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Arch Saint Louis (Missouri)The Life and mission of St. Louise de Marillac reflect the Mission of Catholic Charities of St. Louis.
“To Bring the Healing, Help and Hope of Jesus Christ to those in need with a compassionate, Caring Presence.”
St. Louise de Marillac and St. Vincent DePaul ask us to go to the poor. There you will find God.
For Louise, the active care of Christ in the poor was connected to, and a different expression of, the worship of Christ in a life of prayer and contemplation. As St. Vincent de Paul helped moved toward a rule for them he said that they should have “for a monastery, the house of the sick, for a chapel, the parish church, for a cloister, the streets of the city or the wards of the hospitals….” This was a vision for a community not closing itself away from the world for the worship of Christ, but adoring Christ in the midst of the world, by serving Him in “the least of these.” St. Louise’s dying words to her sisters asked them to remain committed to their service to the poor and “to honor them as Christ Himself.”
