rare item acquisition

Louise de Marillac’s Statue in St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome

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The Vincentiana Collection in Archives/Special Collections at DePaul University’s John T. Richardson Library has recently acquired this 1947 press photo. The text reads:

“SCULPTURE READIED FOR ST. PETER’S BASILICA ROME: Professor A. Silva, official Vatican artist puts the finishing touches to the head of the sculpture of the recently canonized Louise de Marillac, founder of the order of the Sisters of Charity. The statue, which is made after model at top right, will be twenty feet high, in accordance with the normal size of statutes in St. Peter’s Basilica, where it will be erected.”

ACME Photo by Julius Humi, Staff Correspondent, 9/27/47

Rare St. Vincent de Paul Society item acquired

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The Vincentiana Collection at DePaul University’s Richardson Libarary’s Archives and Special Collections Department has recently acquired an early example of a St. Vincent de Paul Society fundraiser for the poor. The lottery took place in Bordeaux in 1855-1856.  The various prizes for the lottery are listed on the ticket which cost one livre.  From its origins, the Society employed a number of different types of fundraising to support its ministries to the poor.

Rare Rosalie Rendu Print Acquired

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The Vincentiana Collection located at the Special Collections and Archives of DePaul University has recently acquired a rare 19th century print depicting a famous incident involving Rosalie Rendu during the 1848 revolution in Paris.   For more information see Sr. Louise Sullivan’s 2006 biography: Sister Rosalie Rendu: A Daughter of Charity On Fire with Love for the Poor,

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Recent Acquisition: Mother Suzanne Guillemin, D.C. (1906-1968)

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The Vincentiana Collection at the Archives/Special Collections Department of DePaul University’s Richardson Library has recently acquired a press photograph from September 30, 1964 showing Mother Suzanne Guillemin of the Daughters of Charity attending a session of the Second Vatican Council. Appointed by Pope John XIII, Mother Guillemin was among a number of heads of womens communities who were invited to the Council in a revolutionary act by the pope.  Interestingly this picture was taken only days after the Daughters of Charity switched from their traditional habit and cornette.

Recent Acquisition: “Loterie Saint-Vincent-De-Paul.”

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The Vincentiana Collection of the Archives/Special Collections department at DePaul University recently acquired a lottery ticket that was issued to raise money for the mid-nineteenth century construction of the shrine complex at Saint Vincent’s birthplace “Le Berceau” near Dax.  This national lottery which was authorized by the government of Napoleon III was headed by the Bishop of Aire/Dax, Mgr. Hiraboure. The stated purpose of the lottery was to raise funds to erect a chapel, orphange, and rest home at the site of St. Vincent’s birth.  The lottery distributed 100,000 francs in prize money.  The shrine complex (which also included the reconstructed “birth place” of Saint Vincent and the famous 800 year old oak tree) was dedicated with great solemnity on 24 April 1864.

“Early Vincentian Family Holy Card.”

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The Vincentian Studies Institute recently acquired this Italian holy card for its collection. Dating from the late 19th or early 20th century (after the beatification of Jean-Gabriel Perboyre in 1893)  it is a very early example celebrating the wider Vincentian Family including the Congregation of the Mission, the Daughters of Charity, the Ladies of Charity, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, and the Sisters of Charity.  Louise de Marillac is also featured.

Book of the Week: Rare Ozanam Work acquired by the Vincentian Studies Institute

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The Vincentian Studies Institute of DePaul University recently purchased a very rare copy of Frederic Ozanam’s 1845 tribute to his predecessor in the chair of foreign literature at the Sorbonne: Claude Charles Fauriel. Fauriel died in 1844.  The work of 36 pages was reprinted from the original article published in the Correspondant on 10 May 1845.

 

Book of the Week: “Reglemens de la Compagnie des Dames de la Charite… Paris, 1669”

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Reglemens de la Compagnie des Dames de la Charite de la Paroisse de S. Paul pour le soin des Pauvres, (Paris: Chez Pierre Colin, Imprimeur & Libraire, rue de la Harpe, proche Saint Cosme, aux quatre Evangelistes, 1669).

The Vincentiana Collection of DePaul University’s Archives and Special Collections has recently acquired a very rare 1669 copy of the rules for the Ladies of Charity for the parish of Saint-Paul in Paris. The parish of Saint-Paul was an early site of the labors of the Daughters (see Coste,CCD4:400), and the Ladies.  In June 1652 Vincent describes the work of the Daughters of Charity in this parish: “In Saint-Paul parish alone four or five sisters make the distribution to five thousand poor persons, in addition to the sixty or eight patients they have on their hands.”

Additional Rosalie Rendu Holy Cards

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The Vincentiana material culture collections at DePaul University also have acquired the two following two examples of early Rosalie Rendu holy cards.  The first is a very early “Bonne Soeur Rosalie” pose. We believe this image to be one of the earliest portrayals of Rosalie in existence.  The second image dates from later in the 19th century and features the very familiar portrait by Riffaut.