by cduggan@vincentian.org | Feb 2, 2023 | Education/Evangelization
Born in 1863 in Pavia, Italy, Giuseppina Nicoli, D.C., was well-educated prior to her entrance into the Daughters of Charity in Turin, Italy. Her apostolate included serving as Sister Servant (Superior) of an orphanage, as a catechist for needy people and children,...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | Feb 1, 2023 | Education/Evangelization
Feb. 1 is the feast day of the Martyrs of Angers, who were put to death for refusing to renounce their faith during the French Revolution. The martyred included Daughters of Charity Marie-Anne Vaillot and Odile Baumgarten. Angers is 300 kilometers southwest of Paris....
by cduggan@vincentian.org | Jan 25, 2023 | Education/Evangelization
Fr. Guillermo Campuzano, C.M., Vice President of Mission and Ministry at DePaul University in Chicago, IL, on the occasion of the anniversary of the founding of the Congregation of the Mission by St. Vincent de Paul on Jan. 25 nearly 400 years ago, wrote the following...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | Jan 25, 2023 | Education/Evangelization, Province News
Fr. Patrick McDevitt, C.M., Provincial Superior for the Congregation of the Mission Western Province, contributed the following reflection on homelessness to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, National Council of the United States. It is published in the...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | Jan 13, 2023 | Education/Evangelization
In the fourth installment of this series, we examine the experience of Fr. John Lavelle, C.M., during his brief missionary work in China. We also observe the arrival of the second group of Vincentian missionaries from the Western Province: Frs. James Coyle, C.M.,...
by cduggan@vincentian.org | Dec 24, 2022 | Carousel, Education/Evangelization
By Fr. Derek Swanson, C.M. The season of Christmas begins with the celebration of the Eucharist at the Vigil of the Nativity of the Lord (Christmas Eve) and concludes on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord on January 9, 2023. During this season, we celebrate God...
