St. Vincent de Paul

On that day in May of 1629, neither Vincent nor Louise was aware of just how far that journey of service leadership would take her nor of its ramifications for the Church and for the service of generations of persons in need.

Mission Sunday theme – “Baptized and Sent: The Church of Christ on Mission in the World.” certainly has strong echos of the Vincentian call to walk in the footsteps of Christ the Evangelizer of the Poor!

If our vocation consists of following Jesus Christ then it is in our total willingness to serve the poor that we find our perfection. Excerpt From: Various authors. “Vincent de Paul and the Spirit of Service.”

SlideShare presentation: by the time of the founding of the Congregation of the Mission, St. Vincent was a completely free man, fully given over to the will of God.