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05-12-2022 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders 1368 1387 SVDP USA

05-12-2022 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders

Every week, it seems we Catholics are asked for our positions of the social crisis of the day. For a religion that is so often ridiculed or ignored by the media, they sure do ask often for our opinions! It fascinates me that our brothers and sisters in different faiths are rarely asked how they…

Contemplation – Where Charity is Practiced Cheerfully 940 788 SVDP USA

Contemplation – Where Charity is Practiced Cheerfully

Commenting on Conference meetings, President-General Jules Gossin wrote that “In France, what even the best men fear most is boredom; and, in that respect, the men of every country are more or less French.” He went on, in his Circular Letter of November 1, 1847, to say that “Boredom is to a Conference what smoke…

News Roundup May 7 – May 13 1200 1200 SVDP USA

News Roundup May 7 – May 13

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: Vinnie’s CEO Sleepout puts female champions at the forefront AUSTRALIA: Vinnies welcomes housing and homelessness commitments AUSTRALIA: Vinnies aims for…

Daily Prayers May 2 – May 6 940 788 SVDP USA

Daily Prayers May 2 – May 6

Monday, May 2 Lord, in my anger calm me With the peace of knowing Your love In my impatience reassure me With the peace of trusting Your will In my suffering comfort me With the peace of Your kingdom above Amen Tuesday, May 3: Lord Jesus, I thank You for Your sacrifice That greatest act…

05-05-2022 A Letter From Your Servant Leaders 1367 1520 SVDP USA

05-05-2022 A Letter From Your Servant Leaders

Dear Vincentian Friends, Last weekend the National Football League held its annual draft of college players. It has become a major sports-media event as team managers take their turns identifying the new talent their teams need to complement their current rosters. Fans are interested in these picks and speculate on the contribution of new players…

Young Catholic Professionals: Thy Will be Done 1421 1421 SVDP USA

Young Catholic Professionals: Thy Will be Done

Last week, a delegation of Young Adult Vincentians from across the country met with other Young Adult Catholics at the Young Catholic Professionals annual conference in Dallas, Texas. This year’s theme, Thy Will Be Done, focused on guiding attendees in finding the right path through life’s peaks and valleys to align themselves with God’s will.…

Raices y Alas: Roots and Wings 900 900 SVDP USA
  • Jill Pioter

Raices y Alas: Roots and Wings

Last week, a delegation of Vincentians met with other Catholics from across the country for the National Catholic Council for Hispanic Ministry’s (NCCHM) in Washington DC for the 6th National Catholic Congress Raíces y Alas. This year’s theme, Prophetic Voices: Being Bridges for a New Era, focused on pastoral responses and initiatives to the ministerial…

Contemplation: The Best Way to Give Help 940 788 SVDP USA
  • Jill Pioter

Contemplation: The Best Way to Give Help

A central principle of Catholic social teaching, necessary for respect of human dignity and a properly ordered social life, is subsidiarity. [CSDC, 185-186] Naturally, the organization, governance, and traditions of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul reflect this important principle, too. [Rule, Part I, 3.9] How does subsidiarity guide the practice of our Vincentian…

4-28-2022 Disaster Services Update 783 735 SVDP USA

4-28-2022 Disaster Services Update

Disaster Services Corporation is responding to the recent flooding and storm damage throughout Middle Tennessee. At least 22 people were killed, including many children. Up to 17 inches of rain fell in Humphreys County in less than 24 hours, shattering the Tennessee record for one-day rainfall. In a community used to tornadoes and seeking shelter…

Stores Corner: Staying in Contact With Your Customers is Critical 738 416 SVDP USA

Stores Corner: Staying in Contact With Your Customers is Critical

Customer loyalty and gift cards can be a positive add-on for a store. Having a Point of Sale (POS) system allows for ease in these types of special add-on programs in daily store operations. These programs create customer excitement and additional income opportunities, while capturing data at a granular level for deeper insights into the…

4-28-2022 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders 1363 1363 SVDP USA

4-28-2022 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders

It surprises many people to learn that the function of advertising is not to create sales, but to build or drive traffic. Sure, that Buy One, Get One offer or sales price advertisement gets you into the store, but from there you still make a purchase decision on your user experience. In marketing terms, Promotion…

Contemplation – Our Wordless Witness 940 788 SVDP USA

Contemplation – Our Wordless Witness

Our Vincentian virtue of zeal is more than simply enthusiasm or evangelical fervor. It is, St. Vincent de Paul said, “a pure desire to become pleasing to God and helpful to our neighbor”. [CCD XII:250] Zeal, then, requires first our own interior conversion, and then our concrete action. As the first Rule explained, we must…

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