TheVincentian Family comprises organizations inspired by the life and work ofVincent de Paul, a 17th-centuryFrench priest who "transformed the face of France."
Vincent de Paul directly founded theConfraternities of Charity (today known as the AIC), theCongregation of the Mission and theDaughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul.Frederic Ozanam, inspired by a Daughter of Charity,Rosalie Rendu, founded theSociety of St. Vincent de Paul.
Other members of the Vincentian family include theMissionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity, and the affiliated women's congregation. 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 ofBuenos Aires, the incumbent worldwidesuperior general of theCongregation of the Mission, elected during the community's 42nd General Assembly (June 27 – July 15, 2016) inChicago.[1]
In Anglicanism the mainVincentian order for women is theSisters of Charity, and the main order for men is theCompany of Mission Priests. A newly formed priestly congregation, theSodality 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.[2]