"Help honors when to the bread that nourishes, it adds the visit that consoles, the advice that enlightens, the friendly shake of the hand that lifts up sinking courage; when it treats the poor man with respect, not only as an equal but as a superior, since he is suffering that which we would perhaps not be able to bear ourselves; since he is among us as the messenger of God, sent to put justice and charity to the test, and to save us by our works."

                                                Frédéric Ozanam, Founder of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul