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A Bipartisan Moral Failure: How Both Parties Weaponized the Defenseless 1080 1350 SVDP USA
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A Bipartisan Moral Failure: How Both Parties Weaponized the Defenseless

This week, millions of mothers are wondering how to feed their children. Government doors are closed, but hunger will not wait. Allowing the innocent and vulnerable, children, families, people with disabilities, and the poor, to become casualties of an ideological political struggle is an egregious moral failure. The present government shutdown in the United States…

Statement from John Berry, National President of SVdP USA, on the Federal Government Shutdown 1080 1350 SVDP USA
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Statement from John Berry, National President of SVdP USA, on the Federal Government Shutdown

The government shutdown is increasingly devastating with every passing day, leaving most federal workers without pay and causing uncertainty and delays in federal programs that serve the poor.  Our most economically vulnerable brothers and sisters should not be forced to go without basic needs as a result of a partisan impasse, and it is time…

Statement from SVdP USA on Pope Leo XIV’s Apostolic Exhortation, Dilexi Te 1080 1350 SVDP USA
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Statement from SVdP USA on Pope Leo XIV’s Apostolic Exhortation, Dilexi Te

The first Apostolic Exhortation from Pope Leo XIV entitled Dilexi Te (“I Have Loved You”) is greeted with the utmost joy and appreciation by our 81,000 members of The Society of St. Vincent de Paul USA (SVdPUSA). The vision outlined by the Holy Father to serve the poor with love and compassion is not only the call of the Gospel, it…

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Q&A with Ingrid Delgado, SVdP National Director of Public Policy and Advocacy 450 450 SVDP USA
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Q&A with Ingrid Delgado, SVdP National Director of Public Policy and Advocacy

When Ingrid Delgado talks about her journey into advocacy, she often returns to the stories she grew up hearing around her family’s dinner table. Her parents, immigrants from Cuba, refused to denounce their Catholic faith, even when it meant her father became a political prisoner and her mother was barred from pursuing the studies she…

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September is a Month of Vincentian Celebration and Veneration

September is a Month of Vincentian Celebration and Veneration By Tim Williams, Senior Director of Formation & Leadership Development A feast is a celebration, and September marks two great celebrations for Vincentians – the Feast of St Vincent de Paul on September 27, and the Feast of Blessed Frédéric Ozanam which occurred on September 9.…

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09-18-2025 A Letter from Our Servant Leaders 1200 1200 SVDP USA
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09-18-2025 A Letter from Our Servant Leaders

A Beautiful Weekend in Emmitsburg Last weekend, I had the privilege of being in Emmitsburg, Maryland for the 50th anniversary celebration of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton’s canonization. What a joyous celebration it was! On Saturday, Father Tomas Mavrik, the Superior General of the Vincentian Family worldwide, celebrated a special Vincentian Family Mass. Sunday’s public Mass,…

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09-11-2025 A Letter from Our Servant Leaders 1200 1200 SVDP USA
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09-11-2025 A Letter from Our Servant Leaders

The Value of Vincentian Friendship – Priceless! The theme of Honoring Heritage and Embracing Change came to life at our National Assembly in Louisville! It was awesome to be with all our Vincentians that were able to be with us at this faith filled gathering. I told my 9-month granddaughter about the Assembly, and this…

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09-05-2025 A Letter from Our Servant Leaders 1200 1200 SVDP USA
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09-05-2025 A Letter from Our Servant Leaders

Honoring Heritage, Embracing Change 2025 Annual Assembly, Louisville, KY John Berry Good morning, my Fellow Vincentians It truly is a joy, and I mean a soul-deep joy, to stand before you this morning; old friends, new friends, colleagues, co-workers in mission, partners in faith. I look out at this room, and I see faces of…

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08-21-25 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders 1200 1200 SVDP USA
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08-21-25 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders

Hope in Action: Serving the Poor Amid America’s Growing Housing and Homelessness Crisis In neighborhoods across the United States, the simple dignity of home is slipping out of reach for millions. At any given time, over half a million Americans are homeless, with countless more living on the edge; couch-surfing, sheltering in motels, or fearing…

One Society, One Mission: Walking with Our Lord of Mercy in Ecuador 1499 1488 SVDP USA
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One Society, One Mission: Walking with Our Lord of Mercy in Ecuador

By Valeria Vlasich, International Twinning Coordinator The needs of neighbors in California often involve rent, utilities and food assistance. But nothing prepared two Vincentians for what they found when they traveled to Ecuador in July. More than 30 percent of Ecuador’s population, after all, lives in extreme poverty. Mike Hanika and Laurie O’Keefe of the…

Hope in the Midst of Conflict: Serving Families in Lebanon 740 940 SVDP USA
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Hope in the Midst of Conflict: Serving Families in Lebanon

By Michael J. Nizankiewicz, Chair, U.S. Twinning Commission The ongoing conflict in Lebanon is often overlooked by other wars in the region, but not by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. Thanks to a $100,000 International Twinning grant by the SVdP National Council of the United States last year, approximately 1,200 families in urgent…

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How SVdP helps the vulnerable beat the summer heat

How SVdP helps the vulnerable beat the summer heat Accompanying the poor doesn’t slow down in the summer – in fact, like the temperatures, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul’s efforts to help those in need heats up. Across the country, Vincentians utilize innovative ways to be present to those who suffer most from…

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