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Vincent De Paul, A Reformer?, John E. Rybolt
Vincent De Paul, A Reformer?, John E. Rybolt
Vincentian Studies
The article summarizes Vincent de Paul’s efforts for church reform and questions whether he was part of Madame Acarie's influential salons that addressed this concern. He served on the queen's Council of Conscience, which sought to limit the distribution of Church offices to unqualified people seeking financial gain. On behalf of the queen, Vincent identified suitable priests to work in the diocese of Metz, where he gave a mission that helped restore the people's morals and religious practices. At the Holy See's request, he investigated violations of religious rules among nuns and helped reform religious orders of both men and …
Vincentian Formation In Africa For Missionary Preaching In The Footsteps Of Saint Vincent De Paul, Linus Umoren C.M.
Vincentian Formation In Africa For Missionary Preaching In The Footsteps Of Saint Vincent De Paul, Linus Umoren C.M.
Vincentian Studies
Vincent de Paul was deeply concerned with the proper preparation of the clergy so that the poor could be evangelized. Linus Umoren outlines Vincent's method of preaching and the challenges the Church faced in reforming the clergy during the Counter-Reformation. Many of today’s new priests, including Vincentians, are coming from Africa. It is therefore necessary to develop a formation program that is uniquely suited to the African cultural context. Because of colonialism, the Church in Africa still needs to develop its own theological perspective instead of the one that had been brought to it by Europeans. It also faces several …
“So That They May Be Able To Live And Die As Good Christians”: The Early History Of The Nom De Jésus Hospital In Catholic Reformation Paris, Alison Forrestal Ph.D.
“So That They May Be Able To Live And Die As Good Christians”: The Early History Of The Nom De Jésus Hospital In Catholic Reformation Paris, Alison Forrestal Ph.D.
Vincentian Studies
The Hôpital de Nom de Jésus was an important establishment associated with Louise de Marillac, Vincent de Paul, and their communities. The Daughters of Charity were responsible for staffing this hospital beginning in1653, and it survived until the mid-eighteenth century. However, scholars have not had any records of it to study until now. Here, Alison Forrestal presents the Rule of Nom de Jésus, with an English translation, “offering a commentary on its historical context and its composition.” The Rule gives scholars insight into how the hospital developed and shows concern for the corporal and spiritual well-being of those it served. …
Pa, Ma, And Fa: Private Lives Of Nineteenth-Century American Vincentians, John E. Rybolt C.M., Ph.D.
Pa, Ma, And Fa: Private Lives Of Nineteenth-Century American Vincentians, John E. Rybolt C.M., Ph.D.
Vincentian Studies
John Rybolt summarizes the correspondence written by nine Vincentians to members of the prominent Willcox family of Ivy Mills, Pennsylvania. As Rybolt explains, “These letters offer probably the only surviving glimpse of the private lives and thoughts of American Vincentians in the mid-nineteenth century.” The Vincentians and the Willcoxes were close: the Vincentians called their main correspondent, Mary Willcox, Ma and her husband Pa. One of the Vincentians referred to himself as Fa. The priests helped Ma with her spiritual development, and she and her family were surrogates for the families the Vincentians had left behind in Europe. All the …
Elizabeth Ann Seton’S Vision Of Ecological Community. Based On Elizabeth Bayley Seton: Collected Writings, Volume Two, Sung-Hae Kim S.C.
Elizabeth Ann Seton’S Vision Of Ecological Community. Based On Elizabeth Bayley Seton: Collected Writings, Volume Two, Sung-Hae Kim S.C.
Vincentian Studies
This article is a companion to “The Ecological Spirituality of Elizabeth Ann Seton,” which appeared in Vincentian Heritage 32:2 (2015). Using extensive quotations from Elizabeth’s letters, Sung-Hae Kim explores how she practiced ecological principles in her relationships with family, friends, and members of her religious community. Elizabeth’s relationships with her students, parents of students, other benefactors, and church leaders are also discussed. Ecological principles include mutual aid, self-governance, harmony, and balance. Elizabeth used these and others to form interconnected ecological communities. The concept of ecological community is defined, drawing from the work of the philosophers Peter Kropotkin, Henry David Thoreau, …
Saint Vincent’S Daily Prayers, And The Development Of Common Daily Prayers In The Congregation Of The Mission, John E. Rybolt C.M., Ph.D.
