St. Vincent had many friends, but two friends stand out: St. Francis de Sales, Bishop of Geneva, and St. Jane Frances de Chantal, co-foundress of the Order of the Visitation of Saint Mary.
Feast Days
Sketches From the Diary of St. Justin de Jacobis, C.M.
“When a person or a place impressed him, he drew a sketch of it. Such sketches dot his diary.”
July 9: St. Francis Regis Clet, C.M.
In February of 1791, three missionaries including Fr. Francis Regis Clet, C.M., departed for China.
Bishop Barron on Pier Giorgio Frassati
Listen as Bishop Robert Barron talks about how he was first introduced to the story of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati. Pier Giorgio loved the poor and was a member of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.
July 4: Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati
In celebration of the feast day of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati on July 4, take some quiet time to pray a special version of the Stations of the Resurrection, also known by the Latin name Via Lucis (Way of Light). Get to know Pier Giorgio through excerpts from his...
May 30: Feast of Bl. Marta Wiecka, D.C.
This week we highlight a member of the Vincentian Family, on the road to Sainthood. From the Daughters of Charity International website: For the Vincentian Family, each 30th of May is the Feast Day of Sr. Marta Wiecka, a Polish Daughter of Charity, whose life was...
May 23: Feast of St. Joan Antida Thouret
At 22, Joan Antida Thouret left her home and joined the Daughters of Charity. This life is an exile– a desert we must cross to reach our only true homeland which is heaven. – Saint Joan Antida Thouret https://youtu.be/rNIVuqOgZ8g In 1793, when the French Revolution...
Love Was the Driving Force of St. Louise de Marillac’s Life
"Anxiety over her son was the last major obstacle to the tranquility she needed to begin the Company. By 1633, she could devote herself to the spiritual formation of the Daughters and to foster the love they had for each other, which in turn was to be motivated by the...
May 9: Feast of St. Louise de Marillac
As St. Louise’s feast day approaches, we would like to highlight a series of three videos in which Sr. Louise Sullivan, DC talks with Sr. Elisabeth Charpy, DC about St. Louise’s life and works.
Feast of St. Francis Regis Clet: February 18
Tomorrow is the feast day of one of our Vincentian Saints, Saint Francis Regis Clet, C.M. He was canonized by Pope Saint John Paul II in 2000. Fr. Robert Maloney, C.M., writes: His friends described him as filled with tenderness and compassion. He lived a long, full...
Feast of Blessed Rosalie Rendu, D.C.
February 7 is the feast day of Blessed Rosalie Rendu, D.C., whose humble example and message continue to reverberate in the minds and hearts of the Vincentian Family today.
January 7: Feast of Bl. Lindalva Justo de Oliveira, D.C.
Blessed Lindalva Justo de Oliveira (20 October 1953 - 9 April 1993) was a Brazilian Daughter of Charity who worked at a shelter where she was killed in 1993 after a man who was obsessed with her stabbed her 44 times. She was a beautiful soul who edified her companions...
