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Life of St. Vincent de Paul

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Vincent De Paul [c. 1581 - 1660] was a man renowned during his own century for his compassion, humility and generosity. During the days when galleys were part of any countries' war machine and these galleys were rowed by convicts who were in reality slaves, Vincent's special call was to provide what spiritual comfort he could to these wretched men. When a young man he himself had been captured by Turkish pirates, who brought him to Tunis and sold him into slavery, so he had a special understanding of their lot. He escaped in 1607 and went on to become a priest with a ministry to the poor. In 1625 de Paul founded the Congregation of the Mission, a society of missionary priests commonly known as the Vincentians or Lazarists and with the assistance of Louise de Marillac he later founded the Daughters of Charity whose selfless nursing work in hospitals throughout the world and during many plagues is well known. (They were the nuns with the large and easily recognized 'flying nun' wimples.) (Summary by phil chenevert) (1 hr 57 min)

Chapters

01 - A Peasant's Son

10:32

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02 - Slavery

13:20

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03 - A Great Household

11:41

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04 - The Galleys

12:45

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05 - Mission Work

11:44

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06 - The Grey Sisters

10:33

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07 - The Foundlings

10:44

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08 - At Court

11:21

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09 - The Jansenists

6:34

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10 - Troubles in Paris

9:19

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11 - "Confido"

8:36

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Bewertungen

Wonderful! Amazing example for all.

(5 Sterne)

I thoroughly enjoyed this book from the start to the end. Well written and read!

(4 Sterne)

Great book. Like all lives of the saints, very inspiring. Quite well read. Conveniently short.

Excellent reading

(5 Sterne)

The primary reader possesses a fine mellow tone. Easy to listen to.

very good but didn't include many of St. Vincent's quote

(4 Sterne)

great book

(5 Sterne)

read by many super good