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We do not have any record of the date of the first encounter between Louise de Marillac and Vincent de Paul but it is certain that they certainly saw one another walking the streets of … Read More

The title of this presentation is the faith of Saint Louise in light of an individualistic society. This title does not refer to the society in which Louise lived nor does it refer to our … Read More

Appendix: Details of the careers of members of the Marillac family. The careers of Michel de Marillac and Louise, Comte de Beaumont, held glory, but also great misfortune. We are told that Michelwas a mystic, … Read More

Towards mystical union The word ‘mysticism’ is often slipping from my pen. Yet I know that Vincent de Paul, dazzled by the radiance of Saint Teresa, thought himself unworthy to enter that world of reserved … Read More

The stages in her spiritual course The editors of the four-volume private edition of the writings of Louise de Marillac were confronted with a prob­lem very difficult of solution, but of which they well under­stood … Read More

Her prayer After a certain date the interior life of Louise de Marillac consisted of nothing but prayer. Verbal prayer had always occupied an important place in her life. The confraternities to which she belonged, … Read More

Her real life an interior one On the day following the death of Louise de Marillac, during the moving scene in which Vincent de Paul addressed her Daughters on the subject of her virtues, one … Read More

Part IV: The interior life of Louise de Marillac The soul mistress of the body To remark that a great change took place in Louise de Marillac between 1645 and 1650 would be merely naive; … Read More

The mystique of the Rules Since 1629 Louise de Marillac had been in the service of charity; since 1634 she had belonged to the society which she had founded (with Monsieur Vincent) for the practical … Read More

The drama of the ‘enfants trouvés’ We may well speak of drama in connection with the Enfants Trouvis—a social drama, since the civil authorities had signally failed to heal a bleeding wound in the side … Read More