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The Life of St. Vincent de Paul: founder of the Congregation of the Mission, and of the Sisters of Charity

CONTENTS. Birth, youth, and college life 1 Vincent in slavery 8 First visit to Paris 15 Vincent in the family of De Gondi 50 Vincent among the galley-slaves 51 Vincent at Mason 34 Vincent and St. Jane Frances de Chantal 40 The Countess de Joigny and the New Order 46 The College des Bons Enfans 53 The Priory of St. Lazarus 68 Institutions for the clergy 77 Madame Le Gras 89 The Sisters of Charity 94 The Hotel-Dieu 101 The Foundling Hospital 108 Convicts, idiots, and reprobates 114 Lorraine — its sufferings and its succours 121 Vincent in office 140 Vincent and Jansenism 152 The foreign missions 162 Missions in Ireland 177 Vincent's tour of visitation and succour of Picardy 186 The Hospital of the Name of Jesus, and the General Hospital 196 Death and Canonisation of Vincent de Paul 203 Digitized by Google.

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