A Call for Today
Again and again in our day, the Church emphasizes the vocation
to spread the gospel. The Vatican Council II called the
Church missionary "by her nature." Pope Paul VI urged
the Church to "a new evangelization." Pope John Paul II
has taken that call as his own, both in word and action.
In his travels he has brought faith to many places on
earth. In his writing he challenged the Church to proclaim
the gospel to the entire world by the year 2000. And everywhere
people have responded.
Vincentians from all over the world are taking
part in this missionary activity. Some of their
stories are printed below
The Association of the Miraculous Medal
is a Vincentian ministry. When you pray
for missionary priests, they may be working
in places like those described.
The
New Superior General
Father G. Gregory Gay,
C.M.
Vincentian leaders and delegates from around the world convened in Rome for Assembly during the summer of 2004.
One of their tasks was to elect a new Superior General
for the Vincentians and Daughters of Charity. Father G.
Gregory Gay, C.M., was elected the new Superior General.
According to the statutes of the Association, he also
becomes the Director General of the Association of the
Miraculous Medal. Read the text below to learn how Father
Gay's connection to the Vincentians began.
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“My connection to the Congregation of the Mission
began with a great-uncle who was a Vincentian and who
worked in the Republic of Panama. When I was young, he
used to tell me about his missionary experiences, and
that was where my vocation began.”
 Father Gay has worked in Panama and Central America
since 1985 in various positions. He has worked in mission
parishes, in seminary formation, and as Provincial Superior
of the Central American Province.
In a recent letter to the Vincentian Family, Father
Gay outlined his goals—
“I hope to be able to visit confreres, Daughters
of Charity, and the Vincentian Family throughout the
world. I want to spend time with the young people
of the different branches of the Vincentian Family. I
hope to see the works that the Family has with the poorest
of the poor. They are our pride and joy, “a
treasure hidden in a field,” where we truly come
to live more deeply our charism, being faithful in following
Jesus Christ, evangelizing the poor.
“That same love of God that inspired Saint Vincent
to serve the poor has been entrusted to us all. To
live faithfully our charism, we are called to be missionaries,
which means we know no frontiers, whether they be geographical,
nationalistic, or even family related.”
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A Call for You
In the past, the Association has helped American missionaries in Taiwan or Kenya and
other worldwide missions of the Vincentians. If you would like to make a donation to help
the foreign missions continue their good work, you can do so by contacting the Association.
It is an opportunity for you to answer Christ's call to "make disciples of all nations."
Jesus said to his disciples, "But when the Son of Man comes,
will he find faith on earth?" (Luke 18:8) Vincentian missionaries bring the faith to the
remotest and poorest places of the earth. And you can help them.
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