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, logo = , image = Vincentians.png , abbreviation = CM , nickname = Vincentians, Paules, Lazarites, Lazarists, Lazarians , established = , founder =
Vincent de Paul Vincent de Paul, Congregation of the Mission, CM (24 April 1581 – 27 September 1660), commonly known as Saint Vincent de Paul, was a Occitan people, Occitan French Catholic priest who dedicated himself to serving the poverty, poor. In 1622 Vi ...
, founding_location = Paris, France , type = Society of Apostolic Life of Pontifical Right (for Men) , members = 3,100 as of 2021 , headquarters = General Motherhouse
Via dei Capasso 30, 00164 Rome, Italy"Congregation of the Mission (C.M.)", GCatholic
/ref> , leader_title = Motto , leader_name = la,
Evangelizare pauperibus misit me
English:
''He sent me to bring Good News to the poor'' , leader_title2 = Superior General , leader_name2 =
Tomaž Mavrič Tomaž Mavrič CM ( Buenos Aires, 9 May 1959) is an Argentine Catholic priest. Mavrič serves as Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission , logo = , image = Vincentians.png , abbreviation = C ...
, CM , leader_title3 = Patron , leader_name3 = Saint
Vincent de Paul Vincent de Paul, Congregation of the Mission, CM (24 April 1581 – 27 September 1660), commonly known as Saint Vincent de Paul, was a Occitan people, Occitan French Catholic priest who dedicated himself to serving the poverty, poor. In 1622 Vi ...
, CM , main_organ = Nuntia and Vincentiana , website = The Congregation of the Mission ( la, Congregatio Missionis) abbreviated CM and commonly called the Vincentians or Lazarists. is a
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society of apostolic life of Pontifical Right for men founded by
Vincent de Paul Vincent de Paul, Congregation of the Mission, CM (24 April 1581 – 27 September 1660), commonly known as Saint Vincent de Paul, was a Occitan people, Occitan French Catholic priest who dedicated himself to serving the poverty, poor. In 1622 Vi ...
. It is associated with the
Vincentian Family The Vincentian Family comprises organizations inspired by the life and work of Vincent de Paul, a 17th-century priest who "transformed the face of France." He directly founded the Confraternities of Charity (today known as the AIC) the Congregati ...
, a loose federation of organizations who look to St
Vincent de Paul Vincent de Paul, Congregation of the Mission, CM (24 April 1581 – 27 September 1660), commonly known as Saint Vincent de Paul, was a Occitan people, Occitan French Catholic priest who dedicated himself to serving the poverty, poor. In 1622 Vi ...
as their founder or Patron.


History

The Congregation has its origin in the successful mission to the common people conducted by Vincent de Paul and five other priests on the estates of the
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. More immediately it dates from 1624, when the little community acquired a permanent settlement in the ''Collège des Bons Enfants'' in
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, which later became a seminary under the name of St. Firmin. The first missions of the Vincentians were in the suburbs of Paris and in Picardy and Champagne.Randolph, Bartholomew. "Congregation of Priests of the Mission", The Catholic Encyclopedia
Vol. 10. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. 11 September 2021
Archiepiscopal recognition was obtained in 1626. By a papal bull on January 12, 1633, the society was constituted a congregation, with
Vincent de Paul Vincent de Paul, Congregation of the Mission, CM (24 April 1581 – 27 September 1660), commonly known as Saint Vincent de Paul, was a Occitan people, Occitan French Catholic priest who dedicated himself to serving the poverty, poor. In 1622 Vi ...
as its head. About the same time the canons regular of St. Victor handed over to the congregation their priory of Saint Lazare (formerly a lazar-house or leper hospital) in Paris, which led to its members being popularly known as 'Lazarists''. Within a few years the Vincentians had acquired another house in Paris and set up other establishments throughout France; missions were also sent to Italy (1638), Tunis (1643), Algiers and Ireland (1646),
Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
(1648),
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(1651), and
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(1783). A bull of
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in April 1655 further confirmed the society; this was followed by a brief in September of the same year, regulating its constitution. The rules then adopted, which were framed on the model of those of the
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, were published at Paris in 1668 under the title ''Regulae seu constitutiones communes congregationis missionis''. Its special aims were the religious instruction of the poor, the training of the clergy, and foreign missions. On the eve of the
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, Saint Lazare was plundered by the mob and the congregation was later suppressed; it was restored by Napoleon in 1804 at the desire of
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, abolished by him in 1809 in consequence of a quarrel with the pope, and again restored in 1816. The Vincentians were expelled from Italy in 1871 and from
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in 1873. The Vincentian province of Poland was singularly prosperous; at the date of its suppression in 1796 it possessed thirty-five establishments. The Congregation of the Mission was permitted to return in 1816, where it is very active. In Madagascar it had a mission from 1648 until 1674. In 1783 Vincentians were appointed to take the place of the
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in the Levantine and Chinese missions; and in 1874 their establishments throughout the
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numbered sixteen. In addition, they established missions in
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,
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, the South American republics,
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, and
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, some of which were later suppressed. In the same year they had fourteen establishments in the
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.


