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Contemplation: Damascus, Emmaus, and the Vincentian Pathway 940 788 SVDP USA
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Contemplation: Damascus, Emmaus, and the Vincentian Pathway

One of the central tenets of our Vincentian spirituality is our call to see the face of Christ in those we serve. It seems so simple, and yet at times we lose our focus and lose sight of Him during our Home Visits. It is easy to allow ourselves to think ahead to the “solution”…

Clips from Our Faith in Action Pandemic Special Now Available 1408 812 SVDP USA
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Clips from Our Faith in Action Pandemic Special Now Available

The Our Faith in Action: Today’s Society of St. Vincent de Paul Special Pandemic Edition aired on EWTN last month and is now available to view online. This special can serve as a great marketing tool for the Society, but the full episode may be too long to show at a SVdP recruitment event or…

09-23-2021 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders 232 327 SVDP USA
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09-23-2021 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders

Dear brothers and sisters, May the grace and peace of Jesus be always with us! The month of September is called the Vincentian month because we, members of the worldwide Vincentian Family, prepare to celebrate together the Feast of Saint Vincent de Paul with beautifully prepared Eucharists, liturgies of the Word, or other prayer encounters, engaging…

SVdP Sends Infrastructure and Budget Letter to Congress 1200 628 SVDP USA
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SVdP Sends Infrastructure and Budget Letter to Congress

On behalf of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and those we serve, SVdP National President Ralph Middlecamp recently sent a letter to Congress, urging Senators and Representatives to prioritize programs and policies that ensure poor and vulnerable families have access to stable housing, health care, and access to economic opportunity. Click here to…

09-16-2021 News Roundup 1200 1200 SVDP USA
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09-16-2021 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: Vinnies welcomes report on refugee experiences IRELAND: People doubling up with relatives and women and children in refuges among 30,000…

Contemplation: According To How We Use It 940 788 SVDP USA
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Contemplation: According To How We Use It

Formation is not a single thing we do; it is a lifelong process of becoming. In all that we read, in all that we contemplate, in all those we meet, and in all that we do, we are being formed. We can allow ourselves to be formed passively – consuming the pop culture, feeding our…

SVdP Thrift Store Challenge 738 416 SVDP USA
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SVdP Thrift Store Challenge

When people hear the name “St. Vincent de Paul,” their first thought is often the thrift store in their neighborhood that bears that name. We know that the Society of St. Vincent de Paul has numerous ways we help our neighbors in need. However, our Thrift Stores are an integral part of our assistance model.…

09-16-2021 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders 1368 1387 SVDP USA
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09-16-2021 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders

It doesn’t take much time to feel utterly alone. My wife was away over a weekend and I was home by myself. Even though I went to the grocery store and to Mass, worked out at the local YMCA, and bought some food at a drive-through, it was easy to say perhaps only 10 words…

Contemplation – We Do Not Have Two Lives 940 788 SVDP USA
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Contemplation – We Do Not Have Two Lives

We understand our Vincentian vocation to be a lay vocation, not religious or clerical. Yet the laity are called to much more than charitable works and attending Mass on Sundays. Indeed, in Apostolicam Actuositatum, Pope Saint Paul VI said that as “sharers in the role of Christ as priest, prophet, and king, the laity have…

09-09-2021 News Roundup 1200 1200 SVDP USA
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09-09-2021 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: Facing below zero temperatures to raise funds for homeless AUSTRALIA: Vinnies celebrates 80 years in Port Augusta AUSTRALIA: Sleepout raises…

A Letter from Our Servant Leaders 1368 1387 SVDP USA
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A Letter from Our Servant Leaders

Almost all the leadership lessons you will ever need might be learned with a group walk through the woods. To wit: Have a designated leader. Every hike needs someone chosen to make the decisions and lead the way. It may or may not be the leader for other purposes the rest of the year. We…

Contemplation – Joyful, Joyful, We Adore You 940 788 SVDP USA
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Contemplation – Joyful, Joyful, We Adore You

“Come Holy Spirit, live within our lives,” we pray to open every Conference meeting, asking to be strengthened by the first fruit of the Holy Spirit: love. But let us also pray for the second fruit: joy! Love sometimes means doing things we do not want to do, putting the needs of another before our…

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