TIm Williams has put together a brief history and some photos of this period in the life of Vincent.” in 1638, on the orders of Louis, some Priests of the Congregation of the Mission were part of a group organised by the Tuesday Conferences to give a Mission to the Court at St-Germain-en-Laye, just east of Paris. It was here that the Missioners came in contact with the Court – with Louis XIII and the Queen, Anne of Austria. Louis himself spoke in defence of the preaching of the Missioners as they ‘addressed’ some of the vices of the Courtiers. Thereafter, Vincent often spoke of St-Germain-en-Laye in regard to Missions there, and in referring to both the Ladies of Charity and the Daughters of Charity.
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For the full text see
http://www.vincentians.org.au/vinhergermain.htm
