Sisters of Charity of the Vincentian-Setonian Tradition

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Interesting. How many people are in your novitiate (“seminary”)? Does it have a website?
 
Two at present. We have four entering our lay association as pre-postulants this coming Monday. They start Seminary this coming November 29.

The Seminary itself doesn’t have a website. Since this is an emerging charism, and we are still working on all of the guiding documents, we don’t feel comfortable with sharing too much, just that it’s actually happening.
 
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I thought this was a manifestation of the VIncentian charism? Or am I confused? Do you have a Vincentian involved in the formation?
 
My apologies for not responding sooner. Very ill this weekend, and trying to stay out of the hospital. I am also having the HVAC attic unit replaced even as I type. (Heat exchanger breaking down and becoming a carbon monoxide threat).

The emerging group has to find what works for them first. When they present to a bishop their rule, constitutions, horarium, formation program, remunerative work, stable source of habit parts, and at least three or four persevering members, he will ask a community of similar spirituality to do the founder’s novitiate. Then, for 12 months, (at $100 per person), the host community teaches the group about community life, and repeats the formation program.

The Vincentians that I have spoken with are supportive and praying for us. They have sent me the same links I’m using. Nobody can offer assistance, though, until a bishop has put forth a formal request.
 
The Vincentian Family is pretty diverse - while originally encompassing the two congregations and the lay association St. Vincent Depaul started himself (the Daughters of Charity, Congregation of the Mission (AKA Vincentians/Lazurists), and the Ladies of Charity, respectively), it now encompasses a wide range of congregations, orders, and associations - all claiming St. Vincent’s vision of Christian living as their overriding geist.

More information on the Vincentian Family can be found here.
 
Thank you for that link. I will add it to the formation program for CAMM.

The Ladies of Charity were the first group to be founded. St. Vincent was channeling the inspirations (and funds) of the richer women in his locality into caring for the poor. The Company of the Daughters of Charity, Servants of the Sick Poor, were later founded to go where the LCs didn’t. The DCs, BTW, were not permitted to do night shifts, but were required to be in bed by 10pm and up at 4am. One of the groups on the chart you posted, the Sisters of Mary of the Miraculous Medal, were founded for the sake of working nights.

St Vincent required 33 years to complete the rule for the Congregation of the Mission. It’s an awesome rule and I suggest all read it. They would take a week off after being in the field hearing confessions, etc. He told them to be Carthusians in the convent, which is how deep he wanted their contemplation to go. They also worked in rural areas, and did not work in the same city as the bishop.

St. Vincent was good friends with St. Francis de Sales. There is a lot of Salesianism in Vincentianism. St. Vincent was also the chaplain for the Paris houses of the Visitation.

I could go on and on…

Each month, CAMM, our lay association, prays for vocations to the Charity communities founded that month. If we don’t know the foundational date, we align their spirituality with the month or church season.
 
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