Article four: The social order I. The centrality of the Human Person 118. The cardinal point of this teaching is that individual men are necessarily the foundation, cause, and end of all social institu- tions. … Read More
Lacordaire
It has been said that there has probably been no conversion in England during the latter half of the nineteenth century, and amongst the intellectuals especially, which may not be traced in some measure to … Read More
New in the Library: “Seeds of Hope: Stories of Systemic Change”
This work of just under 200 pages in its English-language edition is, it seems, without precedent in Vincentian history. It has been produced by a body called The Vincentian Family’s Commission for Promoting Systemic Change. … Read More
The Life of Vincent de Paul (Abelly): Book I, Chapter III
Studies and Promotion to the Clerical State The favorable disposition of soul of the young Vincent and his obvious inclination to the good moved his father to send him for schooling to the extent his … Read More
The Social Agenda: A Collection of Magisterial Texts. Article three: The family
Article three: The family I. The institution of the family 84. “Since the Creator of all things has established the conjugal partnership as the beginning and basis of human society,” the family is “the first … Read More
New in the Library: “The Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Dublin, 1926-1975”
By: Máire Brighid Ní Chearbhaill Thesis for the Degree of PhD. Department of History. National University of Ireland, Maynooth September 2008
The Life of Vincent de Paul (Abelly): Book I, Chapter II
The Birth and Education of Vincent de Paul On Easter Tuesday 1576, Vincent de Paul came into the world in the small town of Pouy near Dax, an episcopal city in the Landes of Bordeaux … Read More
Sister Rosalie Rendu (1786-1856)
The Story of over Fifty Years Devotion and Service to the Poor of a Daughter of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. PLACED in the centre of Europe, with different races overlapping her borders, North, … Read More
New in the Library: “A life worth sharing: Frederic Ozanam” (Austin Fagan)
From the Foreword: lt gives me great pleasure to introduce this new biography of Frederic Ozanam by one who is so steeped in the life and apostolate of the founder of the Society of St. … Read More
The poor and the St. Vincent de Paul Society
The poor. Why we should ever help them, and the part played by the St. Vincent de Paul Society in the distribution of that help. Section I: Why we should help the poor. “Amen, I … Read More