The twelve days beginning November 27 through December 8 are significant days for the Vincentian Family… November

• 27 – Feast of the Miraculous Medal Official site
• 28 – Feast of St. Catherine Labouré
• 29 – Foundation of the Company of the Daughters of Charity, 1633

December 8 marks not only the Feast of the Immaculate Conception but also

• the canonical establishment of the Confraternity of Charity- 1617;
• the day on which the first group of the Ladies of Charity in the United States begins at St. Vincent’s Church in St. Louis – 1857
• one of the four major feasts chosen by the Society of St. Vincent DePaul in 1834
• the day on which many groups of the Sisters of Charity Federation renew their vows.