{"id":108145,"date":"2013-11-18T17:42:43","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T16:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vincentians.com\/?p=108145"},"modified":"2016-07-10T10:05:13","modified_gmt":"2016-07-10T08:05:13","slug":"how-st-vincent-ferrer-influenced-st-vincent-de-paul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vincentians.com\/en\/how-st-vincent-ferrer-influenced-st-vincent-de-paul\/","title":{"rendered":"How St Vincent Ferrer influenced St Vincent de Paul"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>When I was reading about the life and works of Vincent Ferrer, whom I admire enormously, I was surprised to find that some of his biographers mentioned that he had a significant influence on St Vincent de Paul. For instance, in his book, <i>St Vincent Ferrer: The Angel of the Judgment, <\/i>Andrew Pradel OP claimed that the Spanish saint influenced \u201cblessed Nicholas Factor, a Franciscan and the great St Vincent de Paul\u2026 St Vincent acknowledged St Vincent Ferrer as his own special patron. He made his life a daily study and had constantly in his hands the <i>Treatise<\/i><i> <\/i><i>on the Spiritual Life <\/i>(hereafter <i>TOSL<\/i>), in order that he might conform thereto not only his own heart and actions, but also those of the priests of his institute<span id='easy-footnote-1-108145' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='http:\/\/vincentians.com\/en\/how-st-vincent-ferrer-influenced-st-vincent-de-paul\/#easy-footnote-bottom-1-108145' title='(Rockford, IL: Tan, 2000), 185-6.'><sup>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span>. Pradel says that a biographer named Antonio Teoli OP who wrote a major biography of Vincent Ferrer which was pub- lished in Rome in 1735, had mentioned that the Spanish saint had quite an influence on St Vincent de Paul<span id='easy-footnote-2-108145' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='http:\/\/vincentians.com\/en\/how-st-vincent-ferrer-influenced-st-vincent-de-paul\/#easy-footnote-bottom-2-108145' title='&lt;i&gt;Storia Della Vita, e del Culto di s Vincenzo Ferrerio &lt;\/i&gt;(Rome: 1735).'><sup>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span>.When I read these claims I wondered if any of them had foundation<span id='easy-footnote-3-108145' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='http:\/\/vincentians.com\/en\/how-st-vincent-ferrer-influenced-st-vincent-de-paul\/#easy-footnote-bottom-3-108145' title='Pierre Coste, &lt;i&gt;The Life and Works of S. Vincent de Paul, &lt;\/i&gt;vol 3 (New York: New City Press, 1987), 305.'><sup>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span>. Coste says that on one occasion Canon Richard Dognon of Verdun wrote to St Vincent de Paul and said, \u201cFor the good of our century, God has passed on to you by a sort of reincarnation, which he alone can bring about, the spirit, affections, and design, together with the name of the great Patron of missionaries, Saint Vincent Ferrer. The apostolic missions he instituted in his time are manifestly more necessary than they ever were before.\u201d<span id='easy-footnote-4-108145' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='http:\/\/vincentians.com\/en\/how-st-vincent-ferrer-influenced-st-vincent-de-paul\/#easy-footnote-bottom-4-108145' title='Vincent de Paul, &lt;i&gt;Correspondence, Conferences, Documents&lt;\/i&gt;, vol 1, (New York: New City Press, 1985), 152.'><sup>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span> These quotations raise two questions. Firstly, to what extent was Vincent de Paul influenced by the life and teachings of Vincent Ferrer? Secondly, did Vincent de Paul refer to Vincent Ferrer in his talks and writings?