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The Apostle of Charity: How Vincent de Paul Organized Love

The Apostle of Charity: How Vincent de Paul Organized Love

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In the muddy streets of 17th century Paris, a peasant-born priest named Vincent de Paul looked at the suffering around him and decided that goodwill alone was not enough. Captured by pirates, sold into slavery, and broken open by a dying man's confession, Vincent emerged with a radical conviction: that love is a verb, and verbs need structure to sustain them. He built the Congregation of the Mission, co-founded the Daughters of Charity with Louise de Marillac, and created what was effectively the first professional humanitarian organization in European history. Two centuries later, a young student named Frdric Ozanam named his new society after Vincent --- and that society now operates in 155 countries with over a million and a half volunteers. Somewhere near you, right now, it is still running. Transcript available at: https://harmonia.email/podcast-episode/apostle-charity-how-vincent-de-paul-organized-love Share and read comments: https://harmonia.email/podcast-comments?field_podcast_feed_value=the_golden_thread&from_node=349
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