 On feast of Annunciation, March 25, 1642, exactly 370 years ago, during the Mass for the day Louise de Marillac, Sr. Barbara Angebost and three other Sisters take their perpetual vows to give their whole life to service of poor. As a souvenir of Mother Louise consecration of her life into service of Lord of Charity Daughters of Charity celebrate renovation of their vows ever since on that day. According to their Constitutions (C.28) Daughters of Charity make their vows in silence during the Eucharist, at the end of the Liturgy of the Word on the feast of the Annunciation, the day chosen by Saint Louise to associate her own gift of self and that of her daughters to the Fiat of the Virgin Mary using a following formula (longer version):
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 On the Feast of the Annunciation, Daughters of Charity all over the world will renew their vows. This will not be simply a renewal of devotion, but, as their vows will have expired the night before, they will be free to choose to commit themselves to God by making them all over again, says in five minute video Sr. Pauline Lawlor, Daughter of Charity from Province of Ireland, former General Councillor for the English-speaking Provinces. She gives brief explanation of why the vows of Daughters of Charity differ from other religious congregations. The video contains subtitles in Polish.
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Eternal rest, grant unto them, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon them.
May they rest in peace!
Amen.
Wieczny odpoczynek racz im dać Panie,
a światłość wiekuista niechaj im świeci.
Amen
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President of Poland, Mr. Bronislaw Komorowski announced a national mourning on March 5 and 6 following the tragic accident which happened in Southern Poland in the evening, March 3.
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 Father Stanislav Zonták C.M., Assistant General, has come to New England Province with unofficial visit today. He will stay in St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish, Brooklyn, NY for the weekend and lead a session of ongoing formation on Vincentian character of the parish ministry for the Confreres of our Province at Depaul Provincial Residence, Manchester, CT during the week.
Srdečne vitajte v našej Provincii Knâze Stanislave! Veríme, že sa vám bude páčiť váš pobyt v našej komunite.
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 “We live in a world filled with restlessness. Life’s demands often come upon us at a fast and furious pace. Living with the realities of war, poverty, terrorism, political unrest, economic and ecological disasters, we are a people wearied by life” says Fr. Gregory Gay CM, Superior Generalin his reflection addressed to all members of worldwide Vincentian Family for this season of Lent. “As a people claimed by Christ and committed to the charism of St. Vincent de Paul, this holy season can help us better live out our Catholic faith and the Vincentian way. Like Vincent, our identity is rooted in Christ.”
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 Number regular users of portable devices, smartphones, tablets and ebook readers is growing rapidly. Responding to this interest once again we “went mobile” and are offering you this year’s Lenten Letter of the Superior General, all eight language versions, in ePub format suitable for iPhone, iPad, Android, Blackberry or eBook reader. We believe, you will enjoy this solution. The ePub files are usually smaller than PDF files and more suitable to use in mobile because they need less space in your mobile storage and use less data transfer to download.
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 It is a sign of times, that Superior’s General message for Advent or Lent is published in many languages giving more people an opportunity to reflect and respond to the words of St. Vincent’s successor. The table below invites you to view the Lenten Letter in one of these languages: English, Polish, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, German and Slovak. Hover and click on the chosen edition and it will open on your screen. When opened you can enlarge the text to full screen, download it as PDF or RTF file. You can share it by email or in social networks. Also, you can embed the document in your website.
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 Thanks to Pope John Paul II who initiated observance of the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord as World Day for Consecrated Life. (In the United States, it is celebrated on Sunday after February 2). In his homily during the solemn Vespers in St. Paul’s Basilica in Rome, Holy Father, Benedict XVI connected the Gospel story of the Presentation of Christ with the consecration of men and women who have dedicated their lives to the Church: “On today’s feast we therefore celebrate the mystery of consecration: the consecration of Christ, the consecration of Mary, the consecration of all those who commit themselves to following Jesus for the sake of the Kingdom of God.” Read the homily below.
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