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06-01-2023 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders 900 900 SVDP USA

06-01-2023 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders

My nine-year old neighbor thinks that my human-powered rotary lawnmower is so cool that he loves to cut my grass. My lawn is only the size of a shuffleboard court, so it doesn’t take him long, but for five bucks I get out of some work and he has fun. When faced with a Society…

Contemplation — Come, Holy Spirit 1080 1080 SVDP USA

Contemplation — Come, Holy Spirit

Four hundred years ago, on the feast of Pentecost 1623, Louise de Marillac, known then as Mademoiselle LeGras, knelt in prayer at her parish church, Église Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs. Her husband was very ill, and unemployed. Her son was troubled. She blamed herself for these burdens, because she had never fulfilled her “first promise,” made when she…

SVdP News Roundup May 20 – May 26 150 150 SVDP USA

SVdP News Roundup May 20 – May 26

With 100,000 Vincentians across the United States and nearly 800,000 around the world, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul provides person-to-person service to those who are needy and suffering. Read some of their stories here: INTERNATIONAL AUSTRALIA: Vinnies shops welcomes volunteers to offer their skills and experience AUSTRALIA: Poorer customers facing worse than 25 per cent price…

A Week in Prayers May 22 – May 26 1080 1080 SVDP USA

A Week in Prayers May 22 – May 26

Monday, May 22 O my Jesus, I love You. I love You in my actions, I love You in my prayer, I love You in my heart and soul. When all else is abandoned, Or has abandoned me, From an empty room alone, I love You, Lord. Amen Tuesday, May 23 You have called me,…

05-25-2023 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders 900 900 SVDP USA

05-25-2023 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders

Dear Vincentian Friends, In last week’s Servant Leader column, Dave reflected on Vincentian service and poverty statistics with an encouragement to invest in systemic change efforts to complement our direct aid. Let me continue that theme with some related thoughts. Our Society has taken steps in recent years to provide material that can help develop…

Contemplation — Our Sublime Vocation 1080 1080 SVDP USA

Contemplation — Our Sublime Vocation

As members of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, we are not simply “volunteers.” Rather, ours is a vocation. A vocation is more than a simple set of activities, or membership in a club. The word itself is from the Latin root vocāre, meaning to call. Our vocation is a call from God, a…

SVdP News Roundup May 13 – Mary 19 1080 1080 SVDP USA

SVdP News Roundup May 13 – Mary 19

With 100,000 Vincentians across the United States and nearly 800,000 around the world, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul provides person-to-person service to those who are needy and suffering. Read some of their stories here: INTERNATIONAL AUSTRALIA: Vinnies sets sights on helping more than 6500 people avoid disaster this winter – but they need our help CANADA:…

A Week in Prayers May 15 – May 19 1080 1080 SVDP USA

A Week in Prayers May 15 – May 19

Monday, May 15 Your blessings, Lord, Are right before my eyes, As if silhouetted In golden rays on the horizon In the sun’s setting or its rising. Help me to see all your children Whether hidden in shadows, Or shabby clothes, Or behind unwelcoming faces, Throughout the busy day, In that same brilliant light. Amen…

Disaster Services Corporation Launches Kare Wallet at VOAD Conference 2420 1816 SVDP USA

Disaster Services Corporation Launches Kare Wallet at VOAD Conference

Recently, SVdP’s Disaster Services Corporation attended the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) Conference held in St. Louis. DSC had an exhibitor booth at the event where they were able to engage with the more than 800 attendees, and network with other organizations that work with those affected by disasters, including FEMA and DHS.…

05-18-2023 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders 900 900 SVDP USA

05-18-2023 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders

Years ago I bought some original comic book production pages of black ink on card paper, because I enjoyed the comics featuring Conan the Barbarian and other heroes as a young adult. I had them framed, kept them out of direct sunlight and otherwise protected my whopping investment of about 30 bucks a page. As…

Contemplation — The Grace of God 1080 1080 SVDP USA

Contemplation — The Grace of God

“There but for the grace of God go I.” We tend to share this idiom most often when a peer, a friend, or a colleague suffers a misfortune – somebody whose shoes we imagine to be pretty close to our own size, familiar characters who have made the same mistakes we’ve made. Yet it captures…

SVdP News Roundup May 6 — May 12 1080 1080 SVDP USA

SVdP News Roundup May 6 — May 12

With 100,000 Vincentians across the United States and nearly 800,000 around the world, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul provides person-to-person service to those who are needy and suffering. Read some of their stories here: INTERNATIONAL AUSTRALIA: New CEO, new strategy for NSW St Vincent de Paul AUSTRALIA: St Vincent de Paul Society to open new resource…

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