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  CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Vincent de Paul
Vincent's solicitude was directed towards the convicts in the galleys, who were subject to M. de Gondi as general of the galleys of France.
Vincent induced 85 bishops to request the condemnation of the five famous propositions, and persuaded Anne of Austria to write to the pope to hasten his decision.
Vincent left nothing undone to send them aid as early as 1645 he sent among them a priest and a brother, who were followed by others.
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  Vincent de Paul - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Saint Vincent de Paul (April 24, 1580 – September 27, 1660) was born at Pouy, Landes, Gascony, France to a peasant family.
Vincent de Paul was ordained in 1600, remaining in Toulouse until he went to Marseille for an inheritance.
On August 13, 1729, Vincent was declared Blessed by Benedict XIII, and canonized by Clement XII on June 16, 1737.
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 Vincent de Paul, Saint. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
In Rome he came to the attention of Pope Paul V, who sent him on a mission to the French court of Henry IV, where Vincent remained as chaplain to the queen.
With these priests, St. Vincent conducted retreats, founded seminaries, and achieved widespread reform among the French clergy.
Vincent’s influence, through his spirit and through his institutions, is incalculable.
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 Society of Saint Vincent de Paul - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul is an international organization of Roman Catholic lay men and women of all ages, whose primary mission is to help the poor and less fortunate.
The Society took Saint Vincent de Paul as its patron under the influence of Sister Rosalie Rendu, DC (Daughter of Charity).
Sister Rosalie (who was beatified in 2004 by Pope John Paul II) was a member of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, a group of religious women who take vows to serve the poor and those in need, founded by St. Vincent de Paul and St.
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 Encyclopedia: Society of Saint Vincent de Paul
Sister Rosalie (who was beatified in 2004 by Pope John Paul II) was a member of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, a group of religious women who take vows to serve the poor and those in need, founded by St. Vincent de Paul and St. Louise de Marillac.
In 1633 Vincent de Paul, a French priest and Louise de Marillac, a widow established the Company of the Daughters of Charity as a group of women dedicated to serving the poorest of the poor.
The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in the nations capital is the national cathedral of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.
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 St. Vincent de Paul - Saint of the Day - American Catholic
It was the Countess de Gondi (whose servant he had helped) who persuaded her husband to endow and support a group of able and zealous missionaries who would work among the poor, the vassals and tenants and the country people in general.
Vincent was too humble to accept leadership at first, but after working for some time in Paris among imprisoned galley-slaves, he returned to be the leader of what is now known as the Congregation of the Mission, or the Vincentians.
Vincent de Paul is a particularly appropriate patron for all Christians today, when hunger has become starvation, and the high living of the rich stands in more and more glaring contrast to the physical and moral degradation in which many of God's children are forced to live.
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 The Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul - Vincent de Paul
Vincent de Paul was born into a peasant family on 24 April 1581, in the village of Pouy in south-western France.
Vincent and his friends worked with the poor people of the countryside near Paris, teaching them about Jesus Christ and the Good News of the Gospel and helping them obtain food and clothing.
Vincent died on Sept. 27, 1660, and was canonized a saint in the Roman Catholic Church in 1737.
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 Life of St. Vincent de Paul
Vincent was born at Pouy in Gascony, in the south of France, in 1580 or 1581, the third child in a family of four sons and two daughters.
In 1608, Vincent moved to Paris, where he came under the influence of Father (later Cardinal) Pierre de Bérulle, whom he took as his spiritual director, and Father André Duval, a professor of the Sorbonne, who was to be his "wise man" for the next three decades.
Vincent reflected: "How good you must be, my God, if Francis de Sales, your creature, is so gentle and lovable." Vincent's disposition was naturally moody and melancholy, but he now decided that he could not simply say he was made that way and could not change.
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 CIN - St. Vincent de Paul, Theodore Maynard
Vincent de Paul (1580-1660) contributed greatly to the transformation of religious life in France in the Seventeenth Century, although he is perhaps best remembered today for the society which he founded, and in connection with charity.
It was Vincent who placed foundling hospitals upon something like a systematized basis, and it was he who may almost be said to have begun the humane treatment of lunatics, when he found that some of these unfortunates were confined in the grounds of the priory of Saint-Lazare that he took over.
Vincent led the way by starting a seminary at the College des Bons Enfants and at the instance of the Bishop of Paris he arranged to give retreats to the young men who were about to be ordained.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Society of Saint Vincent de Paul
Vincent de Paul, modelled the rule upon the same principles that were in vogue in the seventeenth century.
