Vincent de Paul: Charity's Saint

St. Vincent de Paul (24 April 1581 – 27 September 1660) was a priest of the Catholic Church who dedicated himself to serving the poor. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. He was canonized in 1737. De Paul was renowned for his compassion, humility, and generosity and is known as the "Great Apostle of Charity".

really inspiring, "what must be done?" waooo...

I just watched this today, the 27th of September, as a way to celebrate the feast. I thoroughly enjoyed this film. So well made, so engaging, it felt like a mini-retreat for me, making "what must be done" a mantra not soon to be forgotten. Thanks to all involved. Jim Claffey

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St. Vincent de Paul was the only organization that helped me when I had nothing. I reached out to many churches and I thank God for them everyday. I then went thru the most intense spiritual awakening. They were again the only ones that helped me. I am so so thankful. God bless

St Vincent de Paul is my patron saint of Confirmation. I'm being called to serve the poor - this video just confirmed this calling. I feel such a connection to him - there are many similarities between he and I. Thank you for sharing for sharing this wonderfully produced video. God bless.

Saint vincent of Paul is an angel sent by God to teach men how to be humanitarian.

Beautiful. St Vincent de Paul Pray for my special intention

When I grow upp my father worked for Vincent de Paul Charity work. Lot of people got help.

from "To Save a Thousand Souls" by Fr. Brett Brannen
Tell You, I Do Not Know You! St. Vincent de Paul was born of peasant parents in a little village near Dax, France with three brothers and two sisters. His father could see that he was both pious and intelligent and he made many sacrifices to send him to school to become a priest. In that day, the life of a priest was a very privileged life. St. Vincent was sent to Paris to study for the priesthood and he had been there for a few years, very much enjoying everything about it. One day, his father arrived unexpectedly. He had walked all the way from Dax (two hours by bus, even today). He had come to visit his son, and he was hungry and exhausted, his ordinary peasant clothing covered with the dust of travel. Another seminarian answered the door and could not believe that this dirty peasant was Vincent’s father. He went up to St. Vincent’s room and said, “There is a peasant at the door who says that he is your father. But that cannot be true. Is it?” St. Vincent was enamored by education, prestige and fine dress, so when he saw how dirty and poorly clad his father was, he said, “I do not know him.” To his own father, who had made so many sacrifices for him, who loved him so much and had walked that great distance to see him, St. Vincent said, “I do not know him.” His poor father was devastated and walked away sadly. St. Vincent was ordained a priest at the extraordinary age of twenty and soon after, he entered a crisis of faith. He admits that, in his early years, his ambition was to be comfortably well-off, which he achieved. He was chaplain to Queen Margaret of Valois and received the income of a small abbey. One day, he was celebrating holy Mass and when he lifted up the chalice, he heard a voice very clearly say, “I tell you, I do not know you.” His crisis of faith no doubt stemmed from his treatment of his father and this experience at Mass but mostly it was caused by the way he was living his priesthood. He had been studying to become an ecclesiastic, not a priest of Jesus Christ. He did not know the voice of Christ and he was not listening for it, as there were so many other voices speaking loudly. He was empty and depressed. As he later acknowledged, nothing is worse than a priest who knows his theology but does not know Jesus. During this crisis of faith, St. Vincent de Paul disappeared for three years. He suffered greatly during that time, and when he returned to Paris, he was a different priest. He immediately traveled to Dax to ask his father’s forgiveness for denying him. He began to live his entire life in service to the poor, no longer as an ecclesiastic. St. Vincent de Paul later did great work in the formation of seminaries. He wrote: “There is nothing more perfect than the formation of a good priest.” I think one of the reasons St. Vincent focused on priestly formation was because initially he was not formed into a good priest. He had never learned to hear the voice of Jesus, until he heard those horrible words that day at Mass, “I tell you, I do not know you.” Learning to recognize the voice of God is not an optional exercise for a priest.

Happy Feast 27th Sept

❤ thank you dear Jesus for Saint Vincent de Paul helping people

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It is so anointing, I watched it as part of St.Vincent De Paul's feast

St Vincent de Paul pray for me that i may find a better safer place to live
Please intercede for me ,my needs 🙏