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Saint
Vincent de Paul
Patron of
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Vincent was born of
poor parents about 1580 in Gascony, France, who felt
that priesthood was an educational and economic escape
for their son. Vincent was schooled under the Franciscan
Fathers. In 1596, he went to the University of Toulouse
for theological studies where he was ordained priest in
1600 at the age of 19.
In 1605, on a voyage by
sea he was abducted by African pirates and became a
slave in Tunis for about two years until Divine
Providence enabled him to escape. In 1617, he began to
preach missions, and in 1625, he laid the foundations of
a congregation which afterward became the Congregation
of the Mission or Lazarists.
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When he was in his
forties or fifties, he was called to hear confession of
a dying peasant, who worked in the grounds of a wealthy
family, to whom Vincent was serving as the family tutor
and chaplain. Before dying the peasant told Vincent that
he would have died in the state of mortal sin had
he not confessed to a priest and received
absolution. That gave Vincent pause and he realized
the power of his vocation and the good he could do.
He decided to devote himself to the poor.
From then on
Vincent began to focus on doing good works to the
orphans, the physically ill, the poor, the prisoners
and the mentally ill. He organized charities, and
that became St. Vincent’s predominant virtue. The
Sisters of Charity also owe the foundation of their
congregation to St. Vincent. Though honored by the
great ones of the world, he remained deeply rooted
in humility. Vincent de Paul died at the age of
eighty. He was canonized by Pope Clement XII in
1737, and was named the patron of all charitable
societies by Pope Leo XIII in 1885. |
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Prayer in Honor of
Saint
Vincent de Paul
Patron of
Charitable Societies
(Feast – September 27) |
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O Glorious Saint
Vincent de Paul,
The mention of your name,
Suggests a litany of your virtues:
Humility, zeal, mercy, self-sacrifice.
It also recalls your many foundations:
Works of Mercy, congregations, Societies.
The Church gratefully remembers,
Your promotion of the priesthood.
Inspire all Charitable Workers,
Especially those who minister,
To both the spiritually
And the materially poor. |
O Lord, give us the grace,
That You bestowed upon your servant
St. Vincent de
Paul,
To relinquish the temptation of material things,
In our holy effort, to minister to the poor. Amen. |
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For more, please
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Vincent De Paul: Saint of Charity
(Paperback)
by Margaret Ann Hubbard, Harry Barton (Illustrator) |
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St. Vincent de Paul
(Paperback)
by F. A. Forbes |
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Saint of the Day: Lives, Lessons, and Feasts
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