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03-23-2023 Questions and Answers 1200 628 Jill Pioter
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03-23-2023 Questions and Answers

Q:  Are all three levels of membership eligible for the Top Hat Award? Is the ‘spirit’ of the Top Hat Award to nominate someone who is an Active or Associate Member, but not necessarily someone who is a Contributing Member? A: The Top Hat Award is a local award given by the local SVdP Council, who…

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Conference and Council Leadership Training Curriculum

From 2019 to 2022, the Leadership Task Force (LTF) developed webinars to help current and potential leaders in the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. These webinars are now available as a “Leadership Curriculum” for Conference and Council presidents in both live and recorded form. By following this curriculum in the suggested order, a president…

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03-09-2023 Questions and Answers

Q: What is your recommendation on having our current store and new store establishing separate EIN’s rather than under the Council umbrella. If it is recommended that they set up their own, would we have one EIN for stores or would we have one for each store? A: This is a local decision. However, if…

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03-02-2023 Questions and Answers

Q:  Some of our Conference members give their personal phone numbers by not blocking their numbers when making calls. As a result, our friends in need call them for advice, etc. The Conference members do not always report the calls received or the advice given. Our guidelines say that our friends in need should not…

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02-23-2023 Questions and Answers

Q: We have a spiritual advisor who is an ordained deacon. What is his role in the Conference? Can he participate in Conference discussions? Can he be elected as President or appointed as an officer? A: It is stated in the Rule (Part III, Statute 15) and the Manual (pages 26 and 48) that ordained ministers…

So You’ve Been Elected President… 1200 628 Jill Pioter
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So You’ve Been Elected President…

Thank you for sharing your time and talents with fellow Conference and Council members as well as those in need. As with all involvement in the Society, we hope your work as a Vincentian servant leader will lead you to greater faith, an increased desire to serve and stronger friendships. Do you feel some anxiety…

02-16-2023 Questions and Answers 1200 628 Jill Pioter
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02-16-2023 Questions and Answers

Q: Does the Conference president have the authority to override a negative vote when there is a request to suspend the normal guidelines for providing assistance to a neighbor in need?  A: All of the guidelines are determined and established by the Conference as a whole. The only party who can go against those guidelines…

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Vincentian Reflections for the National Eucharistic Revival

The three-year National Eucharistic Revival called for by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops began on the Feast of Corpus Christi in 2022. You can learn more about the Eucharist, the Revival, and all events associated with it on the Eucharistic Revival web site. Members of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul are…

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02-09-2023 Questions and Answers

Q: If our mission is to be holy and lead others to Christ-like holiness does it make sense to have a Jewish person as a lead role? A: An Associate Member is someone who helps us with our works of service. He/she may or may not be Catholic. According to the Rule, they can indeed…

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02-02-2023 Questions and Answers

Q:  How involved can a pastor be with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul? I believe I read somewhere that SVdP is a separate entity from other organizations in the Church, and that the pastor cannot tell us what to do with our donations (monetary). Are they able to tell us, for example, when,…

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