The story of the apostle of the poor of France of the sixteenth century

1. SAINT VINCENT de PAUL

2. "The Lord has
sent me to
announce the
Good news
to the poor, to
release captives,
to give sight
to the blind, and
freedom to the
oppressed".
Luke 4:18:

3. He created the Conferences of Charity (today called AIC) in 1617, also founded the
Congregation of the Mission, also called Paulines, Lazarists or Vincentian Missionaries
(1625) and, together with Luisa de Marillac, of the Daughters of Charity (1633)

4. Main dates of his life
1581: Vincent de Paul is born in Pouy, near Dax, in the French department of Landes. He is the third son of the Paúl-
Moras family.
1595: Vincent leaves Pouy to go to Dax, where he will live in the house of the Lord of Comet, a lawyer in Dax and a
judge in Pouy. He studies at the Franciscan school.
1596: Vicente begins his theological studies in Zaragoza and Toulouse.
1600: On September 23, he receives priestly ordination at Chateau-l'Evêque, says his first mass at Buzet, and is
appointed parish priest of Tilh.
1610: Vincent de Paul becomes part of the group of mendicants at the Court of Margaret of Valois.
1612: On May 2 he takes possession of the parish of Clichy.
1613: He enters as tutor in the illustrious family of the Gondi.
1617: Twice in Gannes and in Chatillon-les-Dombes, Vincent finds himself in spiritual and material poverty and
decides to change his life to favour the poor.
1619: On February 8, Vicente receives the appointment of Royal Chaplain of Las Galeras. (slave prisoners)
1620: The rural Missions and the Brotherhoods of Charity multiply.
1623: On the occasion of a preached mission in the galleys moored in Bordeaux, Vincent returns for the last time to
his native land.
1625: On April 17, Vincent signs the contract founding the Congregation of the Mission.
1628: In Beauvais Vincent preaches spiritual exercises to those ordained, as a result of which he actively dedicates
himself to the formation of the clergy.
1633: On November 29, Vincent de Paul and Luisa de Marillac founded the Company of the Daughters of Charity,
servants of the poor sick.The Tuesday Conferences, organized by Vincent de Paul, regularly bring together the most
prominent members of the clergy of that time.
1638: Vincent de Paul takes charge of the Foundlings' Work.
1639: He sends the Daughters of Charity to the Angers Hospital and organizes aid for the war-torn Lorraine region.
1640: Vincent de Paul intercedes before Cardinal Richelieu, in favor of peace.
1643: Vicente receives the appointment as a member of the Council of Conscience. He assisted King Louis XIII in his
last moments.
1646: Missionaries, Priests of the mission, are established in Tunis and Algiers to rescue Christian slaves.
1648: Vincent de Paul sends his first missionaries to Madagascar.
1649: he undertakes urgent negotiations with Queen Anne of Austria and with Mazarin in favor of peace.
1651: Vincent de Paul directs aid to the regions of Picardy, Champagne and Ile-de-France, devastated by war.
1660: On March 15, Louise de Marillac dies. On September 27, at dawn, Vincent de Paul dies.

5. 1580 Born into a peasant family, Born to Juan de Paúl and
Beltranda de Moras, originally from Tamarite de Litera. As a boy
Vincent had to work as a shepherd of sheep and pigs

6. 1595 –
He studied
humanities
at Dax
with the
Ropemakers,
(Cordeleros)

7. 1596 Study
Theology, in
Zaragoza and
Toulouse,
where he
graduated

8. He was ordained a priest on 23 September 1600
and remained in or near Toulouse working as
a tutor while continuing his own studies.

9. In 1605, he returned to Marseilles, where he had gone to claim
an inheritance, but he was taken prisoner by Turkish pirates, who
took him to Tunisia. He was sold as a slave, but escaped in 1607
with his owner, a renegade whom he had converted.

10. On returning to France, he went to Avignon to see the papal vice-
legate, whom he followed to Rome to continue his studies.

