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May 25, 1802: Blessed Rosalie Rendu Enters the Daughters of Charity in Paris

by Famvin Media Resources | May 26, 2019 | Formation | 0 Comments

Blessed Rosalie Rendu was only 15 years old when she became a Daughter of Charity. For the next 54 years she dedicated herself to serving the poor in the Mouffetard, the most deprived district of Paris.

May 17, 1658: St. Vincent Gives Rules to the Congregation of the Mission

by Famvin Media Resources | May 17, 2019 | Congregation of the Mission, Formation | 0 Comments

The Common Rules and the Constitutions of the Congregation of the Mission were printed in 1658 and Vincent distributed copies to the missionaries at an emotional ceremony on the 17th of May.

St. Louise de Marillac: Organizational Genius

by Famvin Media Resources | May 10, 2019 | Formation | 0 Comments

St. Louise de Marillac was a pioneer social worker, educator, and advocate. Her projects were implemented according to surprisingly modern standards of care and were the basis for other developments in their respective fields.

St. Louise de Marillac: a theology of tenderness

by Famvin Media Resources | May 5, 2019 | Formation | 0 Comments

The greatness of Louise de Marillac can never be understood until this false image of a timid, dour, drab and cheerless woman has been put aside…

July 31, 1809: The Sisters of Charity at Emmitsburg Begin Living Their Rule

by Famvin Media Resources | Jul 31, 2020 | Formation

The Sisters, family members, and students moved into the four-room, two-story stone farmhouse and began living their Provisional Rule on 31 July 1809, which is considered the founding of the Sisters of Charity.

Devotion to St. Justin de Jacobis in Eritrea and Ethiopia

by Famvin Media Resources | Jul 26, 2020 | Congregation of the Mission, Formation

St. Justin de Jacobis, C.M. (feast day: July 30) faced and overcame many challenges and hardships. His humility, goodness, and charity inspired vocations to the priesthood and converted many others in 19th century Abyssinia.