Saint Louise de Marillac: Servant of the Poor Hilaire

Saint Louise de Marillac: Servant of the Poor HilaireBorn illegitimate, St. Louise (1591 1660) became a great apostle of charity. Together with St. Vincent de Paul she established permanent institutions to put haphazard works of charity onto a stable footing hospitals, child care institutions, homes for the aged, care for those in prison and on the battlefield, psychiatric centers and home nursing care.

sister and brother

I was skeptical

Having lived in an era of great immorality

"There is an important truth

to his days as the Holy Pontiff

peace and comfort that he intends it to be for you

" This book tells what happened and gives the wonderful story of Our Lady's appearances to little Jacinta

ÔÇöJohn Green

founded 200 years earlier by St

First published in 1883

who at the time had been the Parish Priest of St Michael's Ashburton (Melbourne) for 21 years

and deep faith