Words and prayers of Father Anizan
The mission of the Sons of Charity

Fr. Anizan’s commentary on the Constitutions of 1924 concerning the mission of the recently founded Institute.


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> “Our Institute’s purpose and the evangelization of the poor and popular class through the pastoral ministry and the works of mercy . . .”
Our Triple Ideal

The beginning of Fr. Anizan’s long meditation on the Triple Ideal that makes up the vocation of a Son of Charity:  holiness or life centered in God; apostolic fecundity, in the style of Jesus the Good Shepherd of the abandoned crowds; evangelization of the poor, as Jesus understood them. 


> “When God called us to our vocation, a triple ideal appeared before us and seduced our souls: holiness, apostolic fecundity, and evangelization of the poor...”
The soul of a mystic and of a shepherd

Prayers of Father Anizan, written at different times of his life, which show his intimate relationship with God and his passion as a shepherd and apostle of the poor and working people. 

 


> Thank you for our vocation
> My God and my all
> The Sacred Heart of Jesus
> My God, I am heartsick for you!
> I am entirely yours, my God
> I burn with a desire to serve You, my God
> To spend myself completely for the people
> The thought of the lost masses
> I have compassion for the crowds
> I commend to You all those sons that You have given me
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