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Louise de Marillac and Vincent de Paul: Differing Personalities Brought Together According to Gods Plan
Contents
1. St. Louise de Marillac: the rst Vincentian leader to be formed in the way of St. Vincent de Paul 2. Go, Mademoiselle, in the name of Our Lord 3. Vincent gives Louise some advice of his own 4. Louises journey of service leadership 5. A reluctant friendship, at rst 6. Vincents initial reluctance 7. Louises initial reluctance 8. Brought together by God 9. Collaborators, not carbon copies 10. Some of what we know of St. Louise 11. Urged by the Charity of the suffering Christ 12. Legacy of St. Vincent 13. Legacy of St. Louise
St. Louise de Marillac: the rst Vincentian leader to be formed in the way of St. Vincent de Paul
On 6 May 1629, Vincent de Paul sent Louise de Marillac out on a mission. He sent her to Montmirail to visit one of the early Confraternities of Charity. These confraternities, which had ourished and expanded since their foundation in 1617, had fallen on hard times in many areas. The spirit of their origins was threatened. Someone had to visit them, study their activities, and revive in the members the zeal that had characterized the beginnings. No one, in the eyes of Vincent, seemed better suited to undertake this delicate and demanding task than Louise de Marillac.
She stressed the necessity for By suffering with as well as Her devotion to, and
Sources
'God Wants First The Heart And Then The Work:' Louise De Marillac And Leadership In The Vincentian Tradition by Louise Sullivan D.C. http://via.library.depaul.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1203&context=vhj Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_de_Marillac http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_De_Paul St. Vincent de Paul Image Archive at http://stvincentimages.cdm.depaul.edu