The Company of Saint Vincent de Paul's Charity Daughters (Latin: Societas Filiarum Caritatis a S. Vincentio de Paulo ), the called in English Daughters of Charity or Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent De Paul is the Society of Apostolic Life for women in the Catholic Church. Its members make an annual appointment throughout their lives, which keeps them free to leave, without the need for ecclesiastical permission. They were founded in 1633 and devoted to serving Jesus Christ to the poor through the work of mercy and spirituality.
They have been known in France as "The Gray Sisters" from the colors of their traditional religious habits, which were originally gray, then gray bluish. The 1996 Society Publication The Vincentian Family Tree presents an overview of the related community from a genealogy perspective. They use the initial DC after their name. In the past, when they were known only as the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph, SC postnominals were used.
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The institute was founded by Saint Vincent de Paul, a French priest, and Saint Louise de Marillac, a widow. The organization's need for work for the poor suggests that de Paul establish a confraterity among its parish women in Chà  ¢ tillon-les-Dombes. It was so successful that it spread from the rural district to Paris, where noble women often found it difficult to provide personal care for the needs of the poor. The majority send their maids to serve those in need, but the work is often underestimated as unimportant. Vincent de Paul corrects this by referring to young women who ask about serving people who need to go to Paris and devote themselves to this ministry under the direction of Ladies of Charity. Marguerite Naseau, a 34-year-old woman from the countryside in Suresnes, met with Vincent de Paul with other priests from the Mission Congregation during one of the Evangelization Missions. In 1630 he met Vincent and Louise in Paris, where they suggested that he help Ladies of Charity.
These young women form the core of the Company of Charity Women's Children are now spreading all over the world. On 29 November 1633, on the eve of St. Andrew, de Marillac embarked on a more systematic training for women, especially to care for the sick. The sisters live in the community to further develop the spiritual life and thus, more effectively, carry out their ministry mission. The Daughters of Charity were different from other religious congregations at the time because they were not confined. They maintain the necessary mobility and availability and live among the people they serve. From the beginning, the public slogan was: "Christ's cause encourages us!"
The newly formed Daughters of Charity builds a communal kitchen, organized community hospitals, schools and homes established for orphans, offering job training, teaching young people to read and write, and improving prison conditions. The St John the Evangelist hospital in Angers province is the first hospital to be entrusted to the care of the Princess of Love. Louise de Marillac and Vincent de Paul both died in 1660, and today there are more than forty houses of Charity Girls in France, and sick poor people in their own homes in twenty-six parishes in Paris.
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French Revolution
The anti-clerical forces in the French Revolution were determined to close all the monasteries. In 1789 France had 426 houses; the sisters number around 6000 in Europe. In 1792, the sisters were ordered to quit the motherhouse; the community was officially dissolved in 1793. The oath to support the Revolution applies to all former members of religious orders who perform services paid by the state. Taking this oath is seen as breaking up with the Church while those who refuse to do so are considered counter-revolutionaries.
In Angers, the revolutionary authorities decided to make the example of the sisters Marie-Anne Vaillot and Odile Baumgarten to show the rejection of what she would take. In early 1794 they faced public execution. At a ceremony in Rome on February 19, 1984 Pope John Paul II ruled ninety-nine people who died of faith in Angers, including Vaillot and Baumgarten. Their holiday is February 1.
Sister Marguerite Rutan is the Superior of the community that runs the hospital in Dax. The six sisters refused to take revolutionary oaths. The Revolutionary Committee wants to get rid of the Sisters Leaders and find a motive for capturing it. False testimony allows them to say that Sr. Marguerite was not patriotic, a fanatic on the principles of the Revolution and that she was trying to convince the wounded soldiers to leave and join the royal army of Vendà © en. On April 9, 1794, Sister Marguerite Rutan was executed and beheaded at Poyanne Place not far from the prison. He was beatified Sunday, June 19, 2011 in Dax, France. Her holiday is June 26th.
Sister Marie-Madeleine Fontaine, Marie-FranÃÆ'§oise Lanel, ThÃÆ'Â © rÃÆ'¨se Fantou, Jeanne GÃÆ'Â © rard from House of Charity at Arras was beheaded in Cambrai June 26, 1794. Waiting for the train to take them to the guillotine, the guards took their captain and, without knowing what to do, put it in their head like a crown. They were ratified on June 13, 1920. Their holiday was June 26.
The order was restored in 1801, many former nuns returned, and grew very rapidly throughout the 19th century.
Growth
Since then and throughout the 19th century, this community spread to Austria, Australia, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Portugal, Turkey, England, and America. During this period, the Putri-Putri ministry evolved to care for others in need such as orphans and those with physical disabilities.
