Elizabeth Seton’s Way of Loving

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Author: Pauline Cinquini, SC · Year of first publication: 2009 · Source: Sisters of Charity of New York Web Page.
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Much has been written and said about the many deep relationships that St. Elizabeth Seton had with family, husband, children, and dear friends. Her letters are filled with her affection for them. A woman of … Read More

Louise de Marillac, a portrait. Appendix

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Author: Jean Calvet, C.M. · Translator: G. F. Pullen. · Year of first publication: 1959.
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Appendix: Details of the careers of members of the Marillac family. The careers of Michel de Marillac and Louise, Comte de Beaumont, held glory, but also great misfortune. We are told that Michelwas a mystic, … Read More

Louise de Marillac, a portrait. Part IV: The interior life of Louise de Marillac (5)

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Author: Jean Calvet, C.M. · Translator: G. F. Pullen. · Year of first publication: 1959.
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Towards mystical union The word ‘mysticism’ is often slipping from my pen. Yet I know that Vincent de Paul, dazzled by the radiance of Saint Teresa, thought himself unworthy to enter that world of reserved … Read More

Louise de Marillac, a portrait. Part IV: The interior life of Louise de Marillac (4)

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Author: Jean Calvet, C.M. · Translator: G. F. Pullen. · Year of first publication: 1959.
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The stages in her spiritual course The editors of the four-volume private edition of the writings of Louise de Marillac were confronted with a prob­lem very difficult of solution, but of which they well under­stood … Read More

Vincent de Paul: Approaches to Government

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Author: Dr Alison Forrestal · Year of first publication: 2008 · Source: Colloque, Journal of the Irish Province of the Congregation of the Mission.

This text is reprinted by kind permission of the author, who teaches in the Department of History, National University of Ireland, Galway. It is the text of an address which she gave to the Trustees of the DePaul Foundation in Paris, earlier this year.


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In 1626, the government of the Congregation of the Mission was not an especially complex task. As an urgent priority, this small foundation of four priests had been placed on a sound legal and financial … Read More

Louise de Marillac, a portrait. Part IV: The interior life of Louise de Marillac (3)

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Author: Jean Calvet, C.M. · Translator: G. F. Pullen. · Year of first publication: 1959.
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Her prayer After a certain date the interior life of Louise de Marillac consisted of nothing but prayer. Verbal prayer had always occupied an important place in her life. The confraternities to which she belonged, … Read More

‘Sister Gen’: A Case Study of Vincentian Leadership

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Author: Joseph McCann CM · Year of first publication: 2008 · Source: Colloque, Journal of the Irish Province of the Congregation of the Mission.

This article was first published in Vincentian Heritage and is reprinted by kind permission of the Editor.


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Introduction A former Prime Minister of Ireland, Garrett Fitzgerald, once complained: ‘That’s all very well in practice, but how does it work in theory?’ Theory and practice represent the opposite poles of knowledge and experience. … Read More