Saint Vincent’S Daily Prayers, And The Development Of Common Daily Prayers In The Congregation Of The Mission, John E. Rybolt C.M., Ph.D.
Vincentian Studies
After the general assembly of 1963, the Congregation “mov[ed] from the daily recitation of vocal prayers in a formulary of prayers to the recitation of the liturgical offices of Lauds in the morning and Vespers or Compline in Latin in the evening.” John Rybolt traces the sources, development, and content of the traditional vocal prayers as far as the evidence at the time of this article would allow. These sources are the Primitive Common Rules, the Common Rules of 1658, Vincent de Paul’s writings (particularly a letter to Jane Frances de Chantal), two of the Congregation’s catechisms from …
Saint Louise De Marillac's Uncle: Louis Xiii's Garde Des Sceaux, Michel De Marillac (1560–1632), Donald A. Bailey Ph.D.
Saint Louise De Marillac's Uncle: Louis Xiii's Garde Des Sceaux, Michel De Marillac (1560–1632), Donald A. Bailey Ph.D.
Vincentian Studies
The life and career of Michel de Marillac is described, including his vast experience in government, his intellectual contributions, his spiritual life and practice, and his activities on behalf of Catholicism in France. He was particularly instrumental in establishing the Teresian Carmelites in his country, along with the Ursulines and the Oratorians. His political and religious service was the continuation of a long family tradition. Although we cannot know much about the specifics of his relationship with his ward, Louise de Marillac, this article gives greater understanding about their family.
What Would Ozanam Do?, David L. Gregory
What Would Ozanam Do?, David L. Gregory
Vincentian Studies
For Frédéric Ozanam, prayer and action were deeply intertwined. David Gregory speculates about what Ozanam would do to address the plight of impoverished workers. Ozanam’s influence can be seen in the first great encyclical on labor, Rerum Novarum, and his idea of the natural salary was a forerunner of the concept of the living wage. If he were alive in our time, he would be working toward that goal and toward universal health care without funding for abortion. Most of all, he would be praying.
Toward A Vincentian Culture In Higher Education, Margaret J. Kelly D.C.
Toward A Vincentian Culture In Higher Education, Margaret J. Kelly D.C.
Vincentian Studies
According to Margaret Kelly, culture is “the way a group of individuals, a corporate body, or an institution values and behaves.” Universities must ask whether their actions follow Vincent de Paul’s example and must pass on their Vincentian culture to their faculty, staff, and students. Kelly summarizes the elements of this culture as the leaders of different Vincentian schools see them. She writes, “At the core of Vincentian culture are beliefs about God, the dignity of the human person, the humanizing effect of education, the advancement of the common good, the value of direct experience with poor people, the creation …
Vincent De Paul And Jean-Jacques Olier: Unlikely Friends, Robert P. Maloney C.M.
Vincent De Paul And Jean-Jacques Olier: Unlikely Friends, Robert P. Maloney C.M.
Vincentian Studies
Robert Maloney traces the friendship of Vincent de Paul and Jean-Jacques Olier and summarizes some essential similarities and differences between them. Vincent was briefly Olier’s spiritual director and helped him persevere in his vocation. They highly regarded one another and collaborated. However, Olier was “one of the purest examples” of the French school of spirituality; Vincent was not of that school, although it influenced him. Both were Christocentric, but Vincent saw Christ in poor persons where Olier focused on the Holy Spirit. Both were concerned with following providence, but for Olier “providence” was interchangeable with “the Spirit” and it was …
Many Strokes Of The Lash: André Duval, Tim Williams C.M.
Many Strokes Of The Lash: André Duval, Tim Williams C.M.
