June 26 is the feast day of five Daughters of Charity who were guillotined by the French revolutionary government.
martyrs
July 9: Feast of St. Francis Regis Clet, C.M.
Videos narrated in English and Mandarin on the life of St. Francis Regis Clet.
Sr. Louise Lears, SC visits El Salvador martyr site
Sr. Louise Lears doesn't know what she will experience in El Salvador — but she knows it will change her. She is part...
The four who remained behind
There were four Sisters who remained behind to work in the House of Charity during the French Revolution. They paid with their lives. They represent an earlier version of a story celebrated in the powerful film "Of Gods and Men" and the 7 Trappist monks who stayed...
Vincent and Louise on varieties of martyrdom
FamVin is happy to present this translation into English of an article on martyrdom by Corpus Juan Delgado, CM. It looks at the concept of martyrdom as it appears in the writings of Vincent de Paul and Louise de Marillac. The concept is examined from the...
