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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Provincial House at Stradom in Krakow was chosen to host 125th plenary meeting of the Conference of Men’s Orders Major Superiors in Poland. The gathering takes place on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 12-13, 2010. The invitation to Vincentian residence was accepted to honor 350th Anniversary Year of death of St. Vincent de Paul and St. [...]

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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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Second part of the visit to Poland Superior General spent in Krakow and surroundings on private sightseeing of historic places and tourist attractions. In the morning Fr. Greg went to the Museum in former concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. In the late afternoon he stepped underground - touring the salt mine in Wieliczka.

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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 [...]

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At the begining of September lateral chapels in the Seminary Church of Conversion of St. Paul at Stradom in Krakow were reopened after several weeks long renovation. Chapels of Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (to left from main entrance) and Our Lady of Czestochowa (to right from entrance) are now opened for worshipers. From this [...]

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