Vincentian Studies
Vincent de Paul held Andre Duval in high esteem as a holy man. Duval helped him see that starting the Congregation was God’s will. Vincent often consulted him, so much so that Duval “became a sort of theologian and canonist” for the Congregation. His life, career, and relationships with Pierre de Berulle and Vincent are treated here. Duval taught theology at the Sorbonne and was influential in the establishment of the Reformed Carmelites and in the reform of many other religious orders and institutes. His views on papal authority came to be known as Duvalism and were well received. He …
Handing On The Charism: Reporting On An Oral History Project, Kathleen Flanagan S.C., Mary Ellen Gleason S.C., Carole Garibaldi Rogers
Handing On The Charism: Reporting On An Oral History Project, Kathleen Flanagan S.C., Mary Ellen Gleason S.C., Carole Garibaldi Rogers
Vincentian Studies
“Handing on the Charism,” part of a larger oral history project, was a series of interviews conducted in 2002 and 2003 among the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth, their associates, and other women the Sisters helped or influenced. The article gives this New Jersey community’s history, explains the project’s methodology, and provides long excerpts from the interview transcripts. It provides conclusions about how the Sisters’ charism is being passed down as well as recommendations for how to further include the laity in it.
The Role Of Women And The Vincentian Culturescape, Betty Ann Mcneil D.C.
The Role Of Women And The Vincentian Culturescape, Betty Ann Mcneil D.C.
Vincentian Studies
Betty Ann McNeil “considers examples of the primary strategies and resources that Vincentian leaders have used to empower others to commit themselves to mission and to communicate the founding charism across boundaries of time and cultures.” Her focus is on the contributions that women have made to the Vincentian culturescape. Daughters of Charity and Sisters of Charity who have had major roles in passing the charism down through their communities are profiled. McNeil writes that one way the charism is successfully handed on is through stories of individuals who lived it. In particular, Elizabeth Seton’s introduction of the charism to …
Saint Louise De Marillac: Woman Of Substance, Woman Of God, Gertrude Foley S.C.
Saint Louise De Marillac: Woman Of Substance, Woman Of God, Gertrude Foley S.C.
Vincentian Studies
Gertrude Foley explores how we can find “relevant continuity between the saints and ourselves that can advance us along the path to holiness.” She cautions against focusing on just a few aspects of Louise de Marillac’s life. Instead, she urges us to learn about Louise’s spirituality in its entirety through her writings and to see it within the context of “the universal call to holiness.” Holiness is a total, gradual, lifelong process that encompasses everything that makes an individual and his or her life unique. It is a commitment to God made with love. Foley quotes Karl Truhlar, who says …
In The Face Of Adversity: The Response Of The Vincentian And Charity Families To 9/11, Regina Bechtle S.C.
In The Face Of Adversity: The Response Of The Vincentian And Charity Families To 9/11, Regina Bechtle S.C.
Vincentian Studies
The response of the Vincentian and Charity Families to the attacks of 9/11 is chronicled, using people’s own words wherever possible. On the day itself and during the aftermath, Sisters of Charity and Vincentians prayed with and counseled grieving people, first responders, and rescue workers. Personnel from Saint Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center were among the earliest to arrive at Ground Zero, and the Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers treated over one thousand victims. Among other things, Sisters of Charity served as New York Police Department chaplains, answered calls to hospital information lines, and worked at a DNA collection site …
Saint Vincent De Paul: Bibliography To Present Day, John E. Rybolt C.M., Ph.D.
Saint Vincent De Paul: Bibliography To Present Day, John E. Rybolt C.M., Ph.D.
Vincentian Studies
This bibliography includes everything published about Vincent de Paul in English through 1990. Part I is dedicated to books, pamphlets, and theses. Part II covers periodical and encyclopedia articles and book reviews. Small entries in lives of saints, newspaper articles, and nonprint audio-visual items are not included.
A Study In The Spirituality Of Louise De Marillac: As Reflective Of The French School Of Spirituality, Kathryn Lafleur S.P.
A Study In The Spirituality Of Louise De Marillac: As Reflective Of The French School Of Spirituality, Kathryn Lafleur S.P.
