Saint of the Day, September 22: Saint Vincent de Paul

St. Vincent de Paul (1581-1660): Vincent was a very intelligent son of peasants, and was ordained when he was twenty. He was taken captive by Turkish pirates and sold into slavery. When he converted his owner to Christianity, he was freed. He then returned to France and spent the rest of his life serving the poor, the sick, the enslaved, the abandoned, and the ignored.