IN September Father De Andreis, in concert with Fathers Acquaroni and Ferrari, having concluded the retreat at the seminary of St. Thomas, received the welcome intelligence that Bishop Dubourg, with some thirty priests, had arrived … Read More
The Beatification of Vincent De Paul: John White’s Evidence
The Cause The Sixth General Assembly, 1697, decided unanimously that steps should be taken to secure the beatification of Vincent, and Nicolas Pierron, newly-elected fourth Superior General, in a circular letter of 26 October 1697 … Read More
Life of Felix de Andreis. Chapter 05
BEFORE further describing the journey of Father De Audreis, and the Missionaries of Louisiana, it will be well to give a short notice of that vast country, not only with reference to its civil and … Read More
Life of Felix de Andreis. Chapter 04
ON the 27th of December 1815, Father De Andreis arrived at Placentia, where he had the pleasure of again meeting a number of his former fellow students, professors and superiors. He preserved, during the whole … Read More
Life of Felix de Andreis. Chapter 03
FROM the time that Father De Andreis took the firm resolution of entering the Congregation of St. Vincent de Paul, he was instinctively urged by a desire of being one day able to devote himself … Read More
Life of Felix de Andreis. Chapter 02
THE air of Placentia was very prejudicial to the health of Father De Andreis, who suffered frequently from very violent headaches. His superiors, therefore, thought of removing him to another place, and sent him to … Read More
Pierre-René Rogue
To his mother he was “Renotte”, to the townsfolk of Vannes he was “the wee priest”. He was only 4’ 11” in height, and at the time of his death at the age of thirty-eight … Read More
Life of Felix de Andreis. Chapter 01
THE Very Rev. Felix De Andreis was born of respectable and pious parents, on December i3th, 1778, at Demonte, a considerable hamlet in the present diocese, and former province, of Cuneo, Piedmont. We have not … Read More
Simple Father Vincent
Hilaire Belloc says somewhere that one of the great faults in history writing is simplifying a complex problem. Gibbon tells us that sitting near the ruins of the Capitol he heard the monks chanting Vespers … Read More
A Fresh Look at Francis Clet
It is factually accurate to state that Francis Clet was a confrère who was martyred in China, yet it can be misleading. This happens if emphasis is placed on the second element in the statement. … Read More











