To St. Vincent de Paul: Patron of Charitable Workers
Dear Saint,
the mere mention of your name suggests a litany of your virtues:
humility, zeal, mercy, self-sacrifice. It also recalls your many
foundations:
Works of Mercy, Congregations, Societies.
And the Church gratefully remembers your promotion of the priesthood.
Inspire all Charitable Workers, especially those who minister to the
poor -
both the spiritually and materially poor.
Amen