-to-vincentian-family/ "To do or not to do" is one of the hihlighted themes in the homily  which  Superior General,  Fr. Gregory Gay CM gave during the Eucharist closing the 41st General Assembly. The other developed theme is derrived from the text above the silver coffin holding the body of St. Vincent ... http://vincentians.pl/index.php/2010/07/17/general-assembly-closing-homily-by-superior-general/ The Eucharist sang at noon of the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Friday, July 16, 2010, in front of the body of  St. Vincent de Paul lead the 41st General Assembly of the Congregation of the Mission to the end. Chaired by Superior General, Fr. Gregory Gay CM ... http://vincentians.pl/index.php/2010/07/16/eucharist-concluded-the-general-assembly/ Traditionally at the end of the General Assembly all participants take a group picture. Today it was shot on the stairs in the gardens of Daughters of Charity Motherhouse at 140 Rue du Bac, Paris, France. http://vincentians.pl/index.php/2010/07/15/all-participants-of-the-general-assembly-on-stairs/ 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, ... http://vincentians.pl/index.php/2010/07/15/from-the-office-of-foreign-missions-%c2%abmissionary-abc%c2%bb/ No doubts, week two of the Geneal Assembly was considered as the most important by many people. On one hand there was time to continue the deliberation on revision of Statutes,  discussion at round table and in Conferences of Visitors. On the other hand delegates turned to ballots electing new ... http://vincentians.pl/index.php/2010/07/14/newsreel-of-second-week-of-the-assembly/ When the election of the Vicar General was completed before noon on July 9, the Chronicler of the Assembly, Fr. Celestino Fernández asked new elected Vicar General, Fr. Javier Álvarez a couple of questions. Personally, they two are very good friends from the Province of Madrid. Read the answers ... http://vincentians.pl/index.php/2010/07/13/first-inerview-of-new-elected-vicar-general-fr-javier-alvarez/ Few hours after re-election (July 8, 2010)  the Chronicler of the General Assembly, Fr. Celestino Fernández interviewed Fr. Gregory Gay, Superior General. We all know him, but that day was a special opportunity to ask Fr. Greg about his feelings, reflections, hopes and expectations for another six years of ... http://vincentians.pl/index.php/2010/07/12/first-interview-of-re-elected-superior-general/