<\/p>\n<p>It is probable that Vincent had read one or more biographies of Vincent Ferrer. We know that shortly after Ferrer\u2019s death, the bishop of Lucera, Peter Ranzano wrote the first official account of the Dominican\u2019s remarkable life (1455). It was followed by other biographies, such as one which was written in French, by Dominican Bernard Guyard (1634). It is quite possible that Vincent de Paul read this book. That said, it is unlikely that he had access to any of Vincent Ferrer\u2019s sermons<span id='easy-footnote-5-108145' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='http:\/\/vincentians.com\/en\/how-st-vincent-ferrer-influenced-st-vincent-de-paul\/#easy-footnote-bottom-5-108145' title='Some of them are available at http:\/\/www.svfparish.org\/svfsermons\/index.htm'><sup>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span>. However, we are sure that he did read and re-read the <i>TOSL<\/i>. While we know that people such as Pierre B\u00e9rulle, Francis de Sales and Benet of Canfield influenced Vincent\u2019s spirituality, the fact that Vincent Ferrer also influenced him is often overlooked.<\/p>\n<p>Vincent de Paul used to refer to his namesake and quote his words, both in his letters and in the talks he gave to the Daughters of Charity and to the members of the Congregation of the Mission. There are no less than nine such quotations referred to in the general index of the French edition of the <i>Correspondance,<\/i><i> <\/i><i>Entretiens,<\/i><i> <\/i><i>Documents <\/i>(here- after <i>CED<\/i>), edited by Pierre Coste<span id='easy-footnote-6-108145' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='http:\/\/vincentians.com\/en\/how-st-vincent-ferrer-influenced-st-vincent-de-paul\/#easy-footnote-bottom-6-108145' title='Vol XIV, (Paris: Lecoffre, 1925), 636.'><sup>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span>. For example, Vincent de Paul wrote to Fr Bernard Codoing about a business transaction which would require a knowledge of languages. He said, \u201cGod will give you the grace, if he wishes, to make yourself understood by foreigners, just as he gave it to Vincent Ferrer.\u201d<span id='easy-footnote-7-108145' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='http:\/\/vincentians.com\/en\/how-st-vincent-ferrer-influenced-st-vincent-de-paul\/#easy-footnote-bottom-7-108145' title='&lt;i&gt;Correspondence,&lt;\/i&gt;&lt;i&gt; Conferences, Documents&lt;\/i&gt;, vol 2, op cit, 232. '><sup>7<\/sup><\/a><\/span> In a conference Vincent gave to the priests of the Mission in May 1658, he spoke about the importance of deferring to the opinions of others in all things that are not sinful<span id='easy-footnote-8-108145' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='http:\/\/vincentians.com\/en\/how-st-vincent-ferrer-influenced-st-vincent-de-paul\/#easy-footnote-bottom-8-108145' title='&lt;i&gt;CED&lt;\/i&gt;, X, 482.'><sup>8<\/sup><\/a><\/span>. He then referred to the following words in the <i>Treatise<\/i><i> <\/i><i>on the Spiritual Life, <\/i>\u201cit is more advantageous to rule oneself by the will of another, provided it be good, although our own judgment may appear better and more perfect.\u201d<span id='easy-footnote-9-108145' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='http:\/\/vincentians.com\/en\/how-st-vincent-ferrer-influenced-st-vincent-de-paul\/#easy-footnote-bottom-9-108145' title='&lt;i&gt;TOSL,&lt;\/i&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;\/i&gt;op cit, 3.'><sup>9<\/sup><\/a><\/span> In the course of a talk to his priests about seminaries, Vincent said, \u201cIf St Vincent Ferrer strove for sanctification so that God would one day raise up good priests and apostolic workers for the reform of the ecclesiastical state and for readying men for working for our perfection to cooperate in such a happy restoration when we see the ecclesiastical state now returning to what it should be.\u201d<span id='easy-footnote-10-108145' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='http:\/\/vincentians.com\/en\/how-st-vincent-ferrer-influenced-st-vincent-de-paul\/#easy-footnote-bottom-10-108145' title='&lt;i&gt;CED, &lt;\/i&gt;XI, 7-8, &amp;amp; quoted by Abelly, vol 2, op cit, 254.'><sup>10<\/sup><\/a><\/span> On another occasion Vincent said, \u201cLet us work with a new love in the service of the poor, looking for the most destitute and abandoned among them. Let us recognize that before God they are our lords and masters, and we are unworthy to render them our small services.\u201d<span id='easy-footnote-11-108145' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='http:\/\/vincentians.com\/en\/how-st-vincent-ferrer-influenced-st-vincent-de-paul\/#easy-footnote-bottom-11-108145' title='&lt;i&gt;CED&lt;\/i&gt;, XI, 393.'