evangelization of the poor

the congregation st. vincent founded

bore the title of “the mission”

St. Vincent could see that nearly all country districts were badly neglected.

So he and his priests began to preach missions in country parishes and rural places in France.

expansion &foreign missions

They also reached out widely in their missions.

St. Vincent’s zeal moved him, in his later life, despite all the many calls being made on him at home, in France, to send missionaries to Corsica, the British Isles and Madagascar.

on the battlefield

with the galley slaves

in hospitals

teaching

comforting the poor

being present to poor families

respecting the poor

st. vincent’s belief in “the poor as christ”