by Communication Cont | Oct 2, 2020 | Vincentian Saints
A short sentence in the book of Ecclesiastes (Qoheleth) (4:12), taken by Francis Regis Clet to encourage his missionary confreres to a profound experience of fraternity and as a support in their mission, can also be used as a synthesis of his life: A three-ply cord is... by Communication Cont | Oct 2, 2020 | Vincentian Saints
Pier Giorgio Frassati was a young a member of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul. He died at the age of 24 having contracted a serious illness while serving poor persons. 1901, 6 April Born Turin 1918 joined the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul 1922 relinquished...
by Communication Cont | Oct 2, 2020 | Vincentian Saints
Sister Marta Wiecka was only thirty years old when she died. But in that short time she achieved great sanctity. Her whole life as a Daughter of Charity was dedicated to God, serving the sick and suffering, in a Vincentian spirit of humility, simplicity and charity....
by Communication Cont | Oct 2, 2020 | Vincentian Saints
Jeanne- Marie Rendu (Sister Rosalie), daughter of Antoine Rendu and Marie-Anne Laracine, was born 9 September 1786 at Confort, in the district of Gex in the Jura Mountains of southeastern France near the Swiss border. She lived her whole life as a Daughter of Charity,...
by Communication Cont | Oct 2, 2020 | Vincentian Saints
Charity was the rule of her life, her thoughts, words and actions. She lived in humility, plunging herself in the love of Christ and penetrating the mystery : charity to the poor is an act of love of the Lord. 1863, 18 November birth 1884 entrance into the Daughters...
by CM Communications | Sep 10, 2020 | News, Spirituality, Vincentian Saints
In his native village as well as in the Seminary at Montauban, in fact from the time of infancy his colleagues and peers called him le petit saint. We are not dealing with some form of traditional rose colored, syrupy literature that presents the saints without any...
