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Formation is More than Reading (But Reading Helps!) 659 439 SVdPUSA

Formation is More than Reading (But Reading Helps!)

By Tim Williams, Senior Director of Formation and Leadership Development We understand formation to be our lifelong journey of becoming, and our Vincentian vocation to be the special pathway we have chosen for that journey. As Vincentians, we further our growth along the way, most importantly through our person-to-person service of the poor, and equally…

1-8-2026 A Letter from Our Servant Leaders 1200 1200 SVdPUSA

1-8-2026 A Letter from Our Servant Leaders

The Thread Each of us has at times, in our own way, felt a quiet thread running through our lives. A steady pull of love that stretches from Jesus’ simple command to love one another, to the personal encounters, phone calls, and conversations we share with our neighbors in need. Every time we sit at…

Contemplation: Every Moment of Our Lives 720 451 Tim Williams

Contemplation: Every Moment of Our Lives

Leer en Español By Timothy P. Williams, Senior Director of Formation and Leadership Development  To answer a call to volunteer is to do something. To answer a call to vocation is to be something. This distinction is at the heart of what it means to be a member of the Society. While it is certainly…

Contemplation: Credit Where It Is Due 720 446 Tim Williams

Contemplation: Credit Where It Is Due

Leer en Español By Timothy P. Williams, Senior Director of Formation and Leadership Development  When our personal efforts pay off with the results we’d hoped for, we naturally feel a sense of exhilaration, and even pride in our accomplishment. We pat ourselves on the back a little bit, hang a certificate on the wall, or…

“We’re Finally Home”: SVdP Helps Families Rebuild in Western Kentucky 1170 814 SVdPUSA

“We’re Finally Home”: SVdP Helps Families Rebuild in Western Kentucky

Four years after a devastating tornado tore through Western Kentucky, families in Princeton and Dawson Springs are finally getting the keys to a new beginning — thanks to a powerful collaboration led by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVdP) Disaster Services of Western Kentucky and The Hope Initiative, a Christian organization dedicated to…

12-18-25 Monthly Questions & Answers 1200 628 SVdPUSA

12-18-25 Monthly Questions & Answers

December 18, 2025 Q: Our Conference has been helping with rent. We started by offering the final $100 towards rent. We found this didn’t help much so we offered our max per individual in need at $300 (to) for rent if it would help. Some home visitors have been requesting up to the maximum $300…

12-18-2025 A Letter from Our Servant Leaders 1200 1200 SVdPUSA

12-18-2025 A Letter from Our Servant Leaders

Give the Gift of Your Vocation This Christmas Dear Vincentian Friends, In this holy season, we once again marvel that God chose poverty, simplicity, and obscurity as the place where divine love would enter the world.​ Jesus arrived not in comfort, but in the vulnerability of a family seeking shelter, turned away more than once…

Society of St. Vincent de Paul Ranks 45th in Latest Forbes Annual List of America’s Top 100 Charities 764 786 SVdPUSA

Society of St. Vincent de Paul Ranks 45th in Latest Forbes Annual List of America’s Top 100 Charities

St. Louis, Mo. (December 17, 2025) – The Society of St. Vincent de Paul USA (SVdP) has risen to number 45 in Forbes’ latest ranking of America’s top 100 charities. This is the first time that SVdp has ranked in the top 50. Last year, SVdP was ranked 59th. The annual ranking by Forbes is…

Contemplation: To Hear and to Answer the Call 720 402 Tim Williams

Contemplation: To Hear and to Answer the Call

Leer en Español By Timothy P. Williams, Senior Director of Formation and Leadership Development  To be a member of the Society of St Vincent de Paul is not merely to volunteer, because to volunteer is to do something. Vincentians are not called simply to do something, but rather to be something. That is the nature…

‘Thriftmas’ is Here: Giving with Purpose this Holiday Season 1280 853 SVdPUSA

‘Thriftmas’ is Here: Giving with Purpose this Holiday Season

By Chad Caliguiri, Deputy Director, SVdP Des Moines Holiday shopping is evolving – and secondhand gifts are taking center stage. According to new consumer research, more than 8 in 10 Americans plan to purchase at least one secondhand gift this holiday season, with many allocating up to half of their gift budget to thrifted or…

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