Fr. Jack Melito, C.M., writes of Vincent de Paul’s humble origins: how these served as an embarrassment early in Vincent’s life away from home, and then as a hedge against pride later on.  His great works, Vincent presented as “little”: The Little Company of humble origins; the little virtues of simplicity, humility, meekness, mortification and zeal; his “little method” of preaching.  Vincent never wanted to remember where he came from when he was a youth; but, as an adult, he never forgot where he came from.

“Vincent, The Country Boy” is a chapter from the book Windows on His Vision (pp. 13-16) available at: https://via.library.depaul.edu/windows/5/

It is also available as an ebook here: https://via.library.depaul.edu/vincentian_ebooks/8/