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 | 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. ...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | Mar 15, 2023 | Education/Evangelization
Jim Claffey is the representative of the Congregation of the Mission NGO to the United Nations. His writes on issues of concern to the Vincentians that are addressed at the UN level. How are you doing with your New Year’s resolutions, a common practice and a good...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | Mar 10, 2023 | Education/Evangelization
Fr. Paul Misner, C.M., arrived in China in 1923 and was appointed to the seminary in Kien-Chang-Fu. He was later assigned to the mission in Fouchow. Letters Fr. Misner wrote to his confreres in the U.S. describe the political unrest that the missionaries and their...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | Feb 10, 2023 | Education/Evangelization
In the fifth installment of this series, we revisit Fr. Edward Sheehan, C.M., who was by 1930 serving as a bishop and experiencing challenges in logistics, communications, security, and others. This series of monthly articles commemorates the 100th anniversary of the...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | Feb 8, 2023 | Education/Evangelization, Province News
Brother Richard A. Hermann, C.M., was born in Weingarten, MO, on October 31, 1935, one of 15 children of Edward Hermann and Anna Jokerst. As was the custom, Richard was baptized three days after his birth at his home parish, Our Lady Help of Christians, on November 3,...
