Definition & Meaning | English word VINCENTIAN

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Definitions of VINCENTIAN

1. A citizen of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
2. A member of one of the Catholic orders or societies in the Vincentian Family (organizations inspired by the life and work of St. Vincent de Paul).
3. Of, or pertaining to, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
4. Of or relating to Vincent de Paul (1581–1660), Catholic priest who dedicated himself to serving the poor.

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Examples of Using VINCENTIAN in a Sentence

• He was educated at a Christian Brothers School in Drogheda, County Louth, and at the Vincentian Castleknock College, Dublin.
• Douglas, along with community leaders like Vincentian cricketer and political activist Alphonso Theodore Roberts, Nova Scotian human rights activist Rocky Jones, and Antiguan political activist Tim Hector, organized The Montreal Congress of Black Writers.
• The Vincentian province of Poland was singularly prosperous; at the date of its suppression in 1796 it possessed thirty-five establishments.
• Previous presidents of the college have included Peter Byrne (1883-1919) when the Vincentian order came to the college (earlier the head of the college would have been termed the Superior), Jerome Twomey (1942-1948), Donal Cregan (1957-1976) and Simon (Sam) Clyne (1985-1999).
• Similarly, in 1981 the Vincentian Mission Team moved to the College, from Blackrock, resulting in All Hallows being where missionaries returned to stay.
• MaddZart is a repeat winner of the Raga Soca Competition, which is an integral part of the Vincentian Carnival.
• After being educated at the Vincentian Institute, a rigorous Catholic high school in Albany, Burke attended the College of the Holy Cross, where he was a member of the college's Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) program, During World War II, he served as an ensign in the United States Navy and commanded a landing craft tank (LCT) in the Pacific Theater.
• Desmond Beirne as Principal in 1992, the college's educational links with the Vincentians came to an end, although the post of chaplain was held by a Vincentian (Rev Perry Gildea CM) until 1996 and one teaching post in the Religious Studies department (Rev Michael Prior CM) until later.
• 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.
• A similar process also occurs in Bermudian, Bahamian, Saban, Vincentian, and other Caribbean Englishes.
• Declining enrollments and an aging Vincentian building made it necessary for the Diocese to use the newer McCloskey building for the new school.
• Despite governmental opposition, Zängerle inaugurated a thorough religious renovation in both dioceses, reformed the existing monasteries, introduced the Redemptorists, Jesuits, Carmelites and Vincentian Sisters, founded the School Sisters of the Third Order (1843), erected a boys' seminary for both dioceses at Leoben, thoroughly renovated the diocesan seminary religiously and educationally, introduced annual retreats for the clergy, and in many other ways provided for the welfare of both dioceses.
• Over the years various religious communities have run the administration of the school itself, including the Fathers of the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (CICM), Vincentian Fathers (CM), Oblates of Saint Francis de Sales (OSFS), Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM), Sisters of Saint Joseph (SSJ), Religious Sisters of Mercy (RSM), and the Religious of the Assumption (RA).
• Vincentian Sisters of Charity (VSC) (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) – one of the original Federation members, in November 2008, the congregation merged with the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth (SCN).
• Timon was ordained into the priesthood by Bishop Joseph Rosati on September 23, 1826 for the Vincentian order.
• On April 7, three of the sisters, accompanied by Bishop Rosati and Mother Fontbonne, travelled by boat for Cahokia, Illinois, a former French colonial town, where they opened a school for French and Creole settlers at the request of a Vincentian missionary.
• Confreres such as Gabriel Perboyre, Jean-Baptiste Pémartin, Félix Contassot, Jean Parrang, Fernand Combaluzier, Pierre Coste, and André Dodin are representatives of this French school of Vincentian historiography.
• Archbishop John Charles McQuaid requested the Vincentian order to open a school for boys in Raheny, which was a population growth area, and after some discussion, the order agreed to do so.
• The first Vincentian Fathers who took the direction of the Seminary of Jaro was made of three priests: Ildefonso Moral, rector, one of the greatest figures in the early history of the Vincentians in the Philippines; Aniceto Gonzales, who directed the construction of the seminary building and later, succeeded Moral as rector; and the newly ordained priest, Juan Miralda.
• He has been inducted into four different Halls of Fame: The College of Saint Rose Hall of Fame (April 1992), Bishop Maginn High School (Former Vincentian Institute) Athletics Hall of Fame (May 2006), and the NYS Basketball Hall of Fame (June 2010) alongside Capital District coaching legend Doc Sauers.
• The patron of St Joseph's House is St Joseph, Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary; the patron of St John's House is St John the Evangelist; the patron of St Justin's House is St Giustino de Jacobis CM, a Vincentian missionary bishop in Ethiopia; and the patron of Xavier's House is St Francis Xavier SJ, a Jesuit missionary who traveled around South-East Asia.

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