Discover the Heart of the Durando Institute in Vietnam
We invite you to explore, through this video, the life of the Durando Institute, the formation home for seminarians of the Congregation of the Mission in Vietnam.
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Here, young hearts are nurtured not only in knowledge but also in values, friendship, and service, thanks to the dedication of teachers and volunteers who make this community a warm and welcoming place.
On Sunday, 11 January, we celebrate the Baptism of the Lord: at the Jordan, Jesus enters our history and inaugurates his mission.
The heavens open, the Spirit descends, the Father proclaims him his beloved Son: the Trinity reveals itself in meekness.
Read the article and renew your baptismal grace to serve and evangelise the poor in the Vincentian style.
On the solemnity of the Epiphany, the Church contemplates the mystery of Christ who reveals himself: not to a religious elite, not to one people alone, but to all peoples. The Gospel passage about the Magi (Mt 2:1-12) is both a narrative and a prophecy: it recounts a real journey and, at the same time, indicates the permanent trajectory of faith, which is always a search, a departure, adoration, conversion.
The reflection ‘2026: The Year of Response’, dedicated to vocational discernment from a Vincentian perspective, has been published. Jean Rolex, C.M., offers an interpretation of the ecclesial and social context and invites us to develop a ‘culture of response’ based on listening, discernment and mission. This is a useful contribution for communities and young people in the Congregation of the Mission, helping to renew paths of accompaniment and availability to serve the poor.
When God becomes poor, the nativity scene becomes a ‘key to life’: this is Christmas according to Saint Vincent de Paul. From the manger we learn humility and service, recognising Christ in the marginalised and the ‘discarded’. An invitation to the Vincentian Family: to transform poverty into hope, with fraternity and shared charity.
Saint Vincent, son of a poor farmer, guides us to the school of the nativity scene and evangelical poverty.
In the Child of Bethlehem, we discover a Church that chooses simplicity, close to the poor and the peripheries.
A Christmas meditation to recognise our fragility as the place where God begins his mission anew.
St Vincent de Paul did not only look at the poor “outside”, but also at the hidden poverty of priests and wounded dioceses.
In this article, we discover how, in his thinking, caring for the clergy becomes an act of justice towards the poorest people.
A timely reflection for the Congregation of the Mission and for a Church that is truly poor for the poor.
