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Poverty Awareness Month 940 788 SVDP USA
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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…

1-5-2023 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders 900 900 SVDP USA
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1-5-2023 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders

The holidays are always a mixed blessing for those of us who value our “alone time.” My wife has to drag me to parties, but then I usually have fun when I attend.  During the pandemic it was a small blessing for us introverts to see these parties go into hibernation. Alas, they have returned…

Months after rescue of 87- year-old and her dog from squalid Dallas home, Poldi starts anew 797 668 SVDP USA
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Months after rescue of 87- year-old and her dog from squalid Dallas home, Poldi starts anew

Article originally published by Dallas News and written by Sharon Grigsby  “That something like this could be going on right beneath our noses and no one knew was awful.” Poldi Tonin (center) is helped out of the car at Tonin’s new complex Juliette Fowler Communities in Dallas on Thursday, 2022, by Maria Stanley (left) and…

Contemplation — At the Top of the Stairs 1080 1080 SVDP USA
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Contemplation — At the Top of the Stairs

“The little Society of St. Vincent de Paul is alive and growing,” wrote Bl. Frédéric, “the extraordinary needs of this winter have reinvigorated the activity of our almsgiving.” [Letter 224, to Lallier, 1840] This was, he said, the way in which they strove to keep the fire of Christian brotherhood burning. But for this seven-year-old…

A Week in Prayers December 27 – December 30 1080 1080 SVDP USA
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A Week in Prayers December 27 – December 30

Tuesday, December 27 Lord Jesus Christ Son of the Father, Son of Mary, Help me to seek you in Your poor, To imitate Your life, To share in Your hope, To be emptied of self, And filled with You. Amen Wednesday, December 28 I walk in Your light, Lord Jesus. In Your light is no…

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