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PART SEVEN: Letter of Monsieur Vincent to Monsieur Bourdaise, to Whom He Sent Five More Missionaries The sad news of the loss of so many good workers deeply grieved Monsieur Vincent. This no doubt wounded … Read More

PART SIX: Letter of Monsieur Bourdaise, Priest of the Congregation of the Mission, About the Missions of Madagascar Words cannot express the grief of Monsieur Vincent when he learned of the death of Monsieur Gondree. … Read More

PART FIVE: The Death of Monsieur Gondree, One of the two Priests of the Congregation of the Mission, and the Later Work of Monsieur Nacquart, the Only Remaining Priest on the Island Although the judgments … Read More

PART FOUR: The Arrival of Two Priests of the Congregation of the Mission in Madagascar, and Their Initial Activities The French quarter of Madagascar is a section of the island near the latitude of the … Read More

PART THREE: Description of Madagascar and its People Before speaking of what these two good priests of the Congregation of the Mission accomplished in this country, and to be able to understand it better, we … Read More

PART TWO: The Departure of the Two Priests of the Congregation of the Mission, and Events that Occurred on their Journey No sooner had Monsieur Nacquart received this letter from Monsieur Vincent than he immediately … Read More

SECTION NINE:  On the Mission to the Isle of Saint Lawrence, Otherwise Known as Madagascar PART ONE: Letter from Monsieur Vincent to Monsieur Nacquart, Priest of the Congregation of the Mission, About This Mission We … Read More

SECTION EIGHT: The Missions in Ireland In 1646 our Holy Father, Pope Innocent X, advised Monsieur Vincent that the danger to religion in Ireland had come to his attention, because of the people’s lack of … Read More

PART TWELVE: Various Other Charitable Activities of the Priests of the Congregation of the Mission Whom Monsieur Vincent Sent to Barbary for the Relief of the Poor Christian Slaves It would tire the reader if … Read More

PART ELEVEN: The Remarkable Example of the Constancy of Two Young Slaves, the One from France, the Other from England This account is tragic, but nevertheless considerably edifying. It enables us to see the great … Read More