by cduggan@vincentian.org | Jan 26, 2022 | Education/Evangelization
Yesterday was Foundation Day. I walked through the DePaul University Student Center, which was full of tables, and students chatting up the founding of the Vincentian Family by St. Vincent de Paul 405 years ago. They were giving away every kind of tchotchke...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | Dec 8, 2021 | Carousel, Province News
The Congregation of the Mission Western Province held a dedication ceremony and open house for its new Provincial Office on Dec. 4, which included a Rite of Blessing celebrated by St. Louis Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski. The Congregation moved from its former location...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | Dec 8, 2021 | Carousel, Province News
Young People Living the Vincentian Charism While the recruitment and formation of new Vincentian priests and brothers is a vital work today, so is the mission of encouraging young people to take up the work of serving the poor. Today, youth volunteer groups like the...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | Dec 8, 2021 | Carousel, Province News
When 26-year-old Brendan Manna was invited to make a mission trip to Kenya in 2018, he hesitated. “I told my friend Matt I wasn’t too interested,” he recalls. “When Matt said he’d go in my place, I thought that might make me look bad. We both went!” The friends joined...