><sup>11<\/sup><\/a><\/span> The striking phrase, \u201cour lords and masters\u201d seemed to have been borrowed from Vincent Ferrer who wrote, \u201cwe should have a humble and sincere regard for our brethren, and cheerfully submit to them as our lords and masters.\u201d<span id='easy-footnote-12-108145' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='http:\/\/vincentians.com\/en\/how-st-vincent-ferrer-influenced-st-vincent-de-paul\/#easy-footnote-bottom-12-108145' title='&lt;i&gt;TOSL&lt;\/i&gt;, op cit, 38.'><sup>12<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>There is no doubt that St Vincent Ferrer was a remarkably effective evangelical preacher. He described his understanding of this ministry in a chapter entitled, \u201cOn Preaching.\u201d In it he advised, \u201cUse simple and familiar words in preaching and exhortation. To explain in detail what you mean; and so far as possible, illustrate what you say with some examples, in order that the sinner, finding his conscience guilty of the same sins which you reprehend, may feel as if you were speaking only to him. Do this, however in such a way, that your words, so to speak, may appear to come from the heart, without being mixed with any movement of indignation or pride, and to spring from the bowels of compassion, from the tender love of a father, who is grieved at the faults of his children.\u201d<span id='easy-footnote-13-108145' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='http:\/\/vincentians.com\/en\/how-st-vincent-ferrer-influenced-st-vincent-de-paul\/#easy-footnote-bottom-13-108145' title='&lt;i&gt;TOSL&lt;\/i&gt;, op cit, 24.'><sup>13<\/sup><\/a><\/span> When one reads the sermons of Vincent Ferrer it is clear that he put these principles into practice. Furthermore, a number of points will probably strike anyone who reads the <i>TOSL<\/i>. Firstly, it contains virtually no quotations, either scriptural, patristic or contemporary. Secondly, the style is very simple and clear, and tends to speak briefly about the nature of the topic under consideration, e.g. Christian perfection, while going on to mention motives and means of practicing it<span id='easy-footnote-14-108145' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='http:\/\/vincentians.com\/en\/how-st-vincent-ferrer-influenced-st-vincent-de-paul\/#easy-footnote-bottom-14-108145' title='Cf &lt;i&gt;TOSL, &lt;\/i&gt;op cit, 30-2; 40-1.'><sup>14<\/sup><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Authors such as Abb\u00e9 Arnaud d\u2019Angel<span id='easy-footnote-15-108145' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='http:\/\/vincentians.com\/en\/how-st-vincent-ferrer-influenced-st-vincent-de-paul\/#easy-footnote-bottom-15-108145' title='&lt;i&gt;Saint Vincent: A Guide for Priests &lt;\/i&gt;(London: Burns Oates, 1932), 106-33.'><sup>15<\/sup><\/a><\/span>, Jacques Delarue<span id='easy-footnote-16-108145' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='http:\/\/vincentians.com\/en\/how-st-vincent-ferrer-influenced-st-vincent-de-paul\/#easy-footnote-bottom-16-108145' title='&lt;i&gt;The \u00a0Missionary \u00a0Ideal \u00a0of \u00a0the \u00a0Priest According \u00a0to Vincent \u00a0de \u00a0Paul \u00a0&lt;\/i&gt;(Philadelphia: Vincentians, 1993), 121-8.'><sup>16<\/sup><\/a><\/span>, and Jos\u00e9 Maria Rom\u00e1n<span id='easy-footnote-17-108145' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='http:\/\/vincentians.com\/en\/how-st-vincent-ferrer-influenced-st-vincent-de-paul\/#easy-footnote-bottom-17-108145' title='&lt;i&gt;St Vincent de Paul: A Biography, &lt;\/i&gt;op. cit., 348-51.'><sup>17<\/sup><\/a><\/span> include interesting sections on Vincent de Paul\u2019s views on preaching. They show how implicit in the various things Vincent de Paul said about the subject over the years, was the \u201clittle method,\u201d which he said was the method of Jesus Christ himself. He exclaimed on one occasion, \u201cHurrah for simplicity, and for the \u201clittle method\u201d which is in fact, the most excellent method and one that brings more glory because it moves hearts more than all this speechify- ing which only irritates the listener.\u201d<span id='easy-footnote-18-108145' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='http:\/\/vincentians.com\/en\/how-st-vincent-ferrer-influenced-st-vincent-de-paul\/#easy-footnote-bottom-18-108145' title='&lt;i&gt;CED &lt;\/i&gt;XI, 286.'