Newsnote: Lost and Found

A previously lost autograph letter of Saint Vincent de Paul has surfaced.  The letter is dated Paris, January 12, 1642 and was addressed to Michel Dupuis, in Saint Mihiel.  The letter is #563 in Coste.  According to Coste the original autograph letter was at the house of the Daughters of Charity, 12 rue des Greffes in Nimes.  When Volume 2 of the English translation was in preparation the editors could no longer identify the location of the letter.   Recently, as the provinces of the Daughters of Charity in France undergo a consolidation the Visitatrix of France South delivered the re-discovered letter to Sr. Kathleen Appler, the superioress general of the Daughters.  It is now safely housed in the archives at rue du Bac.