St. Vincent the Man:
Vincent de Paul was a very
holy priest. He remembered how Our Lord loved the poor and worked for them.
So he did all he could to make life sweet and easy for them. He gave them whatever
money he had. He carried the poor sick home and took care of them in his own house.
When he found poor children, he gave them food, clothing, toys, and his love.
But always he told them about Jesus Christ. He told them that the Savior was poor
too, and loved the poor most of all.
Once he was captured by pirates and carried away to sea. But he made the pirate
himself love Jesus Christ and became a Catholic. To help him work for the poor,
he gathered fine men and women ahout him. They continued his work after he died.
The men are called Priests of the Mission. The women are the Sisters of Charity
who do so much for the poor. His Feast is: September 27.
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