http://vincentians.pl Province of Poland Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:54:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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. ... http://vincentians.pl/index.php/2010/03/08/msgr-goclowski-a-neurological-incident-not-a-stroke/ 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 ... http://vincentians.pl/index.php/2010/03/07/msgr-tadeusz-goclowski-cm-had-a-stroke/ 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 ... http://vincentians.pl/index.php/2010/02/21/new-acolytes-and-lectors-instituted/ [caption id="attachment_377" align="alignright" width="162" caption="here rests heart of Frederic Chopin"][/caption] 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 ... http://vincentians.pl/index.php/2010/02/21/chopin-year-celebrations-start-in-holy-cross-church-in-warsaw/ FAMVIN.ORG has published Letter for Lent 2010 addressed by Superior General, Fr. Gregory Gay CM. In this letter we can read: "... Let us reflect this Lenten season on the fragility of Jesus Christ and on our own fragility to see it not as a limitation but rather as a ... http://vincentians.pl/index.php/2010/02/15/letter-for-lent-2010-from-superior-general/ Father Rafal Brukarczyk CM is working as missionary in Honduras for a couple of years. He is responsible for a parish located high in mountains, accessed with difficulty and requiring extraordinary transportation to be used. Since the beginning he has been using a horse, which is not very effective transportation. ... http://vincentians.pl/index.php/2010/01/03/project-motorcycle-for-missionary/ http://vincentians.pl/index.php/2009/12/25/a-child-was-born-to-us/ Superior General, Very Rev. G. Gregory Gay CM addresses entire Vincentian Family with his Christmas message and gives Christmas greetings from the Curia: "It's with great joy that I speak with you this day as we've come upon a great event in a life of humanity, the birth of Jesus ... http://vincentians.pl/index.php/2009/12/13/2009-christmas-message-from-the-superior-general/ ...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 ... http://vincentians.pl/index.php/2009/12/10/i-will-fulfill-my-vows-to-the-lord/ 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 ... http://vincentians.pl/index.php/2009/11/26/a-vincentian-awarded-polonia-restituta-order/