The rules adopted were very simple; it was forbidden to discuss politics or personal concerns at the meetings, and it was settled that the work should be the service of God in the persons of the poor, whom the members were to visit at their own dwellings and assist by every means in their power.
Vincent de Paul and to follow the discriminating principle of relief given in the spirit of faith taught by him.
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 Who was St. Vincent de Paul
After the poor of the country, Vincent's solicitude was directed towards the convicts in the galleys, who were subject to M. de Gondi as general of the galleys of France.
Vincent adopted the idea and did more than anyone for the realization of what has been called one of the greatest works of charity of the seventeenth century, the sheltering of 40,000 poor in an asylum where they would be given a useful work.
The Cardinal de Rochefoucault, who was entrusted with the reform of the religious orders in France, called Vincent his right hand and obliged him to remain in the Council of Conscience.
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Saint Vincent de Paul Regional School, fully accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, is a Roman Catholic elementary school serving children of all races and religions centrally located in Mays Landing, Atlantic County, New Jersey.
The mission of Saint Vincent de Paul Regional School is to foster the total development of each student spiritually, intellectually, emotionally, socially and physically in a safe environment which proclaims the Gospel of Jesus Christ and translates His Good News into action.
Saint Vincent de Paul Regional School is supported primarily through tuition, parish support and fundraisers.
www.saintvincentdepaulschool.com   (271 words)

  
 St. Vincent de Paul
Vincent continued to be in favor at court, and during the civil war of the Fronde, tried to persuade the Queen Regent to give up her unpopular minister, Cardinal Mazarin, to help pacify and unify the people.
Vincent was deeply concerned at the rise and spread of the Jansenist heresy.[4] He protested hotly against a view of God that seemed to limit His mercy, and no priest teaching that error could remain in his congregation.
Saint Vincent de Paul, Founder of the Vincentians.
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 Saint Vincent de Paul
There Vincent became almoner for Queen Marguerite of Valois, pastor of Clichy, and tutor to the family of Count and Countess de Gondi.
In 1625, this devout couple persuaded Vincent to establish a congregation of priests to preach in the towns and villages and to perform charitable works.
Though Vincent, marked by his own experience, procured the ransom of over 1200 Christians enslaved in North Africa, his name is most well known for his untiring and effective work on behalf of the poor, sick, aged and orphaned.
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 St. Vincent De Paul Church Donations For Charity And To Donate To Help Society. St. Vincent Depaul Needs All Kinds Of ...
Vincent de Paul preached to his followers that with charity in their hearts and a spirit of donation one may find joy in life by serving others.
Vincent de Paul was born in 1581 into a poor farming family in Pouy, France.
Funny, charming, impassioned, candid-Vincent de Paul had an extraordinary capacity to connect with all types of people and to move them to be inflamed with the Gospel and to live their lives in charity and as donors to the poor and displaced.
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 Saint Vincent de Paul
In the case of St. Vincent it is the barrier-like effect of the titles Founder of the Congregation of the Mission and the Daughters of Charity, The Apostle of Charity, The Great Saint of the Great Century, or, even more grating, The Holy Founder.
Vincent commented that tolerance towards him would encourage others to do the same, so he suggests something like depriving him of wine at table, or something else which he will feel; if that has no effect he could be locked up in a room, if there is a suitable one like there is in Saint-Lazare.
Vincent suggested that he should be prayed for and that he should be invited to come and join in the Saint-Lazare retreat which was just beginning.
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 Vincentians Australia Vincent de Paul
Vincent de Paul was born the son of a farmer in 1581 at Pouy (now the village of St Vincent de Paul) near Dax in the Gascony region of the South of France.
On January 25, 1617, the Feast of the Conversion of St Paul, Vincent preached a Mission Sermon in the village of Folleville in northern France.
During his long life (he died at the age of 79), Vincent organised missions to country people, was heavily involved in the education and formation of Priests, engaged in and organised many charitable activities, and influenced for good many people in powerful positions in the government of the country.
www.vincentians.org.au /vincent.htm   (551 words)

  
 Lives of the Saints, July 19, Saint Vincent de Paul
Saint Vincent was born in 1576 near Dax, south of Bordeaux, of a poor family which survived by means of their labor.
Vincent made rapid progress, and after seven years of studying theology at Toulouse and in Saragossa, Spain, was ordained a priest in 1600.
When Saint Vincent was appointed chaplain-general of the galleys of France, his tender charity brought hope into those prisons where hitherto despair had reigned.
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 Saint Vincent de Paul School, Mount Vernon, Ohio
The philosophy of Saint Vincent School is based upon the concept of Catholic education as a means of developing the total child.
