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05-27-2021 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders 1920 2560 SVDP USA
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05-27-2021 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders

In June 2008, I attended the 2008 Western Region Meeting in Boise, Idaho.  I was not alone.  There were 225 other Vincentians along with me. During the time I spent there, I met with many Vincentians and discussed a wide variety of topics.  I also put on a workshop and facilitated two open forums where…

Contemplation: A Voice That Speaks To Our Hearts 940 788 SVDP USA
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Contemplation: A Voice That Speaks To Our Hearts

On his way to Damascus, Saul of Tarsus, feared Roman tormentor of the early Christians, was struck from his horse, temporarily blinded by a great bolt of lightning, and commanded by Christ Himself to cease his persecution. Soon after, he began to preach God’s word as Paul the Apostle. For most of us, our moments…

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SVdP Disaster Services Corporation Host P-RACs to Assist with Kentucky Flooding

Kentucky experienced a record-breaking flooding event this past year. Heavy rains caused major flood events in Eastern Kentucky, a region that has suffered three floods in less than a 12-month period. There was a total of 49 counties that issued disaster declarations. The storm event produced 4-7 inches of rain across a wide stretch of…

05-20-2021 News Roundup 1200 1200 SVDP USA
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05-20-2021 News Roundup

Through the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Vincentians across the United States and around the world are finding spiritual growth by providing person-to-person service to those who are needy and suffering. Read some of their stories here: INTERNATIONAL: AUSTRALIA: Social housing is now on the agenda AUSTRALIA: Dubbo St Vincent de Paul volunteer Pat…

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05-20-2021 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders

Dear Vincentian Friends, This Sunday we celebrate the feast of Pentecost. The Society of St. Vincent de Paul has always had a special devotion to the Holy Spirit. We begin many of our meetings with this familiar prayer: “Come, Holy Spirit, live within our lives, and strengthen us by your love. Send forth your Spirit,…

Contemplation – Putting Ourselves First? 940 788 SVDP USA
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Contemplation – Putting Ourselves First?

To become a member of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul is to dedicate ourselves to serving others, to “love God…with the strength of our arms and the sweat of our brows.” We hope that our works always are characterized by the Vincentian virtue of selflessness. And yet, as Bl. Frédéric put it, “it…

05-13-2021 News Roundup 1200 1200 SVDP USA
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05-13-2021 News Roundup

Through the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Vincentians across the United States and around the world are finding spiritual growth by providing person-to-person service to those who are needy and suffering. Read some of their stories here: INTERNATIONAL CANADA: Team biking from Oshawa to CN Tower in support of the Society of Saint Vincent…

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05-13-2021 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders

Why should I care? We all ask this at some point when we learn something new, and especially when it challenges our assumptions and what we think we believe. We want to stay in our comfort zone. We believe that we act as we always have, and may not realize that our views and knowledge…

Contemplation – Together Towards Holiness 940 788 SVDP USA
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Contemplation – Together Towards Holiness

New friends are silver, they say, and old friends are gold. Maintaining our friendships during this long year of absence and isolation has been challenging. As Blessed Frédéric Ozanam once explained, friendships, when we are separated, can be nourished via letters, which are a “truly an epistolary meeting where one always gains and never loses.”…

05-06-2021 News Roundup 1200 1200 SVDP USA
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05-06-2021 News Roundup

Through the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Vincentians across the United States and around the world are finding spiritual growth by providing person-to-person service to those who are needy and suffering. Read some of their stories here: NATIONAL BOISE, ID: St. Vincent de Paul hosts mobile food pantry at new Boise office CINCINNATI, OH:…

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05-06-2021 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders

This week I visited a Council with a small film crew to record what Vincentians have been doing during the pandemic, and how it differs from pre-COVID practices to serve neighbors in need. Much more on this at a future date, but we look forward to sharing the Society’s year of  innovative love and caring…

Contemplation: Our Labor of Love 940 788 SVDP USA
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Contemplation: Our Labor of Love

On the very first page of our Rule you will find a truly remarkable statement: “No work of charity is foreign to the Society.” [Rule, Pt. I, 1.3] All modern communities thrive by specialization; farmers farm, builders build, writers write, and so on. Within the community of charitable and philanthropic organizations, there also tends to…

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