The first house in Ireland opened in Drogheda, in 1855. In 1907 there were 46 homes and 407 sisters in England; 13 homes and 134 sisters in Ireland; 8 homes and 62 sisters in Scotland. They operate 23 orphanages; 7 industrial schools; 24 public elementary schools; 1 normal school to train teachers; 3 homes for female workers or former female prisoners; and 8 hospitals.
The monastery of Saint Vincent de Paul was the first building erected at Mamilla Street in Jerusalem, near the Jaffa Gate, in 1886. Sparking the future growth of the road as a commercial street, the sisters installed a series of shops in front of the building and used the rent for a convent operation. The monastery was integrated into the pedestrian sidewalk design of Mamilla Mall, which opened in 2007.
The mother house of Daughters of Charity is located at 140 rue du Bac, in Paris, France. The remains of de Marillac and the men of St. Catherine LabourÃÆ'Â © lie preserved in the chapel of the main house. LabourÃÆ' Â © is the Princess of Charity to whom, in 1830, the Blessed Virgin Mary is said to have appeared, commanding her to spread devotion to the Medal of Mary Immaculate, commonly called the Miraculous Medal.
The traditional custom of Daughters of Charity is one of the most striking Catholic Sisters, because it includes a large, stiff cornet in the head. This is a peasant lady dress in the Paris neighborhood on the foundation date, a gray custom with wide arms and long gray apron. The head-dress was originally a small linen cap, but for this was added in the early days of white linen. Originally used only in the country, which was actually the head decoration of the Ile de France district, but in 1685 its use became common. The institute adopted a more modest modern dress and a blue veil on September 20, 1964.
Charism
The charisma of religious society is a characteristic impulse that distinguishes it from other similar groups. The religious community often describes it as a gift or gift given by God as an inspiration to the founder, who lives in the organization. Charity of the Sisters of Charity Saint Vincent de Paul is a ministry for the poor.
United States
- See: Sisters of the Charity Federation in Vinsensian-Setani Tradition
In the United States, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, a man who recently moved to the Catholic Church, has been hoping to form a community of Princess of Love. Unable to do so because of the political situation during the Napoleonic Wars, on July 31, 1809, he founded the Sister of Charity of Saint Joseph in Emmitsburg, Maryland. The core of the small community consists of five Sisters who immediately join the others. His desire to sanctify his life for charity causes Ms. Seton to ask for the Rules of the Daughters of Charity founded by St. Vincent de Paul in 1633. Bishop Benedict J. Flaget presented the request to his superiors in Paris and in 1810 was brought to Mother. Seton Rules by which he guides his community during his lifetime. At the time of his death in 1821, the community numbered fifty Sisters. In 1850, the community in Emmitsburg was affiliated with the Charity Princess Parent in Paris and at that time adopted the blue and white collar and cornet customs. The community in Emmitsburg became the first American province of Daughters of Charity.
At that time, other communities had been established elsewhere in the United States. In 1817, Ms. Seton sent three Sisters to New York at the invitation of Bishop Connolly to open a home for dependent children. Their services are urgently needed, as many parents become victims of an epidemic that often strikes the city, where there is no sanitation system yet. In 1846, the New York congregation joined as a separate order, the Sisters of Charity from New York. The Sisters in New York retained the rules, customs, and spiritual practices founded by Ms. Seton, and her black habits, robes and hats.
During the American Civil War, the order provided nursing services to soldiers in field hospitals and in depots for prisoners of war.
The Spanish-American War of 1898, quickly pointed out the crucial need for trained nurses as a rush-built army camp for more than twenty-eight thousand regular soldiers destroyed by diarrhea, dysentery, typhoid fever and malaria - all taking tolls are much bigger than enemy fire. The United States government is calling on women to volunteer as nurses. Thousands do it, but few are professionally trained. Among the latter are 250 Catholic nurses, most of them from the Princess of Charity from St. Vincent de Paul. Reverend's mother Mariana Flynn, head of Daughters of Charity, recalled their ministry during the Civil War and said that her sister proudly "returns to the army again, caring for the sick and injured."
In 1910, the Emmitsburg jurisdiction was divided into two Provinces with the Eastern Provincial House in Emmitsburg and the Western Provincial House in Normandy, Missouri, suburb of St. Louis. Louis.
Contemporary status
By 2017, 18,000 serve in ninety-four countries, addressing food, water, sanitation and shelter needs; and through their support work including health care, HIV/AIDS, immigrants and refugee assistance, and education.
In July 2011, The Daughters of Charity combines four of the five existing US provinces - Emmitsburg, Maryland; Albany, New York; St. Louis, Missouri; and Evansville, Indiana. The unification process began at the 2007 meeting in Buffalo, N.Y. The Western Province, based in Los Altos Hills, California, was not involved in the merger. The newly established province was named St. Louise de Marillac, who founded the court in France in 1633 along with St.. Vincent de Paul to "serve Christ in the poor." Administrative office for St. Louise is located in St. Louis, Mo. The archive collection from the former province will be consolidated in the new facility located in the former Provincial House of St. Joseph, adjacent to The Basilica of the National Shrine St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and Seton Heritage Center, in Emmitsburg, Maryland. The new province includes 34 states, the District of Columbia and Canada's Canadian province.
