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07-14-2022 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders 1368 1387 SVDP USA

07-14-2022 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders

This isn’t a stores column, but let’s use a store as an example. When reviewing a Thrift Store, I always request that the manager and I close our eyes and we suddenly appear in the middle of the store. What do we see, and what is the store trying to tell us? In a recent…

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St. Vincent de Paul New Orleans Welcomes New Executive Director 1080 1512 SVDP USA
  • Jill Pioter

St. Vincent de Paul New Orleans Welcomes New Executive Director

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Archdiocesan Council of New Orleans (ADCNO) is pleased to announce the hiring of Michael S. Bourg as Executive Director. Bourg brings over 30 years of experience in the nonprofit sector to the organization; specifically in the areas of management and fundraising. He has done extensive work in institutional…

News Roundup July 2 – July 8 1200 1200 SVDP USA

News Roundup July 2 – July 8

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: Dig deep to help Vinnies work its wonders for our homeless this winter IRELAND: Bettystown woman named SVP Volunteer of…

Contemplation — Seeking Help From the Neighbor 940 788 SVDP USA

Contemplation — Seeking Help From the Neighbor

The parable of the Good Samaritan is a Vincentian favorite. In Christ’s command to “go and do likewise”, we hear the call to our lay vocation: to tend to the helpless, the hungry, the sick, and the lonely with acts of both corporal and spiritual mercy. For Frédéric, the robber’s victim represented all the “humanity…

Daily Prayers July 5 – 8 940 788 SVDP USA
  • Jill Pioter

Daily Prayers July 5 – 8

July 5 You are the Lord of hope, In my works done in Your name, May I be a servant of faith With heart, mind, body, and soul, May I help build the Kingdom of love Amen July 6 I commend my soul to You, Lord, May my body be a temple Of the Holy…

07-07-22 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders 1367 1520 SVDP USA
  • Jill Pioter

07-07-22 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders

Dear Vincentian Friends, During the past several months, it has been my pleasure to attend three regional meetings of the Society and the meeting of the International Executive Committee in Paris. It was wonderful to be with Vincentian friends I have not seen in many years, and to meet new people taking leadership roles in…

Contemplation – The Soul of Liberty 940 788 SVDP USA

Contemplation – The Soul of Liberty

As a young man, Bl. Frédéric Ozanam considered himself, like his father, to be a monarchist, seeing government on earth as an expression of the divine principle of authority. He was inspired especially by the example of St. Louis, King of France, whose monarchy represented “the sacrifice of a single person for the good of…

Daily Prayers June 27 – July 1 940 788 SVDP USA

Daily Prayers June 27 – July 1

Monday, June 20: Lord, Your words of love, Not shouted once, but whispered constantly, Settle within my open heart. They strengthen and comfort me. Help me to serve You. Help me to share You. Amen Tuesday, June 21: Lord Jesus, the calm in the storm Lord Jesus, the peace in my heart In crashing storms…

News Roundup June 25 – July 1 1200 1200 SVDP USA

News Roundup June 25 – July 1

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: Ukrainian child’s solo journey to seek safe haven in Australia AUSTRALIA: Finance leaders help raise over $9 million for charity…

Disaster Services Update 940 788 SVDP USA

Disaster Services Update

Besides responding to natural and manmade disasters, the role of Disaster Services Corporation (DSC) is to educate SVdP Councils and Conferences about different types of severe weather. Per the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), high temperatures kill hundreds of people every year. Heat-related deaths and illness are preventable, yet more than 700 people…

SVdP Heads to USCCB’s Journeying Together 2016 1512 SVDP USA

SVdP Heads to USCCB’s Journeying Together

Last week, a delegation of Vincentians from across the country traveled to Chicago, IL. to participate in the Journeying Together national gathering. The theme of this year’s event was “Alive in Christ: Young, Diverse, Prophetic Voices Journeying Together.” SVdP’s participation in this event was the culmination of a recent push to target new and diverse…

06-30-2022 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders 1363 1363 SVDP USA

06-30-2022 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders

The Society has survived, and even in some cases remarkably thrived, during the pandemic period. Yet we have not been immune to the several major trends that affect our ability to grow or even maintain our membership. It is worse than we thought. Let’s look briefly at what we already know, the reasons why we…

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