General Index – Year 2001
I. Holy See
Nomination: Cardinal Stéphanos II Ghattas, C.M...... 1
Nomination, Synod of Bishops and Causes of the Saints...... 457
II. General Curia
1. Letters of the Superior General
Lent 2001...... 66
Ordinance of the Superior General about the Finance Committee......
Some Norms for the Financial Administration of the Provinces of the Congregation of the Mission......
Sample Guidelines for the Finance Committees of the Congregation of the Mission......
Mission Appeal (Rome, October 15, 2001)......
Advent 2001......
Appointments and Confirmations by the Superior General...... 69 y ¿?
2. Vincentian Family
First General Assembly of MISEVI (Rome, 25 January 2001)...... 65
Project of the Vincentian Family: “The Globalization of Charity: The Fight against Hunger”. Text of the Project. (Rome, July 10, 2001)......
First International Meeting of the Association of the Miraculous Medal. Final Document (Rome, October 22-26, 2001)......
3. SIEV
Information Sheet No. 5 on the work and decisions of SIEV (October 2000)......
4. Statistics
2000 Annual Statistics of the Congregation of the Mission......
III. Feature
1. Saint Francis Regis Clet (1748-1820)
Vincentian Chinese Pilgrimage to Rome. Chronicle of the Canonization of Francis Regis Clet (T. Sendlein)...... 3
Homily of His Holiness John Paul II at the Canonization Mass of Francis Regis Clet. St. Peter’s Square, 1 October 2000...... 9
Talk of His Holiness John Paul II to the Audience after the Canonization of the Martyrs of China. Rome, 2 October 2000...... 13
Homily of the Superior General at the Prayer Vigil for the Canonization of Francis Regis Clet. Rome, 30 September 2000...... 16
“To the Extremes of Love” Francis Regis Clet (1748-1820). Priest of the Congregation of the Mission, Martyr in China (J.-Y. Ducourneau)...... 18
Francis Regis Clet as Seen in His Letters (T. Davitt)...... 34
Our Vincentian Mission in China. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (R. P. Maloney)...... 43
The History of the Canonization of Francis Regis Clet (R. D’Amico)...... 53
Bibliography on St. Francis Regis Clet...... 62
2. Selected Articles
Saint Louise and Saint Vincent (J.-P. Renouard) ...... 70
Faithful to the Vincentian Identity. Creative in Facing New Challenges (F. Quintano) ...... 81
Fernand Portal, C.M. A Pioneer of Today’s Ecumenical Dialogue
(R. Gurtner) ...... 98
Janez Francisek Gnidovec, C.M. (1873-1939) (F. Letonja)...... 109
Popular Missions Online. Cyberspacing the Vincentian Charism (A. Fajardo)116
3. The C.M. in the United States
The Congregation of the Mission in the United States: An Historical Survey (J. Rybolt)...... 129
The Vincentian Higher Education Apostolate in the United States (D. Holtschneider – E. Udovic)...... 138
The Popular Missions of the C.M. in the United States: Historical Aspects (A. Dosen)...... 146
The Mission of the Eastern Province in Panama (J. Prager)...... 153
“Cast Your Nets Boldly.” The Mission Ad gentes in Kenya (B. Moriarty)....160
Our Apostolate with Blacks (S. Peterka)...... 166
The Apostolate with Polish Immigrants in the U.S.A. New England Province (E. Gicewicz)...... 172
The Hispanic Apostolate in the Eastern Province of the United States (S. Grozio)...... 177
The Works for Vocations in the Province of the West-U.S.A. (J. Harvey)...... 183
Apostolate Among Native Americans (L. Franz)...... 187
Vincentian Ministry at the United Nations (R. Devine)...... 192
4. “The Bishop: Servant of the Gospel of Jesus Christ for the Hope of the World”
Presentation (H.B. Card. Stéphanos II Ghattas)......
Saint Vincent and the Bishops (B. Koch)......
Intervention of Superior General in the Synod of Bishops (R. P. Maloney)......
Reflections on the Synod of Bishops. October 2001 (R. P. Maloney)......
The Sign of Unity. Interview with our Confrere about the Synod of Bishops
(Msgr. Demerew Souraphiel Berhane Yesus)......
Servant of the Gospel and Witness of Jesus Christ in Madagascar (Msgr. Pierre Zevaco)......
My Experience as a Vincentian Bishop in India (Msgr. Thomas Thiruthalil)......
In search of the truth... The case of Bishop Girardi (Msgr. Mario Ríos)......
IV. Life in the Congregation
25 Years of the Present General Curia House (1976-2001). (G. Guerra)......
V. Studies
To the Artists of our Vincentian Family (R. P. Maloney)......
VI. Special Issue of Vincentiana
Vincentian Month 2001: Directors of the Daughters of the Charity
(Paris, July 2-27, 2001)
Presentation (F. Quintano)...... 201
Vincentian Month 2001: Directors of the Daughters of the Charity ...... 205
First Week: Knowledge of the Company
Presentation of the Company of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul (J. Elizondo)...... 209
Mission and Charity (F. Quintano) ...... 226
The Identity of the Daughter of Charity: Characteristic and Distinctive Elements. How does a Daughter of Charity live in today’s world? (W. Kisu)...... 240
The Spirituality of the Daughter of Charity (A. Prévost)...... 258
Specific Contribution of St. Vincent and St. Louise to the Identity and Spirituality of the Daughters of Charity (B. Martínez)...... 285
Vows of the Daughters of Charity (F. Quintano)...... 302
Second Week: The Role of the Director
The Provincial Director According to the Constitutions and Statutes of the Company and the Directory for Provincial Directors. Some Clarifications and Points of Emphasis (F. Quintano)...... 319
Forming Consecrated Life Today (C. Sens)...... 330
The Provincial Director: “Animator” of the Daughters of Charity (A. Martínez)...... 341
Sing a New Song (R. P. Maloney)...... 352
Homily of the Superior General to the Provincial Directors of the Daughters of Charity (R. P. Maloney)...... 359
Third Week: The Service of the Director in the Framework of Formation
The Role of Consecrated Women in the Church and in Society Today: A Reflection (J. Neo)...... 365
“Man and Woman God Created Them” (J. Signard)...... 377
How Can One Help Someone in Critical Situations, With the Aid of Ongoing Formation? (P. Angebault)...... 394
Reflections on Discernment and Accompaniment (C. Bonnet)...... 408
Fourth Week: The Road of Preparation for the Next General Assembly: Revision of the Constitutions
Preparation for the Assemblies of the Daughters of Charity with a View to Revising the Constitutions (R. Leitenbauer)...... 423
Essential Elements That Should Always Be Present in the Constitutions (A. Vernaschi)...... 431
VII. Bibliography
1. Vincentian Bibliography
FRANÇOISE BOUCHARD, Saint Vincent de Paul ou la Charité en action.....
JEAN-YVES DUCOURNEAU, C.M., Vincent de Paul – L’amour à l’infini....
GETÚLIO MOTA GROSSI, C.M., Um Místico da Missão, Vicente de Paulo...
SAN VINCENZO DE’ PAOLI, Opere. 1: Corrispondenza (1607-1639)......
ALBERTO VERNASCHI, C.M., ... Per chiostro le vie della città. L’identità di ieri e di sempre delle Figlie della Carità......
SRHOLEC ANTON, Light from the Depths of Jáchymov Concentration Camps...
EUGENE POULIN, C.M., La maison de la Sainte Vierge. La vraie histoire de sa découverte......
2. General Bibliography......
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