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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…

SVdP Madison Partners With Portillo’s Hot Dogs to Raise Money and Awareness 2560 1920 SVDP USA
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SVdP Madison Partners With Portillo’s Hot Dogs to Raise Money and Awareness

Portillo’s Hot Dogs recently celebrated the opening of a second Madison, WI location, and invited the Madison Society of St. Vincent de Paul to be their charitable partner during two Sneak Peek days. Sneak Peek guests received a free meal from Portillo’s, and in return, were encouraged to make a $5 donation to SVdP Madison.…

Contemplation: A Conference in Heaven 940 788 SVDP USA
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Contemplation: A Conference in Heaven

The Society is united by our three Essential Elements of spirituality, service, and friendship. [Rule, Part III, Statute 1] Frédéric once remarked that perhaps friendship was “the reason that in Paris we wished to found our little Society of St. Vincent de Paul, and it is also for this reason perhaps that heaven has seen…

12-09-2021 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders 168 191 SVDP USA
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12-09-2021 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders

At the age of seven, I began my lifelong journey of service as an altar server at St. Luke Catholic Church in River Forest, IL. I remember the purpose and pride I felt in being a part of the Church and the feeling that it brought me closer to God. Since then, I have endeavored…

Contemplation – True Charity is Always Poor 940 788 SVDP USA
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Contemplation – True Charity is Always Poor

Conferences, following the example of St. Vincent de Paul, are expected to keep detailed and accurate records of contributions, donors, and assistance provided to neighbors in need, and to report them periodically to their Councils. There can be a temptation, looking back on the numbers, to puff up our chests about all the good that…

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