Life of St. Vincent de Paul (Forbes). Chapter 06

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Author: F.A. [Frances Alice] Forbes · Year of first publication: 1919 · Source: The Project Gutenberg.

Member of the Society of the Sacred Heart from Scotland and a religious author (1869-1936), Book originally published in 1919 by R. & T. Washbourne, Limited, London, as Life of St. Vincent de Paul in the series Standard-bearers of the Faith: A Series of Lives of the Saints for Young and Old.


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Chapter 6 THE GREY SISTERS ALTHOUGH many of the great ladies of Paris had enrolled themselves among the Ladies of Charity and were ready to help Vincent to the utmost of their ability, much of … Read More

Life of St. Vincent de Paul (Forbes). Chapter 05

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Author: F.A. [Frances Alice] Forbes · Year of first publication: 1919 · Source: The Project Gutenberg.

Member of the Society of the Sacred Heart from Scotland and a religious author (1869-1936), Book originally published in 1919 by R. & T. Washbourne, Limited, London, as Life of St. Vincent de Paul in the series Standard-bearers of the Faith: A Series of Lives of the Saints for Young and Old.


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Chapter 5 MISSION WORK THE incident which had given rise to Vincent’s first mission at Folleville had never been forgotten by Madame de Gondi. It seemed to her that there was need to multiply such … Read More

Life of St. Vincent de Paul (Forbes). Chapter 04

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Author: F.A. [Frances Alice] Forbes · Year of first publication: 1919 · Source: The Project Gutenberg.

Member of the Society of the Sacred Heart from Scotland and a religious author (1869-1936), Book originally published in 1919 by R. & T. Washbourne, Limited, London, as Life of St. Vincent de Paul in the series Standard-bearers of the Faith: A Series of Lives of the Saints for Young and Old.


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Chapter 4 THE GALLEYS M. DE BÉRULLE had certainly not exaggerated matters when he said that the parish of Châtillon-les-Dombes was in need of earnest workers. Vincent looked about him and set to work at … Read More

Life of St. Vincent de Paul (Forbes). Chapter 03

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Author: F.A. [Frances Alice] Forbes · Year of first publication: 1919 · Source: The Project Gutenberg.

Member of the Society of the Sacred Heart from Scotland and a religious author (1869-1936), Book originally published in 1919 by R. & T. Washbourne, Limited, London, as Life of St. Vincent de Paul in the series Standard-bearers of the Faith: A Series of Lives of the Saints for Young and Old.


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Chapter 3 A GREAT HOUSEHOLD VINCENT remained two years in the house of Father de Bérulle, in the hope of obtaining permanent work. The administration of a poor country parish was, he maintained, the only … Read More

Life of St. Vincent de Paul (Forbes). Chapter 02

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Author: F.A. [Frances Alice] Forbes · Year of first publication: 1919 · Source: The Project Gutenberg.

Member of the Society of the Sacred Heart from Scotland and a religious author (1869-1936), Book originally published in 1919 by R. & T. Washbourne, Limited, London, as Life of St. Vincent de Paul in the series Standard-bearers of the Faith: A Series of Lives of the Saints for Young and Old.


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Chapter 2 SLAVERY THE pirates were bound for the port of Tunis, the largest city of Barbary. But the sight of the glittering white town with its background of mountains, set in the gorgeous coloring … Read More

Life of St. Vincent de Paul (Forbes). Chapter 01

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Author: F.A. [Frances Alice] Forbes · Year of first publication: 1919 · Source: The Project Gutenberg.

Member of the Society of the Sacred Heart from Scotland and a religious author (1869-1936), Book originally published in 1919 by R. & T. Washbourne, Limited, London, as Life of St. Vincent de Paul in the series Standard-bearers of the Faith: A Series of Lives of the Saints for Young and Old.


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Chapter 1 A PEASANT’S SON A MONOTONOUS line of sand hills and the sea; a vast barren land stretching away in wave-like undulations far as eye can reach; marsh and heath and sand, sand and … Read More

Saint Vincent De Paul 1600-1614, A Psycho-spiritual Study

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Author: Patrick Collins · Year of first publication: 1984 · Source: Colloque, Journal of the Irish Province of the Congregation of the Mission, no. 9.
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Introduction In this study we will look at Vincent’s life from his ordination in 1600 to the time he vowed to serve the poor in 1614. For the sake of clarity we will divide these … Read More

St Vincent and the Priesthood

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Author: James Cahalan · Year of first publication: 1983 · Source: Colloque, Journal of the Irish Province of the Congregation of the Mission, no. 7.
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Introduction Daniel-Rops in his history of the church in the 17th century entitles his second chapter “An age of spiritual grandeur”. Yet in that same chapter he has some frightening references to the scandalous conduct … Read More