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Founded in 19th-century Tyrol, the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul of Zams have lived out a bold commitment to the poor through healthcare, education, and social justice. Inspired by the Vincentian charism, their mission has grown from local service in Austria to transformative work across continents.
In 1975, the U.N.’s International Women’s Year, Pope Paul VI canonized Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton as the first American-born Saint of the Catholic Church. To mark the 50th anniversary of this extraordinary event, the Sisters of Charity of New York are pleased to share with you a new video: “Elizabeth, the New Yorker.”
Saint Vincent de Paul revolutionized care for the sick with a vision rooted in love, compassion, and respect. He urged seeing Christ in every patient, uniting material and spiritual care, and paying attention to small details. He pioneered holistic and professional nursing training, especially for the most abandoned, and taught that true service flows from a strong spiritual life.
We will see how Vincent de Paul, his teaching and his life were centuries ahead of the Church’s magisterium.
The parable of the good Samaritan is a favorite among Vincentians, depicting, as it does, the personal encounter between the wounded victim lying by the side of the road and the traveler who stops to personally help.
Venerable Peter Joseph Triest, known as the “Belgian Vincent de Paul,” founded the Brothers and Sisters of Charity, inspired by Vincentian spirituality. Shaped by years of hidden prayer during the French Revolution, he united contemplation with action, love with professional service, and emphasized bringing God’s love and the joy of the Resurrection to the poor.
Elizabeth Ann Seton spent her early years in New York City.
Saint Vincent de Paul embodied a new way of living charity, rooted in God’s love and expressed through humility, simplicity, meekness, mortification, and holistic care. He always urged everyone to see Christ in the poor, to treat them as masters with love and respect, and never to think one has done enough. His virtues remain a concrete guide for authentic Christian service today.
As we approach the feast of St. Vincent, the Vincentian Family Office invites you to deepen your understanding of the relational fabric of the Vincentian Family as you read the first of three articles written by Fr. Memo Campuzano C.M. following the recent Convocation of the Vincentian Family in Rome.