11. He was sent back to France
in 1609, on a secret mission
to Henry IV;
he was appointed chaplain to
Queen Margaret of Valois,
and was offered
the little abbey of
Saint-Léonard-de-Chaume.

12. 1612 At the request of M. de Bérulle, founder of the
Oratory, he took charge of the parish of Clichy, near Paris,

13. 1613 entered the service of the Gondi, an illustrious French family, to educate the children
of Philippe-Emmanuel de Gondi. He was the spiritual director of Mrs. de Gondi.

14. 1620 With the help of the Gondi family,
he began to found missions on his lands;

15. but to avoid their
lavish appreciation,
he left the Gondis and,
with the approval of
the lord of Bérulle,
he was appointed
curate of Chatillon-les-
Dombes (Bresse),
where he converted
several Protestants
and he founded the
first charitable
brotherhood for
assistance of the poor.

16. various renowned priests from
Paris, joined him. In almost all
these missions a charitable
brotherhood was founded
for the assistance of the poor;
for example Joigny, Châlons,
Mâcon and Trévoux. These
lasted until the Revolution.

17. 1619 -Vincent's attention turned to those
condemned to the galleys, who were subject to the
lord of Gondi as general of the French galleys.

18. 1620 - Later on he
extended the missions
to the sick and poor,
to abandoned
children, wounded
soldiers, slaves,
homeless old people,
beggars, war refugees
or natives

19. Vincent bought
a house and
established a
hospital in it.
Shortly after,
Louis XIII named him
royal chaplain of the
galleys, a title that
Vincent took
advantage of,
to visit the galleys
of Marseille, and
Bordeaux, and
founded missions
there.

20. 1625 - Encouraged by Mrs. de Gondi, he founded
his religious institute of priests dedicated to the
evangelization of the people: the Society of the Mission

21. In 1633, together with
Luisa de Marillac, he
founded the Company
of the Daughters of
Charity. DuringIn her
lifetime, more than
60 houses were built
between France and
Poland. It spread not
only to France and
Poland, but also to
Italy, Ireland,
Scotland, Tunisia
Madagascar, and
Algeria

22. Diocesan Seminaries.
Since the Council of Trent
the bishops had been striving
to found seminaries for
training priests, but these
seminaries encountered many
obstacles, especially the
religious wars. Of the twenty
founded, in 1625 barely
ten survived.

23. Vincent undertook at Beauvais (September 1628) the first of these retreats for future priests.
…At first they lasted only ten days, but by gradually extending them to 15 or 20 days, then to
one, two or three months before each order, the bishops managed to prolong the period
of stay of two or three years between philosophy and access to the priesthood

24. in 1638 he commissioned his priests to preach to the pastors of
Campania, to offer in Rome and Genoa the exercises for ordinands and
to establish missions in Savoy and Piedmont. He sent others to Ireland,
Scotland, the Hebrides, Poland, and Madagascar (1648-60).

25. by 1635 he had established a seminary at the Collège des Bons-Enfants. Aided by
Richelieu, who gave him a thousand crowns, he only admitted ecclesiastics who
studied theology (major seminary), simultaneously founding a minor seminary
called San Carlos for priests who studied the humanities (1642).

26. By the time of his
death he was
director of
eleven seminars.
Before the
Revolution his
congregation
directed fifty-three
major and nine
minor seminaries,
that is, a third of
all in France

27. Since 1633
Saint Vincent
held a conference
every Tuesday
at Saint-Lazare,
in which all the
priests wishing
discuss the virtues
and functions of the
priesthood were
invited.

28. St. Vincent instituted at St.-Lazare open retreats for laity and priests. It is
estimated that in the last twenty years of Saint Vincent's life, more than
eight hundred people a year regularly attended, more than 20,000

29. Vincent found valuable
help in Miss Legras in
recruiting, training and
direction of the servants
of the poor.
When the numbers
increased, she grouped
them into a community
under her direction,
He would give them
a weekly lecture.