><sup>18<\/sup><\/a><\/span> The method consists of three interrelated parts which need to be varied depending of the subject under consideration such as a virtue, the life of a saint, a parable etc.<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, it deals with the nature of the subject under discussion, e.g. sal- vation. Secondly, the preacher suggests motives for acting, e.g., why a person should desire to experience salvation, e.g. sorrow for offending the Lord, and fear of losing heaven. Thirdly, the preacher deals with the means of doing something practical and specific, e.g. trusting in the free, unmerited gift of God\u2019s mercy, and making a good general confession.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who reads Vincent Ferrer\u2019s <i>Treatise<\/i><i> <\/i><i>on the Spiritual Life <\/i>will notice that the little method comprising of nature, motives, and means, was implicit in the way he wrote. Furthermore, many things Vincent de Paul said about preaching seem to echo points that Vincent Ferrer had already made. We can look at a few examples. Firstly, as has already been noted, Vincent Ferrer did not quote secular authors. For his part, Vincent de Paul admonished preachers who tried \u201cto cause wonderment by filling their sermons with a great variety of things such as extracts from philosophy, mathematics, medicine, jurisprudence, quotations from Jewish Rabbis, Greek, Hebrew, Syriac, and Chaldaic words\u2026 in a vain display of knowledge.\u201d<span id='easy-footnote-19-108145' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='http:\/\/vincentians.com\/en\/how-st-vincent-ferrer-influenced-st-vincent-de-paul\/#easy-footnote-bottom-19-108145' title='Quoted by Delarue, op cit, 123.'><sup>19<\/sup><\/a><\/span> On one occasion, Vincent de Paul said, \u201cDo not use quotations from the profane authors, unless you use them as steppingstones to the Holy Scripture.\u201d<span id='easy-footnote-20-108145' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='http:\/\/vincentians.com\/en\/how-st-vincent-ferrer-influenced-st-vincent-de-paul\/#easy-footnote-bottom-20-108145' title='&lt;i&gt;CED &lt;\/i&gt;XI, 50, &amp;amp; quoted in Abelly, vol 2, op cit, 19.'><sup>20<\/sup><\/a><\/span> Secondly, Vincent Ferrer warned preachers not to speak in a spirit of pride. Vincent de Paul repeat- edly warned against the same danger, \u201cwe must remain faithful,\u201d he said, \u201cto the simplicity and humility of our Saviour, Jesus Christ. He could have done startling things and spoken momentous words, but he did not do so.\u201d<span id='easy-footnote-21-108145' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='http:\/\/vincentians.com\/en\/how-st-vincent-ferrer-influenced-st-vincent-de-paul\/#easy-footnote-bottom-21-108145' title='&lt;i&gt;CED &lt;\/i&gt;XII, 211-27, &amp;amp; quoted by Abelly, vol 2, op cit, 86.'><sup>21<\/sup><\/a><\/span> Thirdly, Vincent Ferrer said that preaching aimed to help sinners to become aware of their sins in a way that would lead to repent- ance. Vincent de Paul said, \u201cLet us never desire to satisfy ourselves, but to satisfy God, to win souls, and to lead people to repentance, because all else is nothing but vanity and pride.\u201d<span id='easy-footnote-22-108145' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='http:\/\/vincentians.com\/en\/how-st-vincent-ferrer-influenced-st-vincent-de-paul\/#easy-footnote-bottom-22-108145' title='Delarue, op cit, 127.'><sup>22<\/sup><\/a><\/span> Fourthly, Vincent Ferrer stressed the importance of preaching the truth in a spirit of compassion like a loving father or mother. Vincent de Paul quoted his patron when he said, \u201cSt. Vincent Ferrer says that there is no means of profiting by preaching if one does not preach from the depths of compassion.\u201d<span id='easy-footnote-23-108145' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='http:\/\/vincentians.com\/en\/how-st-vincent-ferrer-influenced-st-vincent-de-paul\/#easy-footnote-bottom-23-108145' title='&lt;i&gt;Correspondence,&lt;\/i&gt;&lt;i&gt; Conferences, Documents&lt;\/i&gt;, vol 1, op cit, 526.'