It was into this bankrupt France of Louis XV that Louis Joseph Francois was born at the town of Busigpy, in the neighbourhood of Cambrai in the north of France, on the 3rd Februaxy, 1751. … Read More
Blessed Louis Joseph Francois. Part 0: Introduction
The French Revolution was chiefly the result of social and economic conditions of the time. To appreciate its origin and progress it is necessary to review the developments that led to it over a long … Read More
Rosalie Rendu
Jeanne Rendu was born on September 9, 1786 in the village of Confort, a village in Savoy. From her childhood she was educated in the practice of Charity, so the attraction to the service of … Read More
Sr. Giuseppina Nicoli (1863-1924)
Giuseppina Nicoli was born at Casatisma, Pavia, Italy, on 18 November 1863, the fifth of 10 siblings. At the age of 20 she entered the Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul in Turin, … Read More
Sister Giuseppina Nicoli
Sister Giuseppina Nicoli set out for Cagliari on January 1, 1885 having just reached the age of 21. In the short course of one year, she had left her family, entered into Postulancy and then … Read More
St. Augustina Pietrantoni, Martyr (1864-1894)
We usually consider the life of a nun as quietly routine. The life of Bl. Augustina of the Thouret Sisters of Charity was anything but quiet, anything but routine. It reads as melodramatically as the … Read More
Life of Felix de Andreis. Chapter 12 [End]
WE may truly say, and all those who knew Father De Andreis most intimately can bear witness to our words, that the continual business of his life was to die to himself by means of … Read More
Life of Felix de Andreis. Chapter 11
THE virtue of Christian simplicity leads man directly to God, with the pure and straight-forward intention of glorifying him, while seeking to avoid all duplicity in dealing with the neighbor. This was the virtue inculcated … Read More
Life of Felix de Andreis. Chapter 10
The reader has been able to form some idea of the sanctity of the servant of God, both from the letters we have transcribed, and the testimony of enlightened priests, who knew him intimately and … Read More
Life of Felix de Andreis. Chapter 09
WE mean by interior life that constant duty to which the servant of God so thoroughly applied himself to remove from his soul every imperfection, for the one object of becoming completely agreeable to God. … Read More