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Contemplation: The Heart of the Matter 1080 1080 SVDP USA
  • Jill Pioter

Contemplation: The Heart of the Matter

There are times when the demands of serving the neighbor can weigh heavily on us, sometimes because there are so many calls to answer, and sometimes because our efforts often seem to be in vain; the poor remain poor, the struggling continue to struggle. We are called to serve in hope, but how do we…

SVdP News Roundup January 7 – January 13 3600 3600 SVDP USA

SVdP News Roundup January 7 – January 13

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: First inner-city Vinnies in a decade opens IRELAND: SVP reports on impact of cost of living crisis NATIONAL ST. PAUL…

A Week in Prayers January 9 – January 13 1080 1080 SVDP USA

A Week in Prayers January 9 – January 13

Monday, January 9 In Your name, Lord Jesus I offer my prayers For Your sake I offer my love In the neighbor, Lord Jesus I see Your face And together we share Your hope Amen Tuesday, January 10 Each day, Lord, is Your gift to me Refreshed in body and spirit May I offer in…

Disaster Services Update on California Severe Weather 900 900 SVDP USA

Disaster Services Update on California Severe Weather

This past week, much of California has been impacted by heavy storms that continues to cause extensive wind damage and flooding. California’s Governor Newsom has proclaimed a State of Emergency and a Presidential Emergency Declaration has been approved by President Biden to support response and recovery efforts. There continues to be a potential for more…

Poverty Awareness Month 940 788 SVDP USA

Poverty Awareness Month

Written by: Bobby Kinkela, Voice of the Poor Representative for the Mideast Region January is homeless awareness month. Homelessness in Michigan is difficult this time of year in the cold and the snow. There are friends in need who are living out of their cars. The trick here, I’ve heard, is figuring out how much…

1-12-2023 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders 900 900 SVDP USA

1-12-2023 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders

Mom passed away years ago, but she left each of us a cookbook of family recipes. Over the Christmas break, I prepared to bake her blue ribbon-winning coconut pound cake for one night’s dessert.  I laid out all of the contents in front of me, followed the directions and eventually had the cake batter ready…

Contemplation — A Simple Aspiration 1080 1080 SVDP USA

Contemplation — A Simple Aspiration

We celebrate the great vision of our primary founder, Blessed Frédéric Ozanam who, along with six others, started that first Conference which has since grown to literally encircle the world, as he had envisioned. [Rule, Part I, 2.4] Lest we confuse vision with ambition, though, Frédéric’s oft-stated goals for himself and the Society were simply…

SVdP Announces New Episodes of Our Faith in Action on EWTN 1080 1080 SVDP USA
  • Jill Pioter

SVdP Announces New Episodes of Our Faith in Action on EWTN

“Our Faith in Action: Today’s Society of St. Vincent de Paul” will release its final five episodes with a special weeklong event on EWTN Global Catholic Network. From February 6 – 10, one new episode will air each day at 5:30 PM EASTERN / 4:30 PM CENTRAL. The series follows SVdP members, known as Vincentians,…

SVdP News Roundup December 31 – January 6 3600 3600 SVDP USA

SVdP News Roundup December 31 – January 6

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 IRELAND: Carrick-on-Suir St Vincent de Paul Christmas Food Appeal delivered over 100 hampers to those in need IRELAND: 1,000 families in…

A Week in Prayers January 2 – January 6 1080 1080 SVDP USA

A Week in Prayers January 2 – January 6

Tuesday, January 3 My Lord and my God, You are my strength for the journey, The light on my path, The voice that speaks To my innermost heart. You lift me when I have fallen, O Lord, and I am Yours. Amen Wednesday, January 4 Jesus Christ, Savior, I seek only to follow Your way;…

SVdP Stores Corner 1200 628 SVDP USA

SVdP Stores Corner

The Stores Corner was added to the e-Gazette in 2022 to be a helpful resource on various topics for all SVdP Thrift Stores staff and volunteers. This edition of the Stores Corner is to explain the purpose of the National Stores Committee and to list the volunteer committee members by region. The Society of St.…

Poverty Awareness Month: We Are Pilgrims — We Are Not Tourists 940 788 SVDP USA

Poverty Awareness Month: We Are Pilgrims — We Are Not Tourists

Written by: Pam Matambanadzo, National Board Member and Chair of the Multicultural and Diversity Committee In his homily on Sunday, Fr. Jim Prehn, S.J. from Loyola University Chicago (a visiting priest at Saint Mary of the Lake/Our Lady of Lourdes Chicago) reminded us that we are all called and that we should look to the…

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