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12-23-2021 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders 1367 1520 SVDP USA
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12-23-2021 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders

Dear Vincentian Friends, I wish each of you a blessed Christmas and pray that you may experience the joy of the season. The Manual of the National Council of the United States tells us, “Central to an understanding of Vincentian spirituality is the Mystery of the Incarnation, the mystery and grace that God became human.…

12-23-2021 Daily Prayer 940 788 SVDP USA
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12-23-2021 Daily Prayer

Daily Prayer for Thursday, December 23, 2021: Lord and Savior, come to us Join Your children Walk with us So we may walk with you! Amen Written by National Vincentian Formation Director, Tim Williams.

12-22-2021 Daily Prayer 940 788 SVDP USA
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12-22-2021 Daily Prayer

Daily Prayer for Wednesday, December 22, 2021: You have blessed me Lord With the gift of life To accept in humble faith To be inspired by eternal hope To live as an act of love Like a song lifted to heaven, Sung with joy for all who will hear. Amen Written by National Vincentian Formation…

12-21-2021 Daily Prayer 940 788 SVDP USA
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12-21-2021 Daily Prayer

Daily Prayer for Tuesday, December 21, 2021: In turmoil and in troubles, In sickness and in health, I know this, too, shall pass, my Lord. My soul in silence waits. In triumph and in glory, Over all the world to reign, I know You will return, my Lord. My soul in joy awaits! Amen Written…

12-20-2021 Daily Prayer 940 788 SVDP USA
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12-20-2021 Daily Prayer

Daily Prayer for Monday, December 20, 2021: Lord, I long to see Your face, When You come in glory, Your hands outstretched and beckoning, Your kingdom come on earth. Lord I long to see Your face, When you come in rags, Your hands outstretched and pleading, Your kingdom served on earth. Amen Written by National…

Contemplation – The Primitive Spirit 940 788 SVDP USA
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Contemplation – The Primitive Spirit

”Ozanam is no longer with us to remind us of our primitive spirit,” remarked President-General Adolphe Baudon after Frédéric’s death in 1853. [Baunard, 407] Indeed, from the Society’s earliest days, Frédéric urged fellow members not to encumber themselves with restrictive or bureaucratic structures, nor to praise ourselves for our accomplishments, which might make us, he…

12-17-2021 Daily Prayer 940 788 SVDP USA
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12-17-2021 Daily Prayer

Daily Prayer for Friday, December 17, 2021: In imitation of You, Lord Jesus, May I give of myself each day. May I act with humble simplicity, And with gentle, patient kindness. Amen Written by National Vincentian Formation Director, Tim Williams.

Disaster Services Corporation Update Regarding Recent Tornado Outbreak 940 788 SVDP USA
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Disaster Services Corporation Update Regarding Recent Tornado Outbreak

Dear Vincentians, Disaster Services Corporation (DSC) is coordinating its response to the recent devastating tornado outbreak in six states with its South Central, Midwest, North Central, Mideast, and Southeast Disaster Representatives which are part of the DSC Board’s Disaster Operations Committee. DSC is monitoring to meet the needs of survivors by working through state, local,…

12-16-2021 Daily Prayer 940 788 SVDP USA
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12-16-2021 Daily Prayer

Daily Prayer for Thursday, December 16, 2021: What did I come here to see, Lord? Why have I come to Mass? To see Your suffering, hung like art, In the Stations of the Cross? What did I come here to see, Lord? Why do I visit the poor? To see Your suffering, see Your face,…

Dec. 13 – Dec. 16 News Roundup 1200 1200 SVDP USA
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Dec. 13 – Dec. 16 News Roundup

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: James Sheahan students raise over $2.5k for Vinnies’ families in need AUSTRALIA: Large donation to help support St Vincent de…

12-16-2021 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders 1363 1363 SVDP USA
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12-16-2021 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders

As we wrap up the calendar year, Vincentians are focused on the usual food pantries, plus food and gift distributions over the holiday period. I imagine that half a million turkeys alone will be distributed by our members this month. No, we won’t capture this data in the annual reports! While some of the charity…

Current SVdP Leaders Take Inspiration From the Past in Newly Published Articles 1344 1792 SVDP USA
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Current SVdP Leaders Take Inspiration From the Past in Newly Published Articles

Two articles by current SVdP leaders look back at the Society’s roots, in the latest issue of De Paul University’s Vincentian Heritage Journal. National Director of Formation Tim Williams shares with us two new articles by Ray Sickinger, Ph.D., and Ralph Middlecamp. François Lallier, Friend of Frédéric, Co-Founder of the Society As a young law…

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