><sup>23<\/sup><\/a><\/span> Fifthly, Vincent Ferrer recommended preachers to illustrate what they meant by everyday examples. Vincent de Paul said something similar, \u201cNotice how Jesus spoke in an understandable language, using the simple comparisons of a farmer, a field, a vine, a grain of mustard seed. This is how you must speak if you want to be understood by the people to whom you announce the word of God.\u201d<span id='easy-footnote-24-108145' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='http:\/\/vincentians.com\/en\/how-st-vincent-ferrer-influenced-st-vincent-de-paul\/#easy-footnote-bottom-24-108145' title='&lt;i&gt;CED &lt;\/i&gt;XI, 342-51, &amp;amp; quoted by Abelly, vol. 3, op cit, 320.'><sup>24<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>While the two Vincents were remarkable evangelists, each in their own distinctive way, there were obvious differences between them. Vincent Ferrer was an eschatological prophet, who focused on the presence of the antichrist and the immanence of the end times and general judgment. Vincent de Paul did not focus on any of these topics. Vincent Ferrer was a remarkable wonder worker, whereas there is very little evidence that Vincent de Paul healed the sick or delivered them from evil spirits. Nevertheless, like Vincent Ferrer, Vincent and his missionaries could be remarkably effective. Here is one example. In 1641 the Duchess d\u2019Aiguillon repeatedly appealed to Vincent to evangelise the faubourg Saint Germain des Pr\u00e8s in Paris. It was a very deprived, run down, crime ridden area. As a result of their grace filled efforts, Abelly tells us that, \u201cthose who worked on this mission were astonished seeing the dispropor- tion between the means used and the result attained. Besides the large crowds at their sermons and catechism instructions which they presented in the simple and familiar style suggested by Monsieur Vincent, they were filled with admiration at their results. They saw inveterate sinners, hardened usurers, fallen women, criminals who had spent their entire lives in crime, in a word, people without faith in God or anyone, throw themselves at their feet, their eyes bathed in tears, their hearts moved with sorrow for sins, begging mercy and forgiveness.\u201d<span id='easy-footnote-25-108145' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='http:\/\/vincentians.com\/en\/how-st-vincent-ferrer-influenced-st-vincent-de-paul\/#easy-footnote-bottom-25-108145' title='Ibid, 223-4.'><sup>25<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\n<p>The findings of this article are intended to be indicative rather than conclusive. The subject of Vincent Ferrer\u2019s influence on St Vincent de Paul\u2019s spirituality deserves a more rigorous treatment from a meth- odological and textual point of view. Even so, it is my belief that, taken together, the example of the two Vincents teaches us at least three relevant lessons at this time of crisis in Church and State in Ireland. Firstly, our multiple problems, which are often the result of sinful for- getfulness of God, are a providential call to seek the Lord while he may still be found (cf. Is 55:6). Secondly, while Christians are right to stress the primacy of the loving mercy of God, they also need to refer, not only to the divine justice which will be exercised on the last day, but also to the possibility of eternal separation from God. Thirdly, when we share the Gospel in different ways, we can expect God to manifest his saving power and presence by means of charitable works, action for justice (the characteristic way of Vincent de Paul) and charismatic deeds of power (the characteristic way of Vincent Ferrer) . In this way we will help to usher in the renewal spoken about by Benedict XVI when he wrote in his <i>Pastoral<\/i><i> <\/i><i>Letter to the Catholics of Ireland<\/i>, \u201cHoly Spirit, comforter, advocate and guide, inspire a new springtime of holiness and apostolic zeal for the Church in Ireland.