VincentWiki:Ephemerides/6 September

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1618: The Confraternity of Charity in Joigny is formally established.


1641: The Daughters of Charity buy the house at Saint-Laurent which has been the mother house up to the time of the French Revolution. It is officially bought through the Congregation of the Mission, since the juridical status of the Daughters was tied to that of the Congregation.


1651: Vincent writes to Louise-Marie de Gonzague, Queen of Poland stating that he can only send for of the eight missionaries she asked for: "They do not know the language of the country, but, since they speak Latin, they can begin immediately to work at forming young seminarians in piety and the practice of virtue and in all the other things they have to know and do."


1806: The Secretary of State of the Holy See delineates the powers of the two vicar generals: Fr. Sicardi in Rome and Fr. Brunet in Paris.


1968: The second session of the General Assembly of the Daughters of Charity begins in Rome. This is the first assembly after the closing of Vatican II and the new Constitutions will take form during this assembly.