FOUR ASPECTS OF THE VMY

 

Ecclesial
From the moment it enjoyed Pontifical Approbation in 1847, it has been considered as one of the apostolic groups that comprise the Church. It considers itself as a force in the Church, where it carries out its work of evangelization in the person of each of its members, who belongs to the Church through Baptism.
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Marian
The VMY has for its model, Mary, Mother of the Church, leader of the Community, who leads us to Christ. This is why the members of the VMY strive to contemplate Mary, under the different aspects offered to us by the Church— a woman who believes, a woman who prays, Mother of the Church, Servant of the Poor, Universal Mediatrix.​
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Missionary
Every Christian is a missionary. Every member of the VMY must also be a missionary because Mary, Virgin of the Globe, manifested herself to accomplish the command of her Son, Jesus: “Go and preach”… Children of Mary are apostles of evangelization in their environment and in the mission “Ad Gentes”—“to the Nations.”​
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Vincentian
Members fulfill this apostolate of evangelization and of service in a “Vincentian manner,” by imitating Saint Vincent in serving the poor and the marginalized of society in conformity with their age and level of maturation in the faith.​