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
Saints of the Vincentian Family
INTRODUCTION The purpose of this week is to be faithful to paragraph 50 of the Constitutions, which instructs us about our Vincentian Family. 50. We should cherish devotion to Saint Vincent and to the canonized … Read More
Sister Justine Bisqueyburu
Justine Bisqueyburu, D.C., (1817-1903), was born in Mauléon, France and lived with her mother’s sister. She entered the Daughters of Charity in 1837. Although much of her work was to be in health care, first … Read More
The Green Scapular and Its Favors
PART ONE: Biography of Sister Justine Bisqueyburu Daughter of Clement Bisqueyburu, merchant, and of Ursula Albine d’Anglade, our Sister was born at Mauleon (Lower Pyrenees) on November 11, 1817, feast of St. Martin, was Baptized … Read More
Life of St. Vincent de Paul (Forbes). Chapter 11 – End
Chapter 11 “CONFIDO” WHEN at last peace was partially restored to the country, the number of poor people had enormously increased, and the charities that already existed were unable to cope with the misery and … Read More
Life of St. Vincent de Paul (Forbes). Chapter 10
Chapter 10 TROUBLES IN PARIS The Parliament at last took up the matter; men went about the streets of Paris shouting “Down with Mazarin!” A revolution was feared, and the Queen, with her young son, … Read More
Life of St. Vincent de Paul (Forbes). Chapter 09
Chapter 9 THE JANSENISTS WHILE Vincent de Paul was striving, by charity and patience, to renew all things in Christ, the Jansenists* were busy spreading their dangerous doctrines. When the Abbé de St. Cyran, the … Read More
Life of St. Vincent de Paul (Forbes). Chapter 08
Chapter 8 AT COURT WHEN Louis XIII was on his deathbed, with all the Bishops and Archbishops of France ready to offer him their services, it was M. Vincent, the humble Mission Priest, who prepared … Read More
Conversations with Elisabeth Charpy, DC (Part 3)
Sr. Elisabeth helps us get to know the first Daughters of Charity, those pioneering women who started it all; hear the stories of their varied backgrounds, their different personalities, their experiences as they were formed … Read More
Life of St. Vincent de Paul (Forbes). Chapter 07
Chapter 7 THE FOUNDLINGS M. VINCENT was passing one day through the streets of Paris on one of his errands of mercy when he saw a beggar mutilating a newborn baby in order to expose … Read More











