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John Berry
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…

John Berry
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
  • Valeria Vlasich

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
  • Valeria Vlasich

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…

How SVdP helps the vulnerable beat the summer heat 900 507 SVDP USA
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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…

Michael Acaldo
8-14-25 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders 1200 1200 SVDP USA
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8-14-25 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders

My Most Memorable National Assembly Over the last 36 years, I have always looked forward to our National Assembly. As you can imagine, I have countless special memories from these gatherings. One might assume my most memorable Assembly was just last year in Phoenix, when Archbishop Bellisario installed me as National CEO. The Diocesan Council…

CPMC Podcast: Ordinary Catholics can step into advocacy for justice 2048 2048 SVDP USA
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CPMC Podcast: Ordinary Catholics can step into advocacy for justice

Ingrid Delgado, National Director of Public Policy and Advocacy, explains how ordinary Catholics can step into advocacy for justice and the dignity of all people Join Catholic Prison Ministries Coalition for a timely podcast conversation with Ingrid Delgado, National Director of Public Policy and Advocacy at the Society of St. Vincent de Paul USA, who…

John Berry
08-07-25 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders 1200 1200 SVDP USA
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08-07-25 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders

Finding Joy in the Chaos of Service (and Life) I was blessed to grow up in a community filled with friends, neighbors, and classmates from diverse ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds. Our tight-knit circle of school friends, many of whom I still keep in touch with, spent countless hours in each other’s homes, celebrating holidays…

07-31-25 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders 1200 1200 SVDP USA
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07-31-25 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders

My husband and I were living as missionaries in a remote village in San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic, close to the Haiti border, when I first embraced the work of justice. I was skeptical when our Mission Office started to engage with the government in providing breakfast and lunch to the schoolchildren who…

07-24-25 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders 1200 1200 SVDP USA
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07-24-25 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders

It’s a Great Time to be a Vincentian!  When former Cardinal Robert Prevost recently became the first Pope from the USA, he was a longshot choice that even Vatican pundits said “would never happen”.  I took a moment to reflect on other major “firsts” during my lifetime.  Those that came to mind included: The jet…

John Berry
07-17-25 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders 1200 1200 SVDP USA
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07-17-25 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders

Walking from Jerusalem to Jericho This past weekend the Gospel reading was one of my favorites, the parable of The Good Samaritan. This is one of not just my, but a lot of people’s, favorite parables. You might call it one of Jesus’s greatest hits. It is so famous it has a hospital named after…

Michael Acaldo
7-10-25 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders 1200 1200 SVDP USA
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7-10-25 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders

Sharing Christ’s Light and Love As Vincentians, we know that the worlds of public policy and helping our neighbors are often intertwined. Take the soaring cost of medicine. As Vincentians, we see the effect these costs have on those we serve every day. It’s an issue that one administration after another talks about – but…

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