Part II: The companions of Vincent de Paul Chapter I: Mlle. Le Gras THE violent outward events that make up the history of his time affected M. Vincent; his life, as a whole, cannot be … Read More
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Chapter X: Cardinal de Retz WITH M. Olier and his Congregation of S. Sulpice labouring early and late for the starving citizens of Paris, and Vincent de Paul organizing relief throughout the whole of France, … Read More
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Chapter IX: M. Vincent and the people THE subjugation of the rebellious citizens of Paris in 1649 was due to Condé, and the Queen soon awoke to the fact that her state and dignity was … Read More
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Chapter VIII: The Fronde rebellion IT is difficult to connect the Court of Anne of Austria with the real spirit of Vincent de Paul, and there is equal difficulty in realizing that the devout persons … Read More
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Chapter VII: The Queen Regent and the Council of Conscience THERE is a very strong element of the unexpected in the life of Vincent de Paul. Events have none of the coherence which may be … Read More
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Chapter VI: M. Vincent fellow-labourers THERE is certainly no opportunity for confusion of result between Vincent de Paul and Théophraste Renaudot ; their ambition and their field of labour are so distinct that the biographers … Read More
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Chapter V: Renaudot, the friend of the poor TRADITION has been formed by a very simple method in relation to the philanthropy and social reform of the seventeenth century. Vincent de Paul, having been once … Read More
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Chapter IV: The ordening of charity WE have glanced at the life within the walls of S. Lazare, and at the spread of its influence over the hidden things that touch the souls of men, … Read More
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Chapter III: M. Vincent and the priesthood VINCENT DE PAUL was now forty-eight years old. He stood high in the estimation of those who knew him, but he had earned no great renown; his name … Read More
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Chapter II: In the service of M. de Gondi WHEN Vincent de Paul joined the household of Philippe de Gondi, General of the Galleys, he was, ostensibly, quite as far from the discovery of any … Read More