Chapelle Saint-Vincent-de-Paul II

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC-0-2oww5TjeyUt5gT6rWo9s6WVx2vg24gMdp6u5FejCjdoDVU_yHJdBHQo2smKaHm2zn_TxieNPeajRUSFEiIVbJ8GgpgfR-AJLskZTMuxkFIXQHwANhqDRyYWS7LuVnWHnwf4XAetA/s1600/2012+Oct+8+Monday_17DSC_9128.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC-0-2oww5TjeyUt5gT6rWo9s6WVx2vg24gMdp6u5FejCjdoDVU_yHJdBHQo2smKaHm2zn_TxieNPeajRUSFEiIVbJ8GgpgfR-AJLskZTMuxkFIXQHwANhqDRyYWS7LuVnWHnwf4XAetA/s640/2012+Oct+8+Monday_17DSC_9128.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Chapelle Saint-Vincent-de-Paul II</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">Saint Vincent de Paul was born in 1581 and after early years of study, graduated in theology, and was ordained in 1600 at the age of 19.  In 1617 he founded the "Ladies of Charity" from a group of women within his parish who came to be known as the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul.<br /><br />He worked for some time in Paris among imprisoned galley-slaves, and established a group known as the Vincentians, priests with vows of poverty, chastity, obedience.  The Vincentians (also known as Lazarists) are today present in over 80 countries. <br /><br />After his death in 1660, he was canonized by Pope Clement XII in 1737.  In the photo above you can see the richly appointed shrine which contains the body of Saint Vincent de Paul.  The bones are his, and the "body" was created beautifully of wax over the skeleton.  The overall effect is of the gentle saint peacefully at rest.  I did not photograph the body, but photos are available on the internet if you are interested.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Chapelle Saint-Vincent-de-Paul</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">95, rue de Sèvres</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Sèvres-Babylone</span></i></div>

Chapelle Saint-Vincent-de-Paul II

Chapelle Saint-Vincent-de-Paul II Saint Vincent de Paul was born in 1581 and after early years of study, graduated in theology, and was orda...

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