Vincentian Priests and Brothers

Saturday, May 28 was one of the most important days in the 2011 agenda of the Stradom House, the Provincial and seminary residence. At 9:00 a.m. Msgr. Pawel Socha CM, Auxiliary Bishop of Gorzow-Zielona Gora Diocese ordained eleven seminarians of the Province of Poland - four to priesthood and seven to transitional diaconate. The [...]

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“Lord, my God… following Christ, the Evangelizer, in the presence of Blessed Virgin Mary I … vow that I will spend myself in the Congregation of the Mission, for whole time of my life  preaching the Gospel to the poor…” words which each of seven Confreres, students of  III Theology have proclaimed taking Sacred [...]

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Vincentian Fathers Institute of Theology (ITKM) at Stradom House in Krakow was established in 1910 after the diocesan seminary was moved to their own premises. In 2010 the Institute which didn’t stop activity even during the World War II (moved to other House) celebrates its centenary. Main events will take place on Friday, November [...]

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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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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 [...]

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…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 Vows (III Theology).

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