Youth and Young Adults

Young Adults and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul

 

The involvement of Youth and Young Adults is an ongoing process that began with the beginning of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul with Frederic Ozanam and his friends.  It is the responsibility of all people in the Society to collaborate and brainstorm with the young people who are the future of the Society.

Youth News

07-01-2021 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders 1367 1520 SVDP USA
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07-01-2021 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders

Dear Vincentian Friends, Thank you to everyone who responded to our recent strategic plan survey. Your responses provide useful insights into the thoughts and wishes of our membership. In the surveys there were comments from several people who wondered, “Why can’t non-Catholics be Active Members?” This has been addressed several times in the Frequently Asked…

Contemplation: Connected by Unbroken Spokes 940 788 SVDP USA
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Contemplation: Connected by Unbroken Spokes

In 2018, a list of Cultural Beliefs was added to our Rule, better defining for us the commitments we make in this vocation. Among them is the commitment to “contribute to the success of our Vincentian work when we support One Society.” [Rule, Part III, Statue 2] Although only added to the text of the…

06-24-2021 News Roundup 1200 1200 SVDP USA
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06-24-2021 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: Canberra shows it is the giving city at Vinnies CEO Sleepout IRELAND: St. Vincent de Paul urgently…

06-24-2021 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders 275 287 SVDP USA
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06-24-2021 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders

Tell me a story… These words are implored by every child to parents worldwide. Stories entertain and often educate. Christ Himself used stories, notably parables, to make His point in a relatable fashion to the many varied groups who asked Him difficult questions. As noted elsewhere in this and future editions of the e-gazette, the…

06-17-2021 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders 150 150 SVDP USA
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06-17-2021 A Letter From Our Servant Leaders

Even fairly good students can end up after school in detention. If my middle school had a three-strikes program, I may not have survived eighth grade. To wit: I was sitting in the lunchroom with my buddies. One of them, I noticed, was walking behind us and flicking our ears. When I thought he reached…

Young Adult Vincentians Use Social Media Fame to Support Their Neighbors in Need 1386 1364 SVDP USA
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Young Adult Vincentians Use Social Media Fame to Support Their Neighbors in Need

John Paul Brissette, a member of the SVdP National Youth Committee, and his brother, Francis Brissette, have Vincentian blood pulsing through their veins. Their mother, Renee, is the Executive Director of the Rhode Island Council, and along with their siblings Kat and Peter, they are founding members of Rhode Island’s Youth and Young Adult Conference,…

05-27-2021 News Roundup 1200 1200 SVDP USA
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05-27-2021 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: Marathon Health’s Megan Callinan, Justine Summers, Ron Charlton doing Vinnies CEO Sleepout IRELAND: Pandemic has…

SVdP Disaster Services Corporation Host P-RACs to Assist with Kentucky Flooding 940 788 SVDP USA
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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…

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…

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