by cduggan@vincentian.org | Jun 14, 2023 | Carousel, Province News
With the great influx of vocations that followed WWII, the Vincentians were able to respond to requests coming from various bishops to staff more parishes. In 1952, Most Precious Blood Parish (or MPB as the locals call it) opened in Denver to serve the needs of...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | May 24, 2023 | Carousel, Province News
On Tuesday, May 23, 2023, after almost five years of investigation, the Illinois State Attorney General’s Office released an extensive report on Catholic clergy sex abuse in the state entitled, “Report on Catholic Clergy Child Sex Abuse in Illinois.” The report...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | May 23, 2023 | Education/Evangelization
As World War II raged, the priests of the Congregation of the Mission Western Province continued to serve the people of Kiangsi Province. In August 1944, less than a year before Japan’s surrender, Fr. Henry Altenburg, C.M., returned to the U.S. after 21 years of...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | May 15, 2023 | Carousel, Province News
In the May 2023 edition of our Conversations with Confreres video series, Fr. Derek Swanson, C.M., Parochial Vicar at Holy Trinity Parish in Dallas, TX, explains that he was initially inspired to join the Vincentians by the writings of St. Vincent de Paul himself. He...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | Apr 27, 2023 | Education/Evangelization
In 2023, the Congregation of the Mission Western Province is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its mission in China. This series, They Left Their Hearts, tells the stories of those missionaries who went from their homeland to do the work of St. Vincent in China. ...
