1625
Congregatio Missionis / The Congregation of the Mission 

Same as their founder St Vincent de Paul (1581‒1660), Lazarists dedicated their lives to missions in rural areas and to educating clergy.

Upon an invitation from the Queen of Poland, Marie Louise Gonzaga, the Lazarists arrived in Warsaw in 1651. The Lazarist priests came to Vilnius in 1685, invited by Bishop Aleksander Kotowicz. He donated lands to the Lazarists, and Katarzyna Sobieska-Radziwiłłowa donated the Sanguszko palace in the Subačius suburb, which was later adapted for the needs of the religious community. In 1695, the construction of the Church of the Ascension of Our Lord, began. In the late 18th century, as many as 40 Lazarist houses had been established in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. In 1794, as a result of the partition of the Province of Poland, the independent Province of Lithuania was founded with the Vilnius house as its centre. The Lazarists, who are more commonly known today as The Vincentians (Congregation of the Mission), were engaged in activities typical of this order: they undertook missions in the parishes of the Vilnius diocese, kept an almshouse, and organised charitable activities based on which, the Daughters of Charity who took care of orphans, came to Vilnius. In 1725, the Lazarists opened a seminary. Systematic repressions against Religious Orders that started after the uprising of 1830‒1831 affected the Lazarists as well. In 1844, their house was closed, and the buildings were given over to the city.