Historic encounter in Rome

An Historic Encounter: the Commissions of the Vincentian Family Meet in Rome Giuseppe Turati, CM, Secretary General of the CM. offers the following report via FamVin. “An historic encounter:” that’s what it was called by Joe Agostino C.M. (the Vincentian Family Office...

And so it began 400 years ago

And so it began… Aidan R Rooney CM reminds us on Facebook ” One day in January 1617, we find Vincent accompanying Mme de Gondi to her castle in Folleville, in Picardy. From nearby Gannes, two leagues away, came the news that a dying peasant wished to see...

Vincent’s Heart on pilgrimage to the peripheries

PILGRIMAGE OF THE RELIC OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL’S HEART Given its status as a relic, Saint Vincent de Paul’s heart was removed immediately after his death. The Duchess d’Aiguillon offered a silver reliquary for it, which then was placed carefully in a cabinet. When...