30. Ladies of Charity – Founded in 1634.
Under this name some pious women who
were determined to care for the poor
sick. They would meet at the Hôtel-Dieu,
up to a 20 thousand or 25 thousand per
year; They also visited prisons.

31. Among them were up to 200 ladies of the highest rank. Having drawn up his rule,
St. Vincent supported and encouraged his charitable zeal. Thanks to them, he was
able to collect the enormous sums that they distributed in aid of all the unfortunates

32. The Ladies of Charity began by acquiring a group of twelve children, whothey were
installed in a special house entrusted to the Daughters of Charity and four nurses.
Thus, years later, the number of children reached the amount of 4 thousand

33. 1646 - Slaves of Barbera - There were between 25,000 and 30,000 of these unfortunates
distributed mainly between Tunis, Algiers and Bizerte. Christians for the most part, they
had been taken from their families by Turkish corsairs. They were treated as true beasts
of burden, condemned to terrible jobs, without any physical or spiritual care.

34. With the help of a generous stranger, Vicente founded the
Hospice of the Name of Jesus, where forty old men and
women found a suitable shelter and work for themselves.

35. He gave shelter during his time up to 40 thousand
poor in an asylum where they could find useful work.

36. In response to the request of St. Vincent, contributions poured in.
The King ceded the land of the Salpétrière for the construction of the
hospital, with capitalof 50 thousand pounds and an endowment of 3
thousand. Cardinal Mazarin sent 100 thousand pounds; the president
of Lamoignon, 20 thousand crowns; Mrs. de Bullion, £60,000.

37. Saint Vincent commissioned the
task to the Daughters of Charity.

38. His charity reached all the provinces devastated by misery.
During the French period of the Thirty Years' War, Lorraine, Trois-
Évêchés, Franche-Comté and Champagne suffered for almost a
quarter of a century all the horrors and scourges of war.

39. he decided to print and divulge the accounts that were sent to him from those desolate
districts; this was very successful, publishing a newspaper called "Le magasin charitable".
Vincent took advantage of it to found the “potages économiques” in the ruined provinces,
a tradition that remains in our modern economic kitchens

40. He supported the
foundation of
congregations that
took charge of
burying the dead
and removing
refuge, a
permanent cause
of plagues.
They were often led
by missionaries and
Sisters of charity

41. he turned his
attention and
alms to the
Irish and
English
Catholics
who had been
expelled
from their
homelands

42. Cardinal
Richelieu would
received him and
listened favorably
to his requests;
he helped him in
his first seminary
foundations and
established a
house for his
missionaries

43. He only went to Court out of necessity, wearing
simple attire. He used his influence only for the
welfare of the poor and in the interest of the Church

44. Saint Vincent then redoubled his efforts
to alleviate the evils of the war in Paris.
His charity helped 15,000 or 16,000
refugees daily; In the parish of San Pablo
alone, the Sisters of Charity offered soup
daily to 500 poor people, apart from
caring for 60 to 80 sick people

45. The fight against heretics. - When Jansen’s “Augustinus” and
Arnauld's “Frequent Communion” revealed the true ideas and
opinions of the sect, Vincent prepared to reply; he persuaded the
bishop of Lavaur, Abra de Raconis, to write condemning them.

46. Not only did he lead the
Sisters of the Visitation,
founded by Francis de Sales,
for a long time, but he also
received the Religious of the
Blessed Sacrament in Paris,
supported the Daughters of
the Cross (whose goal was
to educate peasant girls )
and encouraged the
reformation of the
Benedictines, the
Cistercians, the Antonians,
the Augustinians, the
Premonstratensians, and
the Congregation of
Grandmont

47. He died in Paris on September 27, 1660

48. On August 13, 1729 he was beatified by Benedict XIII,
and canonized by Clement XII on June 16, 1737. In 1885
Leo XIII named him patron saint of the Sisters of Charity.

