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1 Family Members Father: Jean de Paul (Abelly I:35 [English Edition]; Coste 1:6 [English Edition]), William de Paul (Collet p.9 [English Edition]); Jean or William (Maynard I:1 [French Edition], Roman 29 [English Edition]). Mother: Bertrande … Read More

The Establishment of the First Internal Seminary, at Saint Lazare, for the Congregation of the Mission The fathers of the desert followed a well-known maxim of receiving no one into their congregations unless he were … Read More

1. Documentation Vincent: In written documents that were gathered together by Coste, Vincent spoke about his age on seventeen different occasions (Roman, p.24, note 5 [English edition]; CCD III:72 [I don’t understand the reason for … Read More

Missions Given in the Army in 1636, and the Rules Given by Monsieur Vincent to the Missionaries for this Service The invasion of Picardy by foreign troops in 1636 and their first success at the … Read More

1. Documentation Vincent’s Words Vincent: he states that he is French: “they [the Italians] think that we French act too quickly” (CCD:II:267). He is also a Gascon: “I entreat you to help a poor Gascon … Read More

Some Help Given by Monsieur Vincent to the late Commander de Sillery and to the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, commonly called the Knights of Malta The late Monsieur Noel Brulart de Sillery, commander … Read More

Note: This chapter was intended for inclusion by Abelly, but was published only in 1841 after it was recovered from the Sulpician archives. Monsieur Vincent’s Collaboration with Father Olier in Various Pious Works Great servants … Read More

The Founding of Several Seminaries for Clergy Great rivers always flow towards the ocean, ever being swelled by the waters of brooks and streams along the way. So too with the charity of Monsieur Vincent. … Read More

The Establishment of a Foundling Hospital Painters wishing to depict the virtue of charity often use the image of a woman with many breasts and several children in her arms and in her lap. If … Read More