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SVdP USA Releases Impact Report 870 1125 SVDP USA

SVdP USA Releases Impact Report

The National Council of the U.S., Society of St. Vincent de Paul has released its 2022 Impact Report to donors. Donors make possible the work done by Vincentians across the country. Through their generosity to the National Council, they are supporting our vast network of volunteers as they share the love of Christ with neighbors…

Contemplation – Grateful Friends 940 788 SVDP USA

Contemplation – Grateful Friends

One of the four permanent principles of the church’s social doctrine is solidarity, which is a “common path of individuals and peoples towards an ever more committed unity.” [CSDC, 192] Whatever may separate us on the surface, each of us is created in God’s image, and meant to live in community. Solidarity reminds us that…

Daily Prayers July 11 – July 15 940 788 SVDP USA

Daily Prayers July 11 – July 15

Monday, July 11: Lord Jesus, With steps at times uncertain, I seek to follow Your way. My mind and heart united, I seek to know Your truth. May the love that never fails Let me share in Your eternal life. Amen Tuesday, July 12: Lord Jesus, in Your name I ask forgiveness Lord Jesus, through…

News Roundup July 9 – July 15 1200 1200 SVDP USA

News Roundup July 9 – July 15

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: Winter shines a spotlight on housing crisis NATIONAL BILOXI, MS: Biloxi Regional Medical Center Inc. donates over $300k to local…

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…

Michael Bourg
St. Vincent de Paul New Orleans Welcomes New Executive Director 1080 1512 SVDP USA

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

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

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…

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