49. Vincent de Paul wrote a large number of letters, estimated at no less
than 30,000 - of which only ten percent survive. He gave frequent
conferences to the Congregation of the Mission and to the Sisters.

50. “The poor are
our lords and
teachers,
teachers of life
and thought.
With them,
intelligence is
clarified, thought
is rectified, action
is adjusted, life is
modeled from
inside”

51. LIST OF PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH
Revised 20-9-2022
Advent and Christmas – time of hope and peace
All Souls Day
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – In the Light of the Word
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – The Experiences and Challenges of Families
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 - Looking to Jesus, the Vocation of the Family
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - Love in Marriage
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Love made Fruitfuol
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Some Pastoral Perspectives
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Towards a better education of children
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Accompanying, discerning and integrating weaknwss
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – The Spirituality of Marriage and the Family
Beloved Amazon 1ª – A Social Dream
Beloved Amazon 2 - A Cultural Dream
Beloved Amazon 3 – An Ecological Dream
Beloved Amazon 4 - An Ecclesiastical Dream
Carnival
Conscience
Christ is Alive
Fatima, History of the Apparitiions
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – Church and Family today
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - God’s plan for the family
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – family as a Community
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – serving life and education
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – mission of the family in society
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - Family in the Church
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Football in Spain
Freedom
Grace and Justification
Haurietis aquas – devotion to the Sacred Heart by Pius XII
Holidays and Holy Days
Holy Spirit
Holy Week – drawings for children
Holy Week – glmjpses of the last hours of JC
Human Community
Inauguration of President Donald Trump
Juno explores Jupiter
Kingdom of Christ
Laudato si 1 – care for the common home
Laudato si 2 – Gospel of creation
Laudato si 3 – Human roots of the ecological crisis
Laudato si 4 – integral ecology
Laudato si 5 – lines of approach and action
Laudato si 6 – Education y Ecological Spirituality
Life in Christ
Love and Marriage 12,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Lumen Fidei – ch 1,2,3,4
Mary – Doctrine and dogmas
Mary in the bible
Martyrs of Korea
Martyrs of North America and Canada
Medjugore Santuario Mariano
Merit and Holiness
Misericordiae Vultus in English
Moral Law
Morality of Human Acts
Passions
Pope Franciss in Thailand
Pope Francis in Japan
Pope Francis in Sweden
Pope Francis in Hungary, Slovaquia
Pope Francis in America
Pope Francis in the WYD in Poland 2016
Passions
Querida Amazonia
Resurrection of Jesus Christ –according to the Gospels
Russian Revolution and Communismo 3 civil war 1918.1921
Russian Revolution and Communism 1
Russian Revolution and Communismo 2
Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr
Saint Albert the Great
Saint Anthony of Padua
Saint Francis de Sales
Saint Francis of Assisi
Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Saint James, apostle
Saint John N. Neumann, bishop of Philadelphia
Saint Joseph
Saint Maria Goretti
Saint Mary Magdalen
Saint Mark, evangelist
Saint Martha, Mary and Lazarus
Saint Martin of Tours
Sain Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Saint Mother Theresa of Calcutta
Saints Nazario and Celso
Saint John Chrysostom
Saint Jean Baptiste MarieaVianney, Curé of Ars
Saint John N. Neumann, bishop of Philadelphia
Saint John of the Cross
Saint Mother Teresa of Calcuta
Saint Patrick and Ireland
Saing Peter Claver
Saint Robert Bellarmine
Saints Zachary and Elizabeth, parents of John Baptis
Signs of hope
Sunday – day of the Lord
Thanksgiving – History and Customs
The Body, the cult – (Eucharist)
The Chursh, Mother and Teacher
Valentine
