by cduggan@vincentian.org | Jul 25, 2023 | Education/Evangelization
This article is part of a series commemorating the 100th anniversary of the China Mission by members of the American Vincentian provinces. The series leads up to a celebration of the centennial on Saturday, Sept. 23, in Perryville, MO, including a 10 a.m. Mass at the...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | Jul 3, 2023 | Education/Evangelization, Province News
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Vincentians’ mission to China, we are publishing a series of articles, They Left Their Hearts, that tell the story of the brave missionaries who answered the Vincentian question, “What must be done?” By the...
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...
