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Our Dear Guardian
Angel, watch over us.

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SUPPLEMENTARY LESSON

Vincent’s Preferential Love for the POOR

At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:

❖ identify who is St. Vincent de Paul;

❖ cite examples of the good deeds of St. Vincent de

Paul;

❖ realize the importance of helping the

poor and the needy.

❖ express appreciation on the life and good deeds

of St.Vincent de Paul;

The Life Story of

St. Vincent de

Paul

Date of Birth:
April 24, 1581

Birth Place:
Landes,

Pouy

France.

MAP OF FRANCE

House of
Vincent

Ranquines

( Limping)

His father was a farmer

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He was limped which he sustained in an

accident.

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He owned a little property in the village

of Pouy.

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He is a peasant, an owner of a farm with a
poultry yard, cows, pigs and sheep.

Father – Jean de Paul

Mother – Bertrande de Moras

- She belonged to the family of the

local nobility.

- Her brother was a lawyer at the

court of Dax.

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John, Bernard, Vincent, Gayon Dominique, Mary
and Mary Claudine

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Vincent was the third child of the De Paul Family.

Siblings of Vincent

Vincent worked as
peasant boy in his
growing years.
He watched
and fed the farm
animals
(sheeps, pigs,cows).

Vincent worked as
a tutor so he could
continue studying
and obtain higher

education.

Vincent had a

natural intelligence
and a practical mind.
He was resourceful.
He worked to obtain

education.

Vincent in his

young adulthood

rejected his

poverty.

Though he was

kind

to the poor,

Vincent could not
accept his poverty.

His poverty
experience
made him

an ambitious

person.

He was ashamed to be

identified with his
father because he
looked so shabby,

dirty and poor just like

any farmer.

As a young priest
he was obsessed
with the desire to
provide security

for his family.

His goal was to obtain

a position in the

Church that would

ensure security for him

and his family.

Vincent’s

ambition led

him to

experience so
much darkness

in his life.

He was offered a

benefice
by an old

woman but the

money had
been stolen.

Vincent had to run
afterthe thief.He
borrowed a horse but
sold it when he ran
short of money.

Vincent

succeeded in

getting

the money.

On his way home,
he took the ship.

The boat was

captured by the

pirates.

Vincent was taken captive

by the Barbarians.

He was sold
as a slave.

FISHERMAN

FARMER

ALCHEMIST

He went through

humiliating

experiences as he
was sold from one
master to another,
working for them

as a slave.

This lasted for 2

years.

His last master,

a renegade, helped

him escape.

Vincent

returned to
his priestly

office.

At one point,

he was
falsely

accused of
being a thief.

Although this brought him
shame and damaged his

reputation, Vincent remained
silent. It took years before the
real thief vindicated Vincent of

this crime.

Vincent also
had crisis in
faith for 3 to

4 years.

He placed a copy
of the Creed in his

pocket pinned

next to his heart to
help him keep his

faith.

Vincent

consecrated

himself to God to
serve the poor if

God will take away

his temptations.

He continued to

obtain no

position in the

Church for years

despite all his

attempts.

Friends tried
to help him be
assigned in a
rich Parish but

to no avail.

God continued
to mold Vincent
by giving him all
these trials and

humiliations.

God further

molded

Vincent by
sending him
to the poor.

The care of the Galley Slaves

The Parish of

Clichy where the
people were poor
and indifferent to

the faith.

In a Parish of

Folleville,

Vincent started
the work of the
mission with his
preachings and

confessions

This led to the
founding of the

Congregation of the
Mission also called

the Vincentians.

In a Parish at

Chatillon, Vincent

organized the

care of a poor and

sick family.

This gave birth to
the organization of

charities and the
founding of the
Ladies of Charity
and the Daughters

of Charity.

God sent Vincent to
the Poor so that he

may embrace his
own experience of

being poor and
understand its

giftedness.

Vincent became
the champion of
the poor during
the 17thcentury,

France.

Q and A

Who was

St. Vincent de Paul?

What organizations did

St. Vincent de Paul

establish?

What were some of St.

Vincent de Paul's

notable contributions

to charity?

Life Response

What inspired St. Vincent
de Paul to dedicate his life

to charity?

Activity Time

Closing Prayer

Adapted,
Praying with
St. Vincent,

no. 28

“O my God,

may it please You to be the bond

which ties our hearts together as Your
people

in

a

common

attitude

of

humility, of unity, and of respect for
one another…

Let the good effects of our mutual
affection,which

You

allow

to

develop among us, steadily grow
and flourish, and make the fruits of
our labors change our lives and of
those we work with.

Strengthen us in our efforts and
may You be our ultimate reward.”
Amen.