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If you want to begin to understand what the Society of St. Vincent de Paul is all about, we must, of necessity, return to the origins of the Society and consider, in retrospect, both its philosophical and historical background. To every one of us God gives special gifts for the renewal and building up of his people. Some of us welcome these gifts and, as our Lord describes it is in the parable, make them multiply a hundred fold. Others do not work as hard at it and fail to take full advantage of their charismatic gifts, and others simply neglect them, or worse still, bury them out of sight, so that they produce nothing. We can stimulate our desire to have our charisma bear fruit by the study of those who have accepted God's grace and allowed it to have full rein in the development of their gifts. Since we Vincentians have a special vocation, that of direct, personal service to the poor, it is fitting that we should look back to the sources of our own Society for inspiration and...

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