The Vincentian Family
 

Priest, founder of the Vincentian Fathers
Patron of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Feast Day September 27 Canonized June 16, 1737
Vincent de Paul had a gift for integrating service with a profound prayer life. He found and served God in the poor, the sick and abandoned people in the city and in the countryside. Vincent knew how to draw other people into his projects and made them his co-workers.
About Vincent de Paul

Co-founder of the Daughters of Charity with St. Vincent de Paul.  Proclaimed Patron Saint of all Christian Social Workers by Pope John XXIII   
Feast Day 15th March  Canonised 11th March 1934
Louise de Marillac was a wife, mother, teacher, nurse, social worker and co-founder
About St. Louise de Marillac

Principle Founder of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Feast Day 8th September  Beatified 22nd August, 1997
As a student at the state-run Sorbonne, this brilliant, sensitive young man of modest middle class background was confronted daily by the misery of the working poor of Paris, immortalized in Puccini's La Boheme and Les Miserables. Frederic challenged his friends at the university: "If we are too young to intervene in the social struggle, are we then to remain passive in the middle of a world which is suffering and groaning? No, a preparatory path is open to us. Before doing public good, we can try to do good to a few. Before regenerating France, we can give relief to a few of her poor.
About Frederic Ozanam

The Vincentian Family - Links and Resources

The Vincentian Family is an international family composed of many groups and organisations. Together we are over 6 million people of all ages living in 83 different countries all over the world. We draw our inspiration from the lives and example of Vincentians like St. Vincent, St. Louise, Blessed Frederic Ozanam and the other Vincentian saints.   Find out more by visiting our international website www.famvin.org or The Vincentian Centre 'seeking Vincent's Way for Church and Society'.