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SECTION SIX:  The Missions Given in Piedmont A mission was given in April 1656, in a large town called Scalenghe, near Pignerol. The superior of the Mission of Turin, described it to Monsieur Vincent: Four … Read More

SECTION FIVE:  The Missions Given on the Island of Corsica This island lies in the Mediterranean, as a dependency of the Republic of Genoa. In 1652 Monsieur Vincent was asked for some priests of his … Read More

SECTION FOUR: Missions Given in the State of Genoa We know of no better way to introduce the topic of the missions in Genoa than to cite the letter written by the worthy archbishop of … Read More

PART TWO: In the Dioceses of Viterbo, Palestrina, and Other Places A priest of the Mission in Rome wrote to Monsieur Vincent, in December of 1655, about a mission given in the diocese of Viterbo. … Read More

SECTION THREE: Further Discussion of the Fruit of the Missions Given in Italy PART ONE: In Various Places Near Rome We now move from France into Italy, accompanying the missionaries sent by Monsieur Vincent to … Read More

PART EIGHT: Various Other Places in France From the time when Monsieur Vincent had first sent his priests to work outside the diocese of Paris to most distant parts of the kingdom, a noted abbot … Read More

PART SEVEN: Various Places in Burgundy and Champagne In 1642 Monsieur Vincent sent several priests of the Congregation to give a mission in the parish of Saint Cyr in the diocese of Sens. The lord … Read More

PART SIX: Various Places in Brittany The missions in Brittany were as successful as those in the other provinces. The superior of the missionaries headquartered at Saint Meen in the diocese of Saint Malo wrote … Read More

PART FIVE: The Dioceses of Reims, Toul, and Rouen Among the missions in the diocese of Reims, one of the most important was the one given by order of the king in the city of … Read More

PART FOUR: The Dioceses of Geneva and Marseilles We cannot better show the fruits the missionaries from Annecy achieved, through the grace of God, than by calling upon His Excellency Juste Guerin, bishop of Geneva, … Read More