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Saint Vincent de Paul, in his native Paris, founded "Daughters of Charity" in 1617 to supply food and other necessities for distribution to the poor. This group was formed to care for poor people in hospitals and dispensaries.
The Daughters of Charity group was the first to nurse the poor in their homes, to care for the mentally ill and to visit patients after hospital discharge. Pioneers of modern social services, these Daughters founded homes for unwed mothers and the aged, built orphanages, started soup kitchens, provided hostels for beggars and advocated for prison reform and war relief.
More than 300 years after their founding, the Daughters of Charity number more than 38,000 women of faith at work in 75 provinces worldwide. Today, St. Vincent de Paul is known as the patron saint of all works of charity. Our hosptial traces its roots and mission to his service and leadership. | 