Present day

As of 2021, the Vincentians number about 3,100 worldwide, with a presence in 95 different countries.Congregation of the Mission (Global)
/ref> Its specific apostolate remains the evangelization of the poor and the formation of the clergy. ,
Tomaž Mavrič Tomaž Mavrič CM ( Buenos Aires, 9 May 1959) is an Argentine Catholic priest. Mavrič serves as Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission , logo = , image = Vincentians.png , abbreviation = C ...
is the incumbent worldwide
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of the Congregation of the Mission, elected during its general assembly on July 5, 2016.


Opus Prize Finalist

On August 30, 2007,
The Catholic University of America The Catholic University of America (CUA) is a private Roman Catholic research university in Washington, D.C. It is a pontifical university of the Catholic Church in the United States and the only institution of higher education founded by U. ...
, (with the Opus Prize 2004 Foundation, affiliated with The Opus Group), announced that it would award on November 8 a $1-million and two $100,000 Humanity prizes to finalist organizations which contributed to solve most persistent social problems: John Adams (of ''So Others Might Eat'' which serves the poor and homeless in
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); Stan Goetschalckx (founder and director of AHADI International Institute in
Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands ...
which educates
refugees A refugee, conventionally speaking, is a displaced person who has crossed national borders and who cannot or is unwilling to return home due to well-founded fear of persecution.
from Congo, Rwanda, and
Burundi Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the junction between the African Gr ...
); and Bebot Carcellar of the Vincentian Missionaries Social Development Foundation. On November 8, 2007, David M. O'Connell, president of Catholic University, personally bestowed these Opus Prizes at the university's Edward J. Pryzbyla University Center.


Philippines

In 2008 the Vincentian family marked 150 years in the Philippines, led by the provincial Bienvenido M. Disu, Gregorio L. Bañaga, President of
Adamson University Adamson University ( fil, links=no, Pamantasang Adamson) also referred to by its acronym AdU is a private, Catholic coeducational basic and higher education institution run by the Congregation of the Mission in Manila, Philippines. The univers ...
, and Archbishop
Jesus Dosado Jesús Armamento Dosado (1 September 1939 – 22 June 2020) was a Filipino prelate of the Catholic Church in the Philippines, who served as the Bishop and then Archbishop of Ozamiz from 1981 until his retirement in 2016. He was the first arc ...
of the Archdiocese of Ozamiz. The Philippine province has a deacon, 5 incorporated brothers, and 97 priests. A major work is the housing program for hundreds of families, especially those affected by demolitions and relocations along the Philippine North and South Railways (PNR) tracks. The CBCP Newsletter announced on July 10, 2008, the appointment of the Philippine Marcelo Manimtim as director of Paris-based Centre International de Formation (CIF). Manimtim is the first Asian to hold the office.


