Through the research of Sister Joan E. Cook, SC we can acknowledge and better appreciate St. Elizabeth Seton’s great closeness to the Bible.
Vincentian Family Saints
September 11: St. John Gabriel Perboyre, C.M. – Early Years, Influence of Family and Friends
See a presentation that shows how Saint John Gabriel Perboyre was formed and influenced by his family and the people around him, and take a video tour of Perboyre’s birthplace in France, featuring interviews with the descendants of his family.
Devotion to St. Justin de Jacobis in Eritrea and Ethiopia
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.
July 9: Feast of St. Francis Regis Clet, C.M.
July 9 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.
Feast Day of St. Joan Antida Thouret (May 23)
Presentation on the life of St. Joan Antida Thouret.
The Gifts of Louise de Marillac
Louise de Marillac was a woman of many gifts. She learned to wait patiently to discover God’s will and then she did it.
Louise de Marillac: The “Gentle Power” of Liberation
St. Louise de Marillac prayed for “gentle power,” the ability to see Christ in all people and to use an infinite love for them to fulfill their needs.
St. Louise de Marillac: Organizational Genius
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’s Trinitarian Faith
Louise’s spirituality was not some doctrine but involved clothing herself in the Spirit of Jesus Christ.
St. Agostina Pietrantoni: Seeing God in the Suffering Faces of the Sick
Learn about the life of St. Agostina Pietrantoni, Sister of Charity of St. Jeanne Antida Thouret and patron saint of nurses, whose feast day is November 13.
Feast of St. John Gabriel Perboyre, C.M.
Watch a video about St. John Gabriel Perboyre (Feast: September 11).
St. John Gabriel Perboyre and the message of the Cross
In the crucifix St. John Gabriel Perboyre contemplated the greatest mystery of love.
