Come and join us for Morning Prayer and Holy Rosary this morning 27 September either in person or on the livestream as we celebrate the feast day of St Vincent de Paul. He was born in the province of Guyenne (archdiocese of Bordeaux) in 1581 and died in Paris on 27 September 1660. In 1622 he was appointed chaplain to the galleys working amongst imprisoned galley slaves and returned to be the superior of the Congregation of the Mission, whose priests devoted themselves to the people in smaller towns and villages. He was a pioneer of seminary education and founded the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul. Renowned for his compassion, humility and generosity, he was canonised in 1737.