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    C O N G R E G AT I O N O F T H E M I S S I O N

    GENERAL CURIA
    Vi a d e i C a p a s s o 3 0
    Tel. (39) 06 661 3061

    Fax (39) 06 666 3831

    0 0 1 6 4 Ro m a I t a l i a
    e-mail: cmcuria@cmglobal.org

    Feast of Saint Vincent de Paul


    September 27, 2015

    Dear Confreres,
    May the grace and peace of Our Lord Jesus Christ be with all of you!
    On this feast of Saint Vincent de Paul I join with you in giving thanks to God for
    the blessing of serving Gods beloved people, especially those men and women excluded
    from participation in society, those people living on the peripheries, our lords and
    masters. We are called to serve these men and women and to find Christ in them. We are
    continually exhorted to not only lend our voices to their causes, but also to listen to them
    and to speak for them. Hopefully, as a result of our identification with them, they invite
    us to be their friends (cf., Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium, #198).
    As we respond to this call to participate in the process of the New Evangelization,
    we, as Vincentians have a unique contribution to offer. First, during this Year of
    Collaboration we are presented with an opportunity to strengthen the bonds of
    cooperation and solidarity among the almost three hundred branches of the Vincentian
    Family. In places where those bonds might be weak or non-existent, we are challenged to
    explore ways in order to establish such bonds. Such collaboration is essential if we are to
    continue to give witness to the reality that we are all one People of God, one Vincentian
    Family.
    Vincent de Paul often spoke about an affective and effective process of
    evangelization. Our effort to make greater collaboration a reality in our midst is the best
    means to insure a more affective and effective outreach to the forgotten members of
    society.
    Furthermore, I believe we have another important contribution to offer the Church
    as we engage in the process of the New Evangelization. In recent years we have seen
    different branches of the Vincentian Family join together in order to change oppressive
    and unjust structures that prevent people from living in a dignified manner. Our
    involvement in these collaborative processes of systemic change enables us to be
    Vincentian missionary-disciples.

    Let us continue to work together in creative processes of collaborative systemic


    change, remembering that the final word of hope belongs to the Book of Revelation:
    Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; the former heaven and the former earth had
    passed away, and the sea was no more (Revelation 21:1) and may God bless us today
    and all the days of our life.
    With the joy of having surpassed the goal of the Patrimony Fund Project still very
    much present, the Vincentian Solidarity Office is turning its face toward the present and
    future needs of the mission. The VSO suggests that the international collection taken up
    during the last two years continue. The collection is on its way to rooting itself as an
    expected tradition among the people we serve. The collection benefited the Patrimony
    Fund Project, and allowed for 25% of the collection to stay in the Province for the benefit
    of projects in the province. Now the collection, along with helping the province, can help
    the VSO reopen the Micro-Project program that allows an eligible Province, ViceProvince or mission to receive up to 5,000 USD in a relatively simple process to move
    forward a dream in service of the Evangelization of the poor. Please consider continuing
    the collection in service of solidarity with the mission of evangelization of the
    Congregation of the Mission. You will read about the projects in the Quarterly VSO
    Bulletin.

    Your brother in Saint Vincent de Paul

    G. Gregory Gay, CM
    Superior General

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