Religious Education

On  August 23, St. Vincent de Paul called a meeting of the women in his parish. 

They agreed to form an association in which each would take her turn in serving the sick poor corporally and spiritually.

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Was founded in April 17, 1625

• Ladies of Charity

• Congregation of the Mission

• Daughters of Charity

The Ladies of Charity  were not accustomed to cooking and doing their own work; and St.  Vincent insisted on personal service to the poor.

St. Vincent formed the first Daughters of Charity who were referred to as Sisters of Charity to do the task that the Ladies cannot perform.

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The date when the  Sisters of Charity of Saint Joseph's pronounced their first vows under the recently approved Vincentian rule for the United States.

• April 17, 1625

• July 19, 1813

• November 29, 1633

Answer explanation

April 17, 1625 - first establishment of the Congregation of the Mission

November 29, 1633 - establishment of Daughters of Charity

A place where SVP  saw that the evangelization of the poor was an urgent need. 

• Folleville

• Châtillon-les-Dombes

• Gannes

Answer explanation

Châtillon-les-Dombes - A place where the Confraternities of Charity was organized to assist the poor and the sick and SVP had his heartfelt sermon about charity which led to the start of the Ladies of Charity

Gannes - where SVP visited a an agonizing person and he confessed to SVP (if i'm not wrong, he was reason of the '1st mission' where SVP had a sermon about general confessions (1/25/1617))

Was founded in August 1617

• Daughters of Charity

• Congregation of the Mission

• Ladies of Charity

Answer explanation

April 17, 1625 - first establishment of the Congregation of the Mission

November 29, 1633 - establishment of Daughters of Charity but they regard their foundation/origin on August of 1617

1617 - foundation of the Ladies of Charity

A place where the Confraternities of Charity was organized to assist the poor and the sick.

• Folleville

• Châtillon-les-Dombes

• Gannes

Answer explanation

Folleville - A place where SVP  saw that the evangelization of the poor was an urgent need. 

Gannes - where SVP visited a an agonizing person and he confessed to SVP (if i'm not wrong, he was reason of the '1st mission' where SVP had a sermon about general confessions (1/25/1617))

The purpose of the Congregation of the Mission is to follow Christ evangelizing the poor. 

The congregation has to make every effort to put on the spirit of Christ himself  in order to acquire a holiness appropriate to their vocation.

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The "servants of the poor" were to be twenty virtuous men, married or single, with the consent of their families.  

They met one Sunday a month, visited and cared for the sick poor by turns, were faithful to prayer and the sacraments.

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Answer explanation

The "servants of the poor" were to be twenty virtuous WOMEN, married or single, with the consent of their families.  

The first Charity in Paris was in the parish of Saint-Sauveur in 1670. 

 Four more parishes followed in 1678; soon after, almost every parish in Paris and the suburbs had its own Confraternity of Charity.

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Answer explanation

The first Charity in Paris was in the parish of Saint-Sauveur in 1629. 

 Four more parishes followed in 1631; soon after, almost every parish in Paris and the suburbs had its own Confraternity of Charity.