Activity
Many hospitals, orphanages, and educational institutions were established and operated by Daughters of Charity for many years, including Saint Joseph College, Emmitsburg, Maryland, Marillac College in Missouri, Santa Isabel College Manila, Saint Louise's Comprehensive College in Belfast, Northern Ireland , and Saint Louise de Marillac High School in Illinois. Although it is no longer managed and managed by Princess, the five hospitals established by them in the United States continue to operate in St. Health Care System. Vincent.
In Mayagüez, Puerto Rico they helped run Asilo De Pobres and in the Philippines they run the College of the Immaculate Conception.
In the UK, The Daughters of Charity is headquartered in Mill Hill, north London, and has registered a charity status.
Girls operate Baby and Nursery Homes Ann near Washington, D.C.
Allegations of child abuse
In April 2017 it was announced that the second phase of the Torture of Child Abuse of Scotland would focus on the orphanage run by the Princess of Love: Smyllum Park in Lanark, Bellevue House in Rutherglen, St. Joseph's Hospital in Rosewell, St. Vincent for the Deaf/Blind in Glasgow and Roseangle Orphanage (St Vincent's) in Dundee.
In September 2017, an investigation by the BBC File at 4 and Sunday Post revealed evidence that the body of up to 400 children from Smyllum Park has been buried in mass graves. The orphanage cared for 11,600 children between 1864 and 1981. The investigation follows from a 2003 discovery of an unmarked grave at the St. Mary's cemetery, by campaigners seeking evidence of physical abuse that they believe has been experienced by many former residents. In addition to the cemetery records examined in 2003 that reported that some children died of malnutrition, investigations in 2017 found alleged harassment including beatings, blows, public humiliation and psychological abuse. A former resident at home told BBC Stories about his own experience of "systematic abuse" including an incident in which his arm was broken by a nun who found him sexually abused by a priest. He stated "every child beaten, punished, locked in a dark room, made to eat their own vomit and I would say that most of us have mouths rinsed with carbolic soap." Two representatives from Daughters of Charity have provided evidence to Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry in early 2017, claiming that they could not find the record of abuse that occurred. After an investigation by the Scottish Police to the mass funeral site, The Crown Office acknowledged the level of public concern but said there is currently no evidence of criminal activity. In response to a question posed in the Scottish Parliament, the parenting minister Mark McDonald confirmed that at the time of death there was no requirement for private funeral authorities to keep a list of funeral plots.
Members submitted for Sainthood
- Saint Louise de Marillac
- Saint Catherine Laboure
- Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
- Saint Jeanne Antide Thouret
- Odile Baumgarten
- Blessed Rosalie Rendu
- Blessed Marta Anna Wiecka
- Beato Lindalva Justo de Oliveira
- Blessed Giuseppina Nicoli
- Asuncion Ventura's Servant
- Servant of the Lord Maria Josefa Brandis (Leopoldina) (1815-1900)
- Servant of God Teresa Borgarino (Gabriela) (1880-1947)
- Servant of God Teresa Tambelli (1884-1964)
- The Servant of the Lord Francisca Benicia Oliveira (ClemÃÆ'ªncia) (1896-1966)
- Justa Dominguez de Vidauretta Idoy's Servant
- Servant of God Pia Cantalupo (Anna)
- Servant of God Barbara Samulowska (Stanislawa)
- Servant of the Lord Marie de Mandat-Grancey
- Sister Ursula Mattingly
- Marie-Therese Marquet (Elisabeth)
- Marie-Josephe Adam (Josephine)
- Maria Clorinda Andreoni (Vittoria)
- Marie-Anne Pavillon (Eugenie) and 6 Companions
References
See also
- A sanctified life
- Institutions of consecrated life
- Louise de Marillac
- Religious (Catholic) Institutions
- Secular institutions
- Vincent de Paul
- Vocational Wisdom in the Catholic Church
Further reading
- Martha M. Libster & amp; Sister Betty Ann McNeil. Enlightened Charity: Holistic Nursing Care, Education, and Suggestions on Sick Maternal Coskery, 1799 - 1870. (Golden Apple Publications, 2009)
- Susan E. Dinan, Women and Poor Help at Seventeenth-Century France. Early History of Daughters of Charity (Ashgate, 2006)
- Mary Olga McKenna. Charity Alive: Sisters of Charity from Saint Vincent De Paul, Halifax 1950-1980 (1998) in Canada, quotes and text search
External links
- International website of Love Girls
- Randolph, Bartholomew. "Sister of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908
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