On 11 February 2010 began a cycle of seminars promoted by the Institute of St. Vincent Pallotti in Rome. The leading theme for the year 2010 is: "St. Vincent Pallotti: Priest and Apostle". The first conference, presented by Francesco Todisco SAC, General Counselor of SAC, was a reflection on the theme "The priestly life in Rome at the time of Pallotti". The speaker outlined the political and social situations of the Italian peninsula in the early nineteenth century. This was not only a period of political and social turbulence, following the changes that took place after the French Revolution, the uprisings against the secular governing of the Church and the Pope, but also involved attempts to look for new changes in political and social life. St. Vincent Pallotti, a Roman priest, had participated in the affairs of the city of Rome at that time, in the pastoral options of the Roman Church and in the life of priests and religious. He had taken several initiatives in line with the pastoral works of the diocese of that time. His life as a priest and apostle was part of the number of priests who were distinguished for their life and ecclesial commitment at that time. The greatness of St. Vincent Pallotti is found in the intensity of his relationship with God, in the passionate imitation of the person of Jesus, devotion to Our Lady and the love for the Church when she suffers. A striking characteristic of his priestly life finds its expression in the charity lived as self giving, as source and motivation for the personal apostolate and of the community. These are the perennial values that St. Vincent Pallotti cultivated and lived in the whirlwind of his time, and inherited by those who are inspired by his charism. di Gesù Cristo, nella devozione verso la Madonna e nell'amore verso la Chiesa quando essa è causa di sofferenze. Un tratto particolare della sua vita sacerdotale trova espressione nella carità vissuta come donazione di sé e come sorgente e motivazione dell'apostolato personale e comunitario. Questi sono i valori perenni che nel turbine del suo tempo ha colto e vissuto san Vincenzo Pallotti lasciandoli in eredità a quanti si ispirano al suo carisma.