Cardinal Franc Rodé CM to delegates of the Assembly

Cardinal Franc Rodé CM, Prefect of the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life is among those who addressed participants of the Assembly. He did it in special letter of June 30. One can think his message  sounds like admonition. The other one will say it is careful, [...]

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Un poco de alegría en la comunidad – joyful community

Do you think the Assembly proceedings absorb delegates day in and day out? If so, you are wrong. There is time for work and time for joy. Especially if it is Saturday evening and soccer fans wait for another World Cup play. Important play – Ghana vs Uruguay. Watch these short film clips [...]

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General Assembly – opening homily of Superior General

At 9:00 a.m. (0300 EST), Monday, June 28 all participants od the General Assembly gathered in the chapel of St. Vincent de Paul next to Maison Mere de la Lazaristes in Paris where relics of the Holy Founder are laid, to concelebrate and attend the solemn Mass (votive of St. Vincent de Paul) opening [...]

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41st General Assembly of the Congregation of the Mission in Paris

On Monday, June 28, 2010in Paris the 41st General Assembly of the Gongregation of the Mission has began. Its motto is “CREATIVE FIDELITY TO THE MISSION”. The Assembly is marked by the Year of 350th Anniversary of death of St. Vincent and St. Louise. It is one of the reasons it was organized [...]

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On the treshold of General Assembly – CLAPVI meeting

Forty-First General Assembly of the Congregation of the Mission starts in Mason Mere on Monday, June 28, 2010. Most of the participants, Provincials, delegates, translators and other staff are on their way to Paris, or at least they are packing up. This convocation of the global community of Vincentian Priests and Brothers is [...]

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Conclusion of the Year for Priests – Homily of Benedict XVI

On Friday morning of the Solemnity of Sacred Heart of Jesus Pope Benedict XVI lead the concelebrated Eucharist with thousands of priests from around the world on Saint Peter’s Swuare in Rome. This concluded the YEAR FOR PRIEST started on June 19 lat year. “The priesthood, then, is not simply «office» but sacrament: God [...]

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Fr. Waclaw Hlond – priest for 55 years

It was May 15, 1955. Deacon Wacław A. HŁOND CM and two his other Confreres received priesthood ordinations in the Province of Poland of the Congregation of the Mission in Krakow. Times were hard those days in the country. Europe behind Iron Curtain looked much different from the other part of the continent [...]

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Pope Benedict XVI for 44th World Communications Day

“The world of digital communication, with its almost limitless expressive capacity, makes us appreciate all the more St. Paul’s exclamation: ‘Woe to me if I do not preach the Gospel,’” pope Benedict XVI said in his message for the 2010 celebration of World Communications Day which is celebrated on upcoming Sunday, May 16 [...]

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