Louise’s canonization took place on March 11, 1934. We are fortunate that the Daughters of Charity Archives have...
Louise de Marillac
AIC Training Video Series for Feast of Saint Louise, Part 6
by Famvin Media Resources | June 12, 2021 | Formation, International Association of Charities - Ladies of Charity | 0 Comments
The sixth in a series of videos offered by the AIC International Training Team to mark the Feast of St. Louise de Marillac.
AIC Training Video Series for Feast of Saint Louise, Part 5
by Famvin Media Resources | June 6, 2021 | Formation, International Association of Charities - Ladies of Charity | 0 Comments
The fifth in a series of videos offered by the AIC International Training Team to mark the Feast of St. Louise de Marillac.
AIC Training Video Series for Feast of Saint Louise, Part 4
by Famvin Media Resources | June 5, 2021 | Formation, International Association of Charities - Ladies of Charity | 1 Comment
The fourth in a series of videos offered by the AIC International Training Team to mark the Feast of St. Louise de Marillac.
St. Louise and Avoiding Stumbling Blocks
by Famvin Media Resources | June 4, 2021 | Formation | 0 Comments
Learn about some stumbling blocks that threatened St. Louise, and most likely all of us who aspire to serve our neighbors well.
St. Louise’s Notes on the Ladies of Charity
by Famvin Media Resources | Aug 20, 2021 | Formation, International Association of Charities - Ladies of Charity
A presentation based on some notes written about the early Ladies of Charity by St. Louise de Marillac.
A Vincentian Minute: 3 things about Louise de Marillac
by Famvin Media Resources | Aug 15, 2021 | Formation
Fr. Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. presents: three things about St. Louise de Marillac.
Organizing our Service • A Weekly Reflection with Louise
by Benito Martínez, C.M. | Sep 1, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
My very dear Sister, I entreat Jesus, born into this world and the sole object of our love, to be your strength and consolation at the beginning of this new year. [...] I just now received your dear letter and I am going to repeat what I have already told you...
Get to know Louise through her letters • A Resource
by John Freund, CM | Aug 11, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
It has been over 80 years since Louise's canonization by Pope Pius XII. In this 3 minute 53 second video VinFormation presents a few samples from the letters of St. Louise de Marillac. They show us the connections between St. Louise and her contemporaries, and give us...
August 12: St. Louise’s Birthday
by Famvin Media Resources | Aug 11, 2017 | Formation
A one-minute video presenting some of St. Louise’s thoughts on the theme of humility.
eBook: Louise de Marillac, a Spiritual Woman
by John Freund, CM | Aug 4, 2017 | Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Vincentian Family
VinFormation, the site dedicated to VIncentian charism formation resources, offers a new eBook – Louise de Marillac, A Spiritual Woman
Updating the Vincentian Family • A Weekly Reflection with Louise
by Benito Martínez, C.M. | Jul 14, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
The Procurator General "asked me if we considered ourselves regular or secular. I told him that we aspired only to the latter. He told me that such a thing was without precedent [...]. He said many good things about the Company and added that he did not disapprove of...
Being Grateful • A Weekly Reflection with Louise
by Benito Martínez, C.M. | Jul 7, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Students have finished the course 2016-2017 in Spain, and holidays are starting; it maybe be a good occasion to stop to thank God, the community and all, for the favors that have made us during this course. Saint Louise may serve as an example. “Your grapes are...
The Holy Trinity, the Group Standard • A Weekly Reflection with Louise
by Benito Martínez, C.M. | Jun 30, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
At 59, Saint Louise had the illusion and energy to send Daughters of Charity to the distant Hennebont, in French Brittany. She was afraid that, by living so far from Paris, the community would relax and disappear. In this letter thery are told that only if they live...
For the Feast of Saint Peter, Apostle • A Weekly Reflection with Louise
by Benito Martínez, C.M. | Jun 23, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Saint Louise de Marillac wrote to St. Vincent: "If your Charity heard Our Lord say what He seems to me to have said to you, in the person of Saint Peter, I hope it was that He wanted to build this Company on your Charity" (L. 199). She encouraged the Daughters of...
We Are Living the Times of the Holy Spirit • A Weekly Reflection with Louise
by Benito Martínez, C.M. | Jun 16, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
"Souls that are truly poor and desirous of serving God should place their trust in the coming of the Holy Spirit within them believing that, finding no resistance in them, He will give them the disposition necessary to accomplish the holy will of God which should be...