Housing programs

In 1991, Carcellar was assigned to Payatas. With his "Planning for a new home, Systemic Change Strategy," he organized Philippine massive home constructions, which he began by a savings program at Payatas dumpsite. Carcellar's "The Homeless Peoples Federation Philippines, Inc. (HPFPI)" provided slum dwellers of
Iloilo City Iloilo City, officially the City of Iloilo ( hil, Siyudad/Dakbanwa sang Iloilo; fil, Lungsod ng Iloilo), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines on the island of Panay. It is the capital city of ...
and
Mandaue City Mandaue (), officially the City of Mandaue ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Mandaue; fil, Lungsod ng Mandaue), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 364,11 ...
with initiatives to survive poverty. In 2008 it promoted savings in
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, since the Philippine Federation affiliated with an international network called "Slum/Shack Dwellers International". Another, younger Vincentian was also assigned by Cardinal
Gaudencio Rosales Gaudencio Borbón Rosales (born August 10, 1932) is a Roman Catholic Cardinal who was Archbishop of Manila, succeeding Jaime Sin in 2003, and succeeded by Luis Antonio Tagle in 2011. Being the Metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of Ma ...
as the Coordinator of the Housing Ministry of the Archdiocese of Manila.


Vincentian Center for Social Responsibility (VCSR)

On September 28, 2007, Philippine Vice President
Noli De Castro Manuel Leuterio de Castro Jr. (; born July 6, 1949), professionally known as Noli de Castro, is a Filipino journalist, news anchor and politician who served as the 12th vice president of the Philippines from 2004 until 2010, under President ...
welcomed the launching of the Vincentian Center for Social Responsibility (VCSR) by the Adamson University. VCSR intends to engage the Adamson's academic community more deeply and directly in nation-building and to directly respond to
Millennium Development Goals The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were eight international development goals for the year 2015 that had been established following the Millennium Summit of the United Nations in 2000, following the adoption of the United Nations Millenn ...
' poverty alleviation initiatives in the country. De Castro also cited the Adamson University and a Vincentian priest named Fr. Riles for their efforts in putting up the VCSR. VCSR is also responsible for the creation of the Vincentian Facilitators (VF), the Academic Social Responsibility (ASR), the Academic Social Entrepreneurship (ASE), and the Academic Social Journalism (ASJ) at the Vincentian-owned Adamson University. Through VCSR, the movement towards academic social networking has become a reality in the university. VCSR is also responsible for organizing the First Northville and Southville People's Congress, consisting of around 750,000 relocatees from Metro Manila and the provinces of Cavite, Bulacan and Laguna.


United States of America

The Vincentians travelled to the United States in 1816 and two years later established
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."History", Kenrick-Glennon Seminary
/ref>They founded
Niagara University Niagara University (NU) is a private Catholic university in the Vincentian tradition in Lewiston in Niagara County, New York. It is run by the Congregation of the Mission and has 3,300 undergraduate students in 50 academic programs. Appro ...
(1856), St. John's University (1870), and
DePaul University DePaul University is a private university, private, Catholic higher education, Catholic research university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded by the Congregation of the Mission, Vincentians in 1898, the university takes its name from the 17th-centu ...
(1898).Congregation of the Mission, Western Province
/ref> The Western Province of the USA has a mission in Kenya, where in conjunction with parish ministry water projects have been initiated to provide clean water to the people. The New England Province was founded in 1904 by Vincentians from Poland. They staff parishes in New York and Connecticut. The Provincial headquarters is in Manchester, Connecticut.Congregation of the Mission, New England Province
/ref>


