27/09 ST VINCENT DE PAUL
- dclm01
- Sep 25
- 1 min read
27th SEPTEMBER is the feast of St VINCENT DE PAUL.
Vincent, was a priest who abandoned the lavish lifestyle and wealth of serving as a priest in the Royal Court in Paris, to minister to the marginalised and forgotten poor of France in the 1600s.
The Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) was founded in Paris in 1833 and aimed to emulate his work. Today, the society of St Vincent de Paul still works locally with the poor, sick, elderly with groups in many parishes caring for anyone who is in any need - not just Catholics!
Some schools also have Mini-Vinnies - pupil groups who help others however they can.
Let us pray:
Father, you gave Saint Vincent de Paul
the spirit of an apostle
to give himself to the service of the poor.
Give us a share of the same spirit
that we may love what he loved
and do as he taught us.
Amen.
Saint Vincent de Paul: Pray for us.
