350th Anniversary of the Death of Vincent DePaul and Louise De Marillac

From Gregory Gay CM:

“I write to you today to announce officially the beginning of our Jubilee Year, a year in which we will celebrate as Vincentian Family the anniversaries of the death and resurrection of our founders Saint Vincent de Paul and Saint Louise de Marillac. We do so under the theme of “Charity and Mission.” Mission is the focus that we want to give to this year of celebration that begins September 27, 2009 and lasts until September 27, 2010. Our mission, to evangelize and serve the poor, is motivated as always by God’s love which we translate into hands-on charity, direct contact with and love of the poor.”

In his communication Father Gay outlined the following details:

Each month from September through September, members of the family will be asked to gather to discuss the short articles on the following themes which will be posted on Famvin.org 

350th Jubilee

The Twelve Themes are:

  1. Our Reason for Celebrating Saint Vincent and Saint Louise Today: Rediscovering Their Dynamism and Being Filled with Their Spirit
  2. The Role of Interiority and Devotion in the Vincentian Family
  3. The Spirit of Saint Vincent
  4. The Spirit of Saint Louise
  5. Who is Jesus for Saint Vincent?
  6. Who is Jesus for Saint Louise?
  7. Service to Poor People
  8. Evangelization of Poor People
  9. The Different Forms of Poverty
  10. Celebrating this Anniversary with Poor People
  11. In What Ways the Charism of Saint Vincent and Saint Louise Is Lived Differently in the Various Branches of the Vincentian Family
  12. The Collaboration of Saint Vincent and Saint Louise in the Service of Poor People

A project committee is developing ways that together the members of the family can work together in a systemic change project. A micro financing project is Haiti which hopefully will be a model for future projects will be the beginning. The committee will devise means for promoting maximum Family involvement from both Haiti and abroad and for giving the project a specific Vincentian thrust. 

The Vincentian Family will be invited to attend these major celebrations: in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, the celebration will take place Sunday March 14, 2010. The date of the celebration in Rome at the Basilica of St. Peter is set for Saturday 25 September 2010.

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