Prominent members of the congregation

Members of the congregation include: * Thaddeus Amat y Brusi (1810-1878), first bishop of
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* E. Bore (died 1878), orientalist * P. Collet (1693-1770), writer on theology and ethics *
Armand David Father Armand David (7 September 1826, Espelette – 10 November 1900, Paris) was a Lazarist missionary Catholic priest as well as a zoologist and a botanist. Several species, such as Père David's deer, are named after him — b ...
(1826-1900), Basque missionary and zoologist *
Jean-Claude Faveyrial Jean-Claude Faveyrial (1817–1893) was a French Lazarite Roman Catholic priest and author of the first written History of Albania. The book is published in Albania and stands as a serious endeavour to document the history of the Albanians and the ...
(1813–1893), French historian and author of the first book on the
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*
Pierre-Marie-Alphonse Favier Pierre-Marie-Alphonse Favier-Duperron C.M.(Chinese: 樊國樑 Pinyin:''Fan Guoliang'' Wade-Giles: ''Fan Kouo-Léang'') (born 22 September 1837 at Marsannay-la-Côte, France; died 4 April 1905 in Beijing) was the Catholic (Chinese: 天主教; Pi ...
(1837-1905), missionary to China, and
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of North
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(1898-1905) * Frederic Gehring (1903-1998),
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to China and decorated chaplain to American forces during the Guadalcanal Campaign *
Joseph Lilly Joseph L. Lilly, C.M. (1893–1952), was an American Vincentian priest and Scriptural scholar. He was one of the first editors of ''The Vincentian'' in 1923. After his ordination, Lilly pursued Biblical studies. He completed a doctorate in Sa ...
, translator of the Greek New Testament into English in 1946. *
Stéphanos II Ghattas Stéphanos II Ghattas ( ar, إسطفانوس الثاني غطاس) (January 16, 1920 – January 20, 2009), was an eparch of the Coptic Catholic Church. From 1986 to 2006 he served as the Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria. He was also a ...
(1920-2009), Patriarch emeritus of Alexandria for the Copts * J. de la Grive (1689-1757), geographer *
Évariste Régis Huc Évariste Régis Huc, C.M., also known as the Abbé Huc (1813–1860), was a French Catholic priest, Lazarite missionary, and traveller. He became famous for his accounts of Qing-era China, Mongolia (then known as " Tartary"), and especially ...
(1813-1860),
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and traveller *
Teodorico Pedrini Teodorico Pedrini, C.M. (June 30, 1671 – December 10, 1746), also known by his Chinese name De Lige (), was an Italian Vincentian priest, musician and composer, but he was mainly a missionary at the imperial court of China for 36 years. Pe ...
(1671-1746),
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to China and musician * Stafford Poole (1936-2020), historian * John T. Richardson (1923–2022), President of
DePaul University DePaul University is a private university, private, Catholic higher education, Catholic research university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded by the Congregation of the Mission, Vincentians in 1898, the university takes its name from the 17th-centu ...
*
Franc Rode Franc Rode (or Rodé; born 23/09/1934) is a Slovenian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, having served as prefect from 2004 ...
(1934-), Cardinal and former Prefect of the
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* Joseph Rosati (1789-1843), first bishop of St. Louis, Missouri *
David M. O'Connell David Michael O'Connell (born April 21, 1955) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, serving as the bishop of the Diocese of Trenton in New Jersey since 2010. He is a member of the Congregation of the Mission and a past presid ...
(1955-), Bishop of Trenton * Joseph Patrick Slattery, (1866-1931)
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,
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, pioneer in the field of
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in Australia * Georges Bou-Jaoudé (1943-2022), Archbishop of Tripoli, Lebanon for the Maronites * Aba Shlimon (aka Pere Desire Solomon, Khwaja Shlimon) late 19th century Urmia, Persia, an Assyrian scholar *
Oscar Lukefahr Oscar Lukefahr, C.M. (July 20, 1939 – August 10, 2015) was an American Catholic priest, theologian, writer, and Christian apologist. He is best known as the author of many introductory books and tracts on the subject of Catholicism, operating t ...
, theologian, writer, and Christian apologist * Pedro Opeka, Argentinian missionary in Madagascar * Bruce Vawter, chairman of religious studies at
De Paul University DePaul University is a private, Catholic research university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded by the Vincentians in 1898, the university takes its name from the 17th-century French priest Saint Vincent de Paul. In 1998, it became the largest Cath ...
from 1969 until 1986 * Michael Prior, (1942-2004), Irish priest, liberation theologian, outspoken critic of Zionism


