Vincentia is a town in New South Wales, Australia, on the shores of Jervis Bay. It is roughly 25 km south-east of Nowra. Motto: Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) Nickname: First State, Premier State Other Australian states and territories Capital Sydney Government Governor Premier Const. ... Jervis Bay can refer to: Jervis Bay Territory, New South Wales, is an Australian territory which includes the naval base HMAS Creswell. ... Nowra is the town area and main administrative centre within the City of Shoalhaven in New South Wales, Australia. ...
Vincentia was thus a social activist on behalf of women workers, even as her contemporary, Bl.
Vincentia was attracted by this sort of charity.
Vincentia's Daughters had a sort of motto: "Steady employment is the safeguard of virtue." What was true of their working girls is equally true of the thousands of American youths who run away each year to the large cities and for want of occupations fall into vice.
Spent 40 years as a homemaker and lay woman devoted to care for the poor.
Around 1832 she and Saint Bartholomea Capitanio formed the Sisters of Charity of Lovere, a congregation for the welfare and support of sick poor people, and for the education of poor children; Catherine joined the congregation, taking the name Vincentia.
Enjoyed tending grapevines destined for sacramental wine; as she worked, she meditated on their conversion to the Blood of Christ.
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