Vocation to Beatitude
Virgin of Guadalupe – Apparitions
Virgin of the Pillar and Hispaniic feast day
Virgin of Sheshan, China
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WMoFamilies Rome 2022 – festval of families
Way of the Cross – drawings for children
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52. LISTA DE PRESENTACIONES EN ESPAÑOL
Revisado 27-6-2022
Abuelos
Adviento y Navidad, tiempo de esperanza
Amor y Matrimonio 1 - 9
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – A la luz de la Palabre
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – Realidad y Desafíos de las Familias
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 La mirada puesta en Jesús: Vocación de la Familia
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - El Amor en el Matrimonio
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Amor que se vuelve fecundo
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Algunas Perspectivas Pastorales
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Fortalecer la educacion de los hijos
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Acompañar, discernir e integrar la fragilidad
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – Espiritualidad Matrimonial y Familiar
Carnaval
Conciencia
Cristo Vive
Dia de todos los difuntos
Domingo – día del Señor
El camino de la cruz de JC en dibujos para niños
El Cuerpo, el culto – (eucarisía)
Encuentro Mundial de Familias Roma 2022 – festival de las familias
Espíritu Santo
Fatima – Historia de las apariciones
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – iglesia y familia hoy
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - el plan de Dios para la familia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – familia como comunidad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – servicio a la vida y educación
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – misión de la familia en la sociedad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - participación de la familia en la iglesia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Fátima – Historia de las Apariciones de la Virgen
Feria de Sevilla
Haurietis aquas – el culto al Sagrado Corazón
Hermandades y cofradías
Hispanidad
La Iglesia, Madre y Maestra
La Comunidad Humana
La Vida en Cristo
Laudato si 1 – cuidado del hogar común
Laudato si 2 – evangelio de creación
Laudato si 3 – La raíz de la crisis ecológica
Laudato si 4 – ecología integral
Laudato si 5 – líneas de acción
Laudato si 6 – Educación y Espiritualidad Ecológica
Ley Moral
Libertad
Lumen Fidei – cap 1,2,3,4
María y la Biblia
Martires de Corea
Martires de Nor America y Canada
Medjugore peregrinación
Misericordiae Vultus en Español
Moralidad de actos humanos
Papa Francisco en Bulgaria
Papa Francisco en Rumania
Papa Francisco en Marruecos
Papa Francisco en México
Papa Francisco – mensaje para la Jornada Mundial Juventud 2016
Papa Francisco – visita a Chile
Papa Francisco – visita a Perú
Papa Francisco en Colombia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Cuba
Papa Francisco en Fátima
Papa Francisco en la JMJ 2016 – Polonia
Papa Francisco en Hugaría e Eslovaquia
Queridas Amazoznia 1,2,3,4
El Reino de Cristo
Resurrección de Jesucristo – según los Evangelios
Revolución Rusa y Comunismo 1, 2, 3
Santa Agata, virgen y martir
San Alberto Magno
San Antonio de Padua
San Francisco de Asis 1,2,3,4
San Francisco de Sales
Santa Maria Goretti
Santa María Magdalena
San Marco, evangelista
San Ignacio de Loyola
San José, obrero, marido, padre
San Juan Ma Vianney, Curé de’Ars
San Juan Crisostom
San Juan de la Cruz
San Juan N. Neumann, obispo de Philadelphia
San Mateo, Apóstol y Evangelista
San Martin de Tours
San Mateo, Apostol y Evangelista
San Maximiliano Kolbe
Santa Teresa de Calcuta
Santos Marta, Maria, y Lazaro
San Nazario e Celso
San Padre Pio de Pietralcina
San Patricio e Irlanda
San Pedro Claver
San Roberto Belarmino
Santiago Apóstol
Santos Zacarias e Isabel, padres de Juan Bautista
Semana santa – Vistas de las últimas horas de JC
Vacaciones Cristianas
Valentín
Vida en Cristo
Virgen de Guadalupe, Mexico
Virgen de Pilar – fiesta de la hispanidad
Virgen de Sheshan, China
Virtud
Vocación a la bienaventuranza
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Vocación a evangelizar
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