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I was reading about the life and works of Vincent Ferrer, whom I admire enormously, I was surprised to find that some of his biographers mentioned that he had a significant influence on St &#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/vincentians.com\/en\/how-st-vincent-ferrer-influenced-st-vincent-de-paul\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":150240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vincent-de-paul"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How St Vincent Ferrer influenced St Vincent de Paul - We are Vincentians<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/vincentians.com\/en\/how-st-vincent-ferrer-influenced-st-vincent-de-paul\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How St Vincent Ferrer influenced St Vincent de Paul - We are Vincentians\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"When I was reading about the life and works of Vincent Ferrer, whom I admire enormously, I was surprised to find that some of his biographers mentioned that he had a significant influence on St ... 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Chapter 3","author":"Francisco Javier Fern\u00e1ndez Chento","date":"September 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Chapter 3 - The Spirit of Gospel and St. Vincent de Paul Frederic Ozanam is appropriately buried in the crypt of the Church of St. Joseph des Carmes which adjoins and serves the students attending the Institut Catholique in Paris. Above his tomb is a mural depicting the parable of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Ozanam&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Ozanam","link":"http:\/\/vincentians.com\/en\/category\/the-vincentian-family\/founders\/frederic-ozanam\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vincentians.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/frederic-ozanam-layman-for-now.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vincentians.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/frederic-ozanam-layman-for-now.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vincentians.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/frederic-ozanam-layman-for-now.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vincentians.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/frederic-ozanam-layman-for-now.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vincentians.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/frederic-ozanam-layman-for-now.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":151714,"url":"http:\/\/vincentians.com\/en\/new-in-the-library-life-of-st-vincent-paul-pierre-collet\/","url_meta":{"origin":108145,"position":3},"title":"New in the Library: &#8220;Life of St. Vincent de Paul&#8221; (Pierre Collet)","author":"Francisco Javier Fern\u00e1ndez Chento","date":"July 18, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Pierre Collet, Life of St. Vincent de Paul: Founder of the Congregation of the Mission and the Sisters of Charity, trans. by a Catholic Clergyman (Baltimore, Md: John Murphy and Co., 1850).","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Vincent de Paul&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Vincent de Paul","link":"http:\/\/vincentians.com\/en\/category\/the-vincentian-family\/founders\/vincent-de-paul\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vincentians.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/the-vincentian-digital-library-2.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vincentians.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/the-vincentian-digital-library-2.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vincentians.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/the-vincentian-digital-library-2.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vincentians.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/the-vincentian-digital-library-2.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vincentians.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/the-vincentian-digital-library-2.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":51061,"url":"http:\/\/vincentians.com\/en\/vincent-and-the-oratory\/","url_meta":{"origin":108145,"position":4},"title":"Vincent and the Oratory","author":"Francisco Javier Fern\u00e1ndez Chento","date":"July 19, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cAbsent minded child\u201d Msgr. Ronald Knox said, some four hundred years after the death of St Philip Neri, that Philip \"absent mindedly\" founded the community that was originally only a movement centred around friendship with him. St Philip Neri was born in Florence in 1515. 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