Who is St Vincent
Pallotti
Vincent worked with youth groups.
As a priest, he became aware of those whose work hours prevented them from
attending school. He organized volunteer teachers to for evening classes in the
parish hall. The project was so successful many other night schools
followed.
As a youth,
Vincent was a member of the "Sodality of the Blessed Virgin " and became
especially devoted to Mary.
Vincent had
a gift for getting volunteers involved in charity projects. When deadly
disease struck Rome, he organized help for the homeless and hungry, such as the
Pious House of St. Agatha for orphan girls. The lay volunteers there
formed the beginning of the Pallottine Sisters who today work for the education
and Christian formation of young people.
Along with
his work with youth, as a diocesan priest he continued to garner help to provide
for the local needs of the Church and for those of the foreign missions. Called
the precursor of Catholic Action, St/ Vincent was praised by Popes Pius XI, Pius
XII, and John XXIII. |
Prayer to
St. Vincent Pallotti
(1795-1850)
~Canonized
by Pope John XXIII
at the Second Vatican Council~
Father, we thank You for your gifts.
Support us to live in a spirit of gratitude, humility and prayer. Help us to
imitate Jesus the Apostle as did St Vincent Pailotti.
Revive our Faith, Strengthen our
Hope, rekindle our Charity, and to live and spread them in our world. Give us a
profound experience of You, and of your Word as the light and guide for our way.
May the Eucharist nourish our spirit
and make us authentic witnesses of Jesus, transform our families and
communities, make them open to the gifts of the Holy Spirit, so that with Mary
Queen of Apostles they may affect the growth of Your kingdom.
St Vincent, keep us faithful to the
charism and mission entrusted to us, help us persevere in holiness, and may our
lives be filled with compassion and love. Amen.
~Prayer
in honor of the Jubilee Year
of St Vincent's Canonization |
Words from St Vincent
Pallotti
"Do not be
stingy with God, rather, be generous."
"As a
servant of God, do not trust yourself and your strength completely, but put all
your trust in the infinite power of divine grace."
"What I tell others to do, I must first do myself."
"Divine Providence has already made it our obligation to help others in their
difficult temporal needs. In addition, we must help them all the more in their
spiritual needs."
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