The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul was born into a world in the throes of change. Paris at the time of the Industrial Revolution was an unhealthy and unsafe place for many. This was the crisis situation in which 7 young men stood up and decided “to go to the margins”. See the presentation
Perspective On the Origins of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul
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