Vincent de Paul School does not discriminate on the basis or race, color, national or ethnic origin in the administration of educational, personnel, and admission policies, and in athletic and other school programs.
Vincent de Paul School offers a Preschool Program of classes for children who are three (by September 30) or age four (by September 30).
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 Vincentians USA - Priests and Brothers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Vincent gave his energies and life to the needs of the poor in 17th-century France.
Together with St. Louise de Marillac, he organized hospitals for the sick poor, founded institutions for abonded children, opened soup kitchens, created job training programs, taught young women to read, bettered prison conditions, and organized countless local charities in the villages throughout France.
1619 - Vincent was appointed Chaplain-General of the Galleys in Paris.
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 St Vincent de Paul Society
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul, one of the oldest charitable social and humanitarian organizations, is seen today as a huge international movement of the apostolate of charity and social action.
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul, therefore, with all its available human and material resources, and in close collaboration with public bodies and local groups, shares in the common effort to remedy the causes of these social evils and to bring about development in the institutional structures.
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul was officially recognized by Church authorities in Gregory XVI's briefs of 10 January and 12 August 1845 and has been confirmed by succeeding popes.
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 AMM | St. Vincent de Paul   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Saint Vincent's love for them went so far as to offer to take the place of one of the slaves who was being beaten.
Continue on to the painting of Saint Vincent de Paul in the center of the nave area of the church.
Saint Vincent de Paul in the center of the nave area of the church.
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 Society of Saint Vincent de Paul   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, also referred to as the Vincentian Fathers or Vincentian Priests, is an international organization of Roman Catholic clergy whose primary mission is to help the poor and less fortunate.
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul was founded in 1833 by eight men who wanted to create an organization whose purpose was to help the poor living in Paris, France.
The name for the society was chosen since the young men felt that Saint Vincent de Paul[?] was the Catholic patron saint that best embodied the ideals that they wanted their organization to be patterned after.
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 St. Vincent de Paul Parish | Home Page
Congratulations to St. Vincent de Paul Parish parishioner, Dean Vaeth, who will be ordained as part of a group of twelve to the Order of Deacon at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago by Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I. Attention Sunday 9:30 p.m.
The Food Pantry and other outreach programs at St. Vincent de Paul Parish are supported by donations from individual parishioners.
We, the people of St. Vincent de Paul Parish, gather in the Lord's name and respond to the call of the Spirit to proclaim the Good News.
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 Saint Vincent de Paul
The Saint Peter's conference of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul was officially established (aggregated) on the 10 of June 1978.
Under the patronage of Saint Vincent de Paul, it draws its inspiration from his thought and his works.
Ozanam was encouraged by the Revered Joseph Emmanuel Bailly de Surcy, founder and former director of the "Societe des Bonnes Etudes" (society for good studies).
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 St Vincent de Paul Charity Dot Com
Saint (St) Vincent de Paul taught his followers that with charity in their good works and an expression of donation one may find happiness in life by serving those less fortunate.
Saint (St) Vincent de Paul, who is the founder, donor and inspiration of Vincentian charities worldwide is memorialized here at The Saint (St) Vincent de Paul Church in Hillcrest, San Diego California.
Saint (St) Vincent de Paul lived during what is considered one of the most spiritually motivated periods in Christian European history.
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The Society of St. Vincent de Paul, therefore, with all its available human and material resources, and in close collaboration with public bodies and local groups, shares in the common effort to remedy the causes of these social evils and to bring about development in the institutional structures.
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul was officially recognised by Church authorities in Gregory XVI's briefs of 10 January and 12 August 1845, and has been confirmed by succeeding popes.
Vincent's is not a cure all, but is rich in person-power: Men and women who know the local conditions and who seek, together with others possessing greater means, to apply the most effective solutions to the needs of the poor and suffering, not by words, by acts.
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 Saint Vincent de Paul
Vincent de Paul, was born in 1581 to poor parents in the village of Pouy in Gascony, France.
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul was founded in 1833 by Frederic Ozanam, a 20 year old student of Sorbonne University in Paris, France.
St Vincent de Paul's body remains intact (incorrupt) and is not subject to the natural process of death.
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 Saint Vincent De Paul   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Louise de Marillac Le Gras, Saint - Founder of the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, d.
Vincent de Paul, Saint - Biography of the French priest, founder of the Congregation of the Mission, who died in 1660.
Saint Vincent de Paul, Society of - International association of Catholic laymen engaging in personal service of the poor.
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