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6-19-25 Weekly Questions & Answers 1200 628 admin

6-19-25 Weekly Questions & Answers

June 19, 2025 Q: I would like to know if the National Council has written procedures as to how SVdP Conferences should handle the problem of people who want to give SVdP a donation and specifically designate an individual to be paid directly or indirectly by those funds donated or gifted. A: This is effectively a gift…

Contemplation: Simple, Gentle Humility 720 537 Tim Williams

Contemplation: Simple, Gentle Humility

By Timothy Williams, Senior Director of Formation and Leadership Development  Blessed Frédéric warned the Society against a “proud pharisaism that sounds the trumpet before it”, and the establishment of “bureaucracies which impede our march by multiplying our machinery”, believing these would be the Society’s downfall. [310, to Amélie, 1841] It was one of his regular…

6-12-25 Weekly Questions & Answers 1200 628 admin

6-12-25 Weekly Questions & Answers

June 12, 2025 Q: If a Vincentian moves to a new parish, can they remain with the Conference in their old parish or should they join the Conference in their new parish? A: Members of the Society should affiliate themselves with their local parish Conference and Diocese. This will allow the member to continue to…

Contemplation: The One I Love the Least 720 476 Tim Williams

Contemplation: The One I Love the Least

By Timothy Williams, Senior Director of Formation and Leadership Development  “Do you love me?” Christ asked Saint Peter not once, not twice, but three times, leaving the Apostle distressed, because Jesus, knowing all things, surely already knew His disciple’s love; Peter did not need to prove it, nor to convince Jesus it was true. The…

6-5-25 Weekly Questions & Answers 1200 628 admin

6-5-25 Weekly Questions & Answers

June 5, 2025 Q: Are there any guidelines regarding reimbursement of Vincentians for attending national and regional meetings? Who is eligible, what is covered, what about spouses, and what about side events? (trips, golf, etc.) A: If a member is designated as one who must attend a national or regional meeting, such as the National…

Feature on Formation: The Society and Catholic Social Doctrine 788 998 admin

Feature on Formation: The Society and Catholic Social Doctrine

The Society and Catholic Social Doctrine – Learning is Available By Tim Williams, Senior Director of Formation & Leadership Development In his book A New Century Dawns, Fr. Robert Maloney, CM, raises the interesting point that if you were to ask the average Catholic to name the Ten Commandments, the Seven Sacraments, or the Theological…

Contemplation: Not Our Help, but Our Hearts 715 442 Tim Williams

Contemplation: Not Our Help, but Our Hearts

By Timothy Williams, Senior Director of Formation and Leadership Development  It is easy to understand, in the practice of humility, that the credit for any of our good works does not go to us, but to God; as our Rule puts it, “we can achieve nothing of eternal value without His grace.” [Rule, Part I,…

5-29-25 Weekly Questions & Answers 1200 628 admin

5-29-25 Weekly Questions & Answers

May 29, 2025 Q: I’m an active member of our St. Vincent de Paul Conference and working on recruiting new members. I read somewhere in SVdP documents that it’s best to keep active members to about 10 and associate members to about 20. We have eight active members but no associate members. Can you tell…

Contemplation: A Union Made Perfect 1062 678 Tim Williams

Contemplation: A Union Made Perfect

By Timothy Williams, Senior Director of Formation and Leadership Development  “Home Visits,“ our Rule reminds us, “always are made in pairs.” [Rule, Part III, St. 8] Although this may offer protection from liability, that is an entirely unintended effect, given that the requirement predates our modern, litigious society by millennia. It predates even the Rule,…

5-22-25 Weekly Questions & Answers 1200 628 admin

5-22-25 Weekly Questions & Answers

May 22, 2025 Q: I am taking office as a new Conference president. I would like to have an audit done for our Conference. Is it proper for me to do so? A: Yes. The Rule is explicit, Conferences are required to have an informal annual audit. It is especially recommended when a new president…

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