Vincentian Priests and Brothers

On Tuesday, November 16, 2010 late Fr. Czeslaw Surowka CM was laid in the Vincentian Father mausoleum at Bielawki  cemetery in Bydgoszcz. He died on November 11 (National Independence Day in Poland) from cancer. He didn’t suffer long. He was active until very last days, often hearing confessions. Father was Assistant of the House and vicar [...]

Tags: Bydgoszcz, funeral, Goclowski, necrology, Obituary, Poland

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 and acolyte and prescribes that [...]

Tags: Bydgoszcz, C.M., events, Krakow, Lent, liturgy, Seminary, Stradom

The Feast of All Souls, November 2, was third day of Father General presence in our community. In the morning our Honorable Guest left Stradom to travel to Vincentian House in Bydgoszcz at St. Vincent de Paul Basilica. The Visitor, Fr. Arkadiusz Zakreta and Provincial Secretary, Fr. Adam Borowski accompanied him. During their trip they [...]

Tags: Bydgoszcz, C.M., Poland, Stradom, Superior General, visits