Vincentian Studies
This detailed article gives extensive information on the French school of spirituality, especially its major influences and characteristics. Pierre de Berulle was one of its founders, and great attention is paid to his background, his spiritual doctrine, the principles of his spirituality and the way his successors developed them further, and the language used within the school. The school was known for being “theocentric and Trinitarian, Christocentric, Marian, pastoral, and ecclesial.” Important figures of the French school profiled in this article are Jean-Jacques Olier, Jean Eudes, Francis de Sales, and Vincent de Paul. Finally, Louise de Marillac is placed within …
Vincentian Seminaries In Louisiana (1), John E. Rybolt C.M., Ph.D.
Vincentian Seminaries In Louisiana (1), John E. Rybolt C.M., Ph.D.
Vincentian Studies
This is the first of two studies on Vincentian seminaries in Louisiana. “The Ecclesiastical Seminary of Saint Vincent of Paul,” located in Bayou LaFourche, opened in November 1838 after about a decade of discussion. The Vincentians had initially refused to direct it because of the financial burden it would place on them and because of possible disruption to their existing seminary at the Barrens in Perryville, Missouri. However, John Timon accepted it because educating candidates for the priesthood was a Vincentian work. The circumstances of the seminary’s founding are recounted in detail. The seminary’s life, curriculum, faculty, and finances are …
Elizabeth Seton: A Spirituality For Mission, Gertrude Foley S.C.
Elizabeth Seton: A Spirituality For Mission, Gertrude Foley S.C.
Vincentian Studies
Elizabeth Seton did not have our contemporary understanding of spirituality and mission. Nonetheless, her writings and a consideration of her life in general offer a sense of her perspective on them. Gertrude Foley stresses that “spirituality is holistic, an integrating dynamic in one’s life” that motivates mission or action. Foley further defines mission as a life that is “a channel . . . of God’s love.” By identifying five obstacles to mission and learning how Elizabeth overcame them, we discover how she can guide us. The five obstacles are: being self-centered, being pious without putting faith in action, failing to …
Elizabeth Seton: Key Relationships In Her Life, 1774–1809, Ellin Kelly
Elizabeth Seton: Key Relationships In Her Life, 1774–1809, Ellin Kelly
Vincentian Studies
This article outlines Elizabeth Seton’s relationships with her family and profiles three of her close friends, Julia Scott, Eliza Sadler, and Catherine Dupleix. It describes the ways in which each friend supported Elizabeth and how she was devoted to them. The article gives great detail about her spiritual advisors Filippo Filicchi and John Henry Hobart. Both men gave her books about their respective faiths and composed manuscripts about them. Filicchi’s manuscript explained Catholicism and why he believed the Catholic Church was the one true church. Hobart’s manuscript was a rebuttal to Filicchi’s.
The Role Of Saint Vincent De Paul And Saint Louise De Marillac As Architects And As Moving Spirits Behind The Spiritual And Mission Renewal In Seventeenth-Century France, Raymond Deville S.S.
The Role Of Saint Vincent De Paul And Saint Louise De Marillac As Architects And As Moving Spirits Behind The Spiritual And Mission Renewal In Seventeenth-Century France, Raymond Deville S.S.
Vincentian Studies
Vincent de Paul and Louise de Marillac had a major role in the seventeenth-century French church. Both knew people at the highest levels of government and the Church; Vincent “was involved in almost all the great events of his time.” Their focus on mission and charity was one they shared with others of the French school of spirituality. Indeed, the seventeenth century was one of missionary activities. The spiritual lives and teaching of Vincent and Louise centered on Jesus and the Holy Spirit. Vincent differed from the French school in his particular emphasis on Jesus as the first missionary, the …
The Hands Of Providence: Vincent De Paul, Louise De Marillac, And Feminine Charitable Activity In France, 1617–1660, Louise Sullivan D.C.
The Hands Of Providence: Vincent De Paul, Louise De Marillac, And Feminine Charitable Activity In France, 1617–1660, Louise Sullivan D.C.
Vincentian Studies
Vincent de Paul collaborated with women from the beginning of his ministry. Madame de Gondi was the one who urged Vincent to preach at Folleville, chose the subject of his sermon, and asked him to give missions on her lands. She was also instrumental in the founding of the Confraternities of Charity and the Congregation. Louise de Marillac was Vincent’s friend and collaborator in many works, especially in the establishment of the Daughters of Charity. She was responsible for the Daughters’ spiritual formation. Marguerite Naseau showed Vincent the potential that peasant women had for charity; before he met her, he …
The Spirituality Of Louise De Marillac: Formed By The Spirit For Charity, Louise Sullivan D.C.
