The Vincentian Family comprises organizations inspired by the life and work of

Vincent de Paul Vincent de Paul, CM (24 April 1581 – 27 September 1660), commonly known as Saint Vincent de Paul, was a Occitan French Catholic priest who dedicated himself to serving the poor. In 1622 Vincent was appointed a chaplain to the galleys. Afte ...

, a 17th-century priest who "transformed the face of France." He directly founded the Confraternities of Charity (today known as the AIC) the

Congregation of the Mission The Congregation of the Mission ( la, Congregatio Missionis) abbreviated CM and commonly called the Vincentians or Lazarists. is a Roman Catholic society of apostolic life of Pontifical Right for men founded by Vincent de Paul. It is associated ...

and the

Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul The Company of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul ( la, Societas Filiarum Caritatis a Sancto Vincentio de Paulo), commonly called the Daughters of Charity or Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent De Paul, is a Society of Apostoli ...

. Frederic Ozanam, inspired by a Daughter of Charity,

Rosalie Rendu Rosalie Rendu (9 September 1786 – 7 February 1856) was a Daughter of Charity who was a leading worker and organizer of care for the poor of 19th-century Paris' teeming slums, suffering from the rapid migration of people to the cities during th ...

, founded the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. Betty Ann McNeil, DC, has written a definitive work identifying some 268 institutes that meet at least one criterion as members of the Vincentian Family. The Vincentian Family, ''inter alia'', has, as its incumbent head,

Tomaž Mavrič Tomaž Mavrič CM (Buenos Aires, 9 May 1959) is an Argentine Catholic priest. Mavrič serves as Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission, a position he's held since 5 July 2016. Biography Mavrič was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina ...

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, the incumbent worldwide

superior general A superior general or general superior is the leader or head of a religious institute in the Catholic Church and some other Christian denominations. The superior general usually holds supreme executive authority in the religious community, while t ...

of the

, elected during the community's 42nd General Assembly (June 27 – July 15, 2016) in

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = List of sovereign states, Count ...

Opus Prize finalist

In August 2007, the

Catholic University of America The Catholic University of America (CUA) is a private Roman Catholic research university in Washington, D.C. It is a pontifical university of the Catholic Church in the United States and the only institution of higher education founded by U.S. ...

, (with the Opus Prize 2004 Foundation), announced that it would award in November a $1-million and two $100,000

Humanity Humanity most commonly refers to: * Humankind the total population of humans * Humanity (virtue) Humanity may also refer to: Literature * ''Humanity'' (journal), an academic journal that focuses on human rights * ''Humanity: A Moral History of t ...

prizes to organizations which contributed to solve most persistent social problems: Father John Adams (of ''So Others Might Eat'', which serves the poor in Washington, D.C.); Brother Stan Goetschalckx, F.C., (founder and director of AHADI International Institute in

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, which educates

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from the

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Rwanda Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...

and

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); and Vincentian

priest A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in partic ...

Rev. Norberto Carcellar, C.M., (of the Homeless People's Federation Philippines, which helped squatters in Payatas,

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living on

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). Victor Nakas of the

, an Opus Prize Foundation partner, said that The Opus Prize is the 1953 vision of founder Gerry Rauenhorst. The 2007 Opus Prize was officially handed out at Catholic University's Edward J. Pryzbyla University Center. On November 8, 2007, Rev. David M. O’Connell, CM, president of Catholic University personally bestowed these Opus Prizes of over one million dollars for systemic change projects to these Vincentian Family priests and brothers.

Anglican Communion

In Anglicanism the main

Vincentian order Vincentian can refer to: *A citizen of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines *A person from Saint Vincent (island), the largest island in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines *A member of one of the orders or societies in the Vincentian Family, both Roman ...

for women is the

Sisters of Charity Many religious communities have the term Sisters of Charity in their name. Some ''Sisters of Charity'' communities refer to the Vincentian tradition, or in America to the tradition of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, but others are unrelated. The ...

, and the main order for men is the Company of Mission Priests. A newly formed priestly congregation, the ''Sodality of Mary, Mother of Priests (Sodalitas Mariae, Matris Sacerdotum)'' whose first aspirants took vows in February 2016, has also stated that its intention is to follow a Vincentian Rule.Details on the Sodality'
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AIC International

Congregation of the Mission

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Opus Prize finalist

Anglican Communion

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