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The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul is a network of friends inspired by Gospel values, growing in holiness and building a more just world through personal relationships with and service to people in need.
Saint Vincent de Paul, French saint, founder of the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists, or Vincentians) for preaching missions to the peasantry and for educating and training a pastoral clergy. Known for his charity and compassion for the poor, he is the patron saint of charitable societies.
Vincent de Paul, CM (24 April 1581 – 27 September 1660), commonly known as Saint Vincent de Paul, was an Occitan French Catholic priest who dedicated himself to serving the poor. In 1622, Vincent was appointed as chaplain to the galleys .
Overview. Birth: April 24, 1581. Location: Landes, France. Death: September 27, 1660. Beatification: August 21st, 1729 by Pope Benedict XIII. Canonized: June 16th, 1737 by Pope Clement XII. Feast Day: September 27th. Patron Saint of: All works of charity. Early Life.
Like his fellow saint, Francis de Sales, who was his friend and contemporary, Vincent de Paul performed an invaluable service to the Catholic Church in a period of confusion and laxness. But unlike the aristocratic bishop of Geneva, Vincent was born in poverty, of peasant stock.
The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (SVP or SVdP or SSVP) is an international voluntary organization in the Catholic Church, founded in 1833 for the sanctification of its members by personal service of the poor.
Vincent de Paul, Saint, b. at Pouy, Gascony, France, in 1580, though some authorities have said 1576; d. at Paris, September 27, 1660. Born of a peasant family, he made his humanities at Dax with the Cordeliers, and his theological studies, interrupted by a short stay at Saragossa, were made at Toulouse where he graduated in theology.