The Spirituality Of Louise De Marillac: Formed By The Spirit For Charity, Louise Sullivan D.C.
Vincentian Studies
This article presents “a spiritual portrait” of Louise de Marillac as reconstructed from Vincent’s letters to her and explores her prayer life using her writings. After 1623, Louise went on a complex and difficult journey of faith that was shaped by her temperament, her experience, and her time. She was extremely intelligent and capable, but also needed frequent spiritual reassurance, which Vincent de Paul provided throughout their relationship. However, she was well educated in the Bible and in spiritual practices before she met him. Her beginning was ascetic, with a demanding prayer schedule. Such discipline was related to her self-doubt. …
A Woman Named Louise: 1591-1633, Kieran Kneaves D.C.
A Woman Named Louise: 1591-1633, Kieran Kneaves D.C.
Vincentian Studies
This very detailed and personal life of Louise de Marillac describes her family history, childhood, education, marriage, and motherhood. It explores her time of doubt and its resolution. The article recounts the evolution of her relationship and collaboration with Vincent de Paul, culminating in the establishment of the Daughters of Charity. Specific attention is paid to her role as “a mystic in action.” Louise was strongly influenced by the Rheno-Flemish mystics.
"God Is My God": The Generative Integrity Of Louise De Marillac, Vie Thorgren
"God Is My God": The Generative Integrity Of Louise De Marillac, Vie Thorgren
Vincentian Studies
Psychology and spiritual theology are used in this personal reflection on Louise de Marillac’s generative integrity. Christian generativity is fulfilling others’ needs and doing God’s will without any expectation of return or even success. Louise had trouble trusting God, herself, and others because she lacked nurturing in her early childhood. She was able to overcome this through her friendship with Vincent de Paul and “her unique relationship with the generative Jesus.” These two elements enabled her to become generative herself. She wanted to imitate the hidden life of Jesus by doing God’s will, unseen by all but God. Author Vie …
Collaborative Ministries Within The Vincentian Family, Shaun Mccarty S.T.
Collaborative Ministries Within The Vincentian Family, Shaun Mccarty S.T.
Vincentian Studies
Collaboration is part of the legacy of Louise de Marillac and Vincent de Paul. Shaun McCarty discusses exactly what collaboration means in the context of the Vincentian Family and how it should be pursued. He particularly emphasizes reciprocity and cooperative planning and discernment. Since each group within the Vincentian Family has its own focus, each has something unique to contribute to collaborative ministries. Readers are invited to imagine the future of these ministries through an exercise for reflecting on collaborative efforts. This is part of the vital discernment process, which is explored in detail in the rest of the article. …
Saint Vincent De Paul: Bibliography To 1991, John E. Rybolt C.M., Ph.D.
Saint Vincent De Paul: Bibliography To 1991, John E. Rybolt C.M., Ph.D.
Vincentian Studies
This bibliography includes everything published about Vincent de Paul in English through 1990. Part I is dedicated to books, pamphlets, and theses. Part II covers periodical and encyclopedia articles and book reviews. Small entries in lives of saints, newspaper articles, and nonprint audio-visual items are not included.
A New Look At An Old Temptation: Saint Vincent De Paul's Temptation Against Faith And Resolution To Serve The Poor, Stafford Poole C.M., Douglas Slawson C.M.
A New Look At An Old Temptation: Saint Vincent De Paul's Temptation Against Faith And Resolution To Serve The Poor, Stafford Poole C.M., Douglas Slawson C.M.
Vincentian Studies
According to Vincent de Paul’s first biographer, Louis Abelly, Vincent prayed to have a temptation against faith transferred to him to free a doctor of theology who was originally suffering from it. The temptation continued for three or four years until Vincent resolved to serve poor persons. While many biographers have accepted this story, its truth is doubtful for many reasons besides those that follow. Vincent never spoke of having this temptation himself. He never would have prayed for a transfer of temptation without advice from his spiritual director, and this advice would not have been given. The temptation would …