A Revolution of Charity

A solid historical study about the revolution brought about by Francis de Sales and Vincent de Paul. The author of Francis de Sales and the Protestants here gives a well researched and judicious treatment of the similarities and differences between the two saints and their respective religious foundations.
Revolution in Charity by Ruth Kleinman
A great 106 page read on the history, theory, mysticism and
and practice of ministry to the poor as flowering in the seventeenth century
with Sts. Francis de Sales, Jane de Chantal and the Foundation of the Visitation of Holy Many,
and the relationship with St. Vincent de Paul and the Foundation of the Sisters of Charity.