Universities

The religious congregation runs the following institutions of higher education: *
Adamson University Adamson University ( fil, links=no, Pamantasang Adamson) also referred to by its acronym AdU is a private, Catholic coeducational basic and higher education institution run by the Congregation of the Mission in Manila, Philippines. The univers ...
(Philippines) *
DePaul University DePaul University is a private university, private, Catholic higher education, Catholic research university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded by the Congregation of the Mission, Vincentians in 1898, the university takes its name from the 17th-centu ...
(United States) * Faculdade Vicentina, Curitiba (Brazil) Institutions formerly run by the Congregation: *
All Hallows College All Hallows College was a college of higher education in Dublin. It was founded in 1842 and was run by the Vincentians from 1892 until 2016. On 23 May 2014, it was announced that it was closing down, due to decreasing student numbers. The sale o ...
, Dublin (Ireland) *
Irish College in Paris The Irish College in Paris (french: Collège des Irlandais, links=no, la, Collegium Clericorum Hibernoram) was for three centuries a major Roman Catholic educational establishment for Irish students. It was founded in the late 16th century, and c ...
(France), administered by the Vincentians from 1858 until 1939. * St Patrick's College, Drumcondra, Dublin (Ireland) * St. Mary's University,
Twickenham Twickenham is a suburban district in London, England. It is situated on the River Thames southwest of Charing Cross. Historically part of Middlesex, it has formed part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames since 1965, and the borou ...
(United Kingdom) *
University of Dallas The University of Dallas is a private Catholic university in Irving, Texas. Established in 1956, it is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The university comprises four academic units: the Braniff Graduate School ...
(United States) * St. Vincent's College, forerunner to
Loyola Marymount University Loyola Marymount University (LMU) is a Private university, private Society of Jesus, Jesuit and Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, Marymount research university in Los Angeles, California. It is located on the west side of the city near P ...
; the present university is the successor to the first institution of higher learning in Southern California, St. Vincent's College. Vincentian Fathers were commissioned by Bishop Thaddeus Amat y Brusi to found this for boys in Los Angeles.


Secondary schools

The Vincentian fathers also run a number of secondary schools, most notably in Dublin, Ireland, where the order is in charge of two such institutions. *
Castleknock College Castleknock College ( ga, Coláiste Caisleán Cnucha) is a voluntary Vincentian secondary school for boys, situated in the residential suburb of Castleknock, west of Dublin city centre, Ireland. Founded in 1835 by Philip Dowley, it is one ...
, Dublin, Ireland *
St. Paul's College, Raheny St Paul's College in Raheny, Dublin, Ireland, is a Roman Catholic secondary school for boys under the trusteeship of the Vincentian Fathers, formally the Congregation of the Mission. Founded in 1950, it is one of two Vincentian schools for ...
, Dublin, Ireland * Colégio São Vicente de Paulo,
Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of the same name, Brazil's List of Brazilian states by population, third-most populous state, and the List of largest citi ...
, Brazil * St Stanislaus College (Bathurst), New South Wales, Australia * Österreichisches Sankt Georgs-Kolleg, Istanbul, Turkey * Liceum Ogólnokształcące w Centrum Edukacyjnym „Radosna Nowina 2000”, Piekary, Poland


See also

*
Archconfraternity of Holy Agony An archconfraternity ( es, archicofradía) is a Catholic confraternity, empowered to aggregate or affiliate other confraternities of the same nature, and to impart to them its benefits and privileges. History In 1569, Charles Borromeo started ar ...
*
Institute of consecrated life An institute of consecrated life is an association of faithful in the Catholic Church erected by canon law whose members profess the evangelical counsels of chastity, poverty, and obedience by vows or other sacred bonds. They are defined in the ...
* Saint Vincent de Paul Chapel in Paris *
Vocational discernment in the Catholic Church Vocational discernment is the process in which men or women in the Catholic Church discern, or recognize, their vocation in the church. The vocations are the life as layman in the world, either married or single, the ordained life and the consecra ...


Notes


External links


Congregation of the Mission
official site
Vincentian Studies Institute

Further information on the Lazarist Church in Vienna
from Marks Travel Notes
Nightingale Mountain
Vincentian Fathers at the French Sacred Heart College in
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(now Izmir) and the
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