Dear Friend in St. Vincent, Prayerful Greetings from Vincentian Fathers! The Vincentian Congregation was founded in Kerala in 1904 in accordance with the charism and ideals of St. Vincent de Paul, who is the patron saint of all charitable activities in the Church. The purpose of the congregation is to preach gospel to the poor. We fulfill this mission by running retreat centers, orphanages, schools, vocational training centers, parish ministry, working in the mission areas, preaching popular mission retreats, and so on. For years we have been praying for an increase of vocation to priesthood and religious life. God has answered our prayers, especially through the Vincentian Congregation. We have a lot of candidates coming every year to our seminaries answering to the call of God. We are very happy to say that this year we have the ordination of 28 deacons to priesthood. Our problem is not with regard to the number of seminarians, but with regard to the fund for their formation. The Vincentian Fathers need your help to educate our seminarians in their studies to priesthood. Will you help us to support one of our seminarians? Individual sponsorship of seminarians is one way of support. If you sponsor a seminarian he will be considered as your son / brother in Christ. He will write to you occasionally, and more than that he will pray for you everyday. What we expect from your part is to keep him in your prayers and to send him a cash donation occasionally. | 