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3-27-25 Weekly Questions & Answers 1200 628 admin

3-27-25 Weekly Questions & Answers

March 27, 2025 Q:  Can Vincentians receive financial assistance from the Council or their Conference? A: Every Conference should be willing to assist people in need even if that person is one of the members. The following special considerations should be made: No Conference should help one of its own members more than it would…

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Contemplation: Mercy Triumphs

By Timothy Williams, Senior Director of Formation and Leadership Development  In the earliest days of the first Conference, members read passages from The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis for the spiritual reflection at their meetings. [175, to Lallier, 1838] The second-best selling book of all time, save for the Bible, The Imitation of…

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Contemplation: Is It Okay?

By Timothy Williams, Senior Director of Formation and Leadership Development  “Is it okay if he sleeps there?” we ask ourselves, looking at the homeless man rolled up in his blanket outside the entrance to our parish hall. It is a simple question, but as is so often the case, simple does not mean easy. This…

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Feature: Weaving Bonds and Building Community

Weaving Bonds and Building Community By Pam Matambanadzo, SVdP Chicago area We “make no distinctions in those we serve because, in them, Vincentians see the face of Christ.” We follow in the footsteps set by Blessed Frédéric so many years ago, journeying towards holiness and building on generations before us. Now that we have accepted…

3-20-25 Weekly Questions & Answers 1200 628 admin

3-20-25 Weekly Questions & Answers

March 20, 2025 Q: A SVdP active member has asked that our Conference help a seminarian in need. I know we should not send him money, but can we pay for books or help pay for some of his tuition? We have sufficient funds to help. A: Assistance to a seminarian would have to be…

3-13-25 Weekly Questions & Answers 1200 628 admin

3-13-25 Weekly Questions & Answers

March 13, 2025 Q:  We have a Conference President approaching the end of her second term and trying to plan her succession. No current member of this active Conference seems willing to step up to succeed her. If that does not change, what should happen with the Conference? A:  There are two choices, either elect…

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Contemplation: Between Doing and Being

By Timothy Williams, Senior Director of Formation and Leadership Development  It has been said that God only asks us to devote one day a week to him, and on that day he asks us not to work, but to rest. On Sunday, then, you are simply a human being. The other six days, you are…

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Contemplation: Only the Father Knows Best

By Timothy Williams, Senior Director of Formation and Leadership Development  Have you ever thought, “Who are these people who keep calling us for help? If they had made better decisions, they never would have needed help!” It’s only natural to judge things only from our own perspective, and to assume that our way is the…

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Feature: Formation & The Vincentian Digital Pathway

A Lifelong Journey of Becoming By Tim Williams, Senior Director of Formation & Leadership Development “When I am formed,” a frustrated young Frédéric Ozanam asked, “When will that be?” Many of us may share his confusion. We attend the Ozanam Orientation, which we know is formation, and then, satisfied that we have checked off our…

2-27-25 Weekly Questions & Answers 1200 628 admin

2-27-25 Weekly Questions & Answers

February 27, 2025 Q:  Our Conference has not been doing many Home Visits and we would like to promote this and get our members comfortable with it. What is available in the way of training for doing Home Visits?  A:  The Ozanam Orientation is an excellent training tool. Part of the Ozanam Orientation is a…

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