Mission & Spirituality
The Congregation has taken as its motto,
'He has sent me to proclaim the Good News to the poor'
(Lk.4:18), which inspired St. Vincent de Paul.
Spirituality :
The spirit of the Congregation is the participation in the spirit of Christ, ever active in the Church, lived and recommended by St. Vincent de Paul: an intimate, personal love of the Father, docility to the Divine Providence and an ardent, compassionate love of the poor.
Nature :
The Vincentian Congregation is a clerical society of the Syro-Malabar Archiepiscopal Church, consisting of priests and brothers. It comes under the category of the societies of common life according to the manner of religious. It is of Pontifical right
A Way of Charity :
Vincent experienced true Charity - the Love that led God to send his Son among us... 'to bring the good news to the poor' (Lk 4:18).
A Way of Mission :
Vincent responded to God's love and call, and saw himself and his followers as being sent also 'to bring good news to the poor'.