The Beginnings
From
the very beginning, Saint Vincent de Paul as well as Saint Louise de
Marillac inculcated in their sons and daughters a deep love and a great
devotion to Mary. God rewarded their initiative and chose a simple
Daughter of Charity to be His messenger, and a Priest of the Mission as
the intermediary of the message. And this is how it happened that He
prepared the young Zoé, a simple peasant girl, who strove for perfection
during her early childhood, teen years and early adulthood.
She is a model for all young people of today. Catherine experienced the
sorrows and joys of family life; she was acquainted with the difficulties
of her area, the influences of the society of her day… In 1997, we
celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the Church's recognition of her
sanctity.
Mary in the history of the Company ( Mary and the Founders).
Birthplace of Saint Catherine: Fain les Moutiers, 1806
