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06-23-2022 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders 1363 1363 SVDP USA

06-23-2022 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders

Sir Paul McCartney is touring again this year. In a few days he will turn 80 years old, but he still takes on  the grind of travel to different cities and several hours of concert performing almost nightly. I saw him in the late 1980s, when he played RFK Stadium in DC for two consecutive…

Disaster Services Update 940 788 SVDP USA

Disaster Services Update

Besides responding to natural and man-made disasters, the role of DSC is to educate SVdP’ Councils and Conferences about different types of severe weather.  Since we are in the hurricane season, we wanted to share some tips. The best time to prepare for a hurricane is now. It is vital to understand your home’s vulnerability…

Daily Prayers June 13 – June 17 940 788 SVDP USA

Daily Prayers June 13 – June 17

Monday, June 13: Jesus, my Lord and my salvation, Help me turn my other cheek, Help me walk the extra mile, Help me proclaim the living Word In all my actions. Amen Tuesday, June 14: Give me the love, O Lord, To serve and not to be served To seek out those in need of…

Contemplation: A Union of Hearts 940 788 SVDP USA

Contemplation: A Union of Hearts

Subsidiarity, Pope Pius XI taught, is a “most weighty principle, which cannot be set aside or changed, remains fixed and unshaken in social philosophy”. [Quadregesimo Anno, 79]  Indeed, more than ninety years later, it remains one of the four core principles of Catholic Social Doctrine. [CSDC, 160] Given Blessed Frédéric’’s influence on the Church’s social…

News Roundup June 11 – June 17 1200 1200 SVDP USA

News Roundup June 11 – June 17

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: SVP celebrates combined 450 years volunteering NATIONAL CINCINNATI, OH: St. Vincent de Paul in need of box fans to distribute…

06-16-2022 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders 1367 1520 SVDP USA

06-16-2022 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders

Dear Vincentian Friends, In last week’s Servant Leader Column, Renato Lima de Oliviera, our International President, shared some of his thoughts looking back on his presidency. In another year I may write a similar column, but today I want to look forward, not backward. Like Renato, I have 15 more months left in my term…

Holy Spirit Prayer for the SVdP National Presidential Election 549 626 SVDP USA

Holy Spirit Prayer for the SVdP National Presidential Election

L: In the Name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit All: Amen. L: Come, Holy Spirit, live within our lives. All: And strengthen us by Your Love. L: Send forth your spirit and new life will be created. All: And the whole face of the earth will be renewed. L: Holy Spirit, we ask…

Contemplation – Infinitely Loved 940 788 SVDP USA

Contemplation – Infinitely Loved

Conference Meetings, the Rule tells us, “are held in a spirit of fraternity, simplicity, and Christian joy.” [Rule, Part I, 3.4] Like so much that we read in our Rule, this is less a set of instructions about exactly what we must do than it is a description of what a Vincentian, or Vincentian Conference…

News Roundup June 4 – June 10 1200 1200 SVDP USA

News Roundup June 4 – June 10

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: St Mark’s students bring in more than $10,000 for Vinnies in community sleepout AUSTRALIA: Vinnies CEO Sleepout aiming to raise…

Daily Prayers June 6 – June 10 940 788 SVDP USA

Daily Prayers June 6 – June 10

Monday, June 6: Holy Mary, Mother of the Church, Pray for us, That humility overcomes pride; That selflessness overcomes ego; That gentleness overcomes anger; That love overcomes all. In the name of your son Jesus Christ Amen Tuesday, June 7: Holy Spirit, set my heart on fire. Let Your light shine Through the works I…

06-09-2022 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders 1600 900 SVDP USA

06-09-2022 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders

Six years ago, the election for international presidency took place. As President General of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, I lived countless experiences, which I tried to share intensely with the Vincentian community through articles published in the media of the General Council International. I also sought, through audio messages, lectures and photographs,…

Contemplation – The Light From Within 940 788 SVDP USA

Contemplation – The Light From Within

Saint Vincent de Paul famously said that it is our vocation to “set people’s hearts on fire, to do what the Son of God did. He came to set the world on fire in order to inflame it with His love.” [CCD XII:215] These are inspirational “marching orders”, but what, in a practical sense, do…

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