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12-11-2025 A Letter from Our Servant Leaders 600 600 SVdPUSA

12-11-2025 A Letter from Our Servant Leaders

O Holy Night… For me it is so special to be with family at Midnight Mass to start the Christmas Season.  It is so wonderful singing and hearing the entire congregation singing, “O Holy Night.” As Vincentians, this great Christmas song touches all our hearts.  It puts into words the special time when the Word…

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Contemplation: To Love as We are Loved

Leer en Español By Timothy P. Williams, Senior Director of Formation and Leadership Development  Monsignor Louis Baunard, a biographer of Blessed Frédéric, once cited the Greatest Commandment to ask “is not all that the Rule, the work, and the end of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul?” [Baunard, 416] Indeed, when our Rule reminds…

12-4-2025 A Letter from Our Servant Leaders 1200 1200 SVdPUSA

12-4-2025 A Letter from Our Servant Leaders

The Wish We Live: Personal Relationships in the Heart of Service When I moved to Georgia almost 34 years ago, it didn’t take me long to become a country music fan. Seems unlikely for a hardcore rock and roller who grew up on the beach. But it happened (let me clarify that I do not…

Bringing the Vincentian Voice to PRSA: Paula Gwynn Grant Speaks at Annual Conference 2560 1920 SVdPUSA

Bringing the Vincentian Voice to PRSA: Paula Gwynn Grant Speaks at Annual Conference

Last month, our Senior National Director of Marketing and Communications Paula Gwynn Grant participated in an interfaith communications workshop session at the annual Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) conference held at the historic Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C.  The hotel is known for hosting major events like the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner…

11-26-2025 A Letter from Our Servant Leaders 1200 1200 SVdPUSA

11-26-2025 A Letter from Our Servant Leaders

Should We Think of the Society as an Apostolate or a Ministry? In Catholic Church circles, there has been a debate over the last 20 years about what to call church groups – “ministries” or “apostolates.”  “Ministry” seems to be the favorite as it’s easy to say, but in recent years there has been more…

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Contemplation: Total and Perfect

Leer en Español By Timothy P. Williams, Senior Director of Formation and Leadership Development  Faithful to our Rule, we “endeavor to establish relationships based on trust and friendship” with the neighbors we serve. [Rule, Part I, 1.9] It’s easy to remember of the importance of friendship. After all, it is one of our essential elements,…

11-20-25 Monthly Questions & Answers 1200 628 SVdPUSA

11-20-25 Monthly Questions & Answers

November 20, 2025 Q: A parishioner has come to us asking if we could help with a loan of around $2,000 for a real estate problem that may keep the lender from foreclosing on her home. Is this allowed? A: Conferences generally don’t loan money; they give gifts to those in need. Giving loans and…

SVdP Joins Catholic Mobilizing Network in Jubilee to Alabama 2560 1440 SVdPUSA

SVdP Joins Catholic Mobilizing Network in Jubilee to Alabama

By Ingrid Delgado, National Director of Public Policy and Advocacy 2025 is a Jubilee Year which Pope Francis designated as a time to rededicate ourselves as “Pilgrims of Hope.” Honoring this Biblical Jubilee tradition of reconciliation and pilgrimage, earlier this month, I was blessed to join the Catholic Mobilizing Network in a Jubilee Experience to Montgomery and Selma, Alabama…

11-20-2025 A Letter from Our Servant Leaders 1200 1200 SVdPUSA

11-20-2025 A Letter from Our Servant Leaders

OUR INCREDIBLE JOURNEY – AND IT IS FAR FROM OVER! November 20 is a special date for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul USA. This date marks the anniversary of an event that changed the face of charity in the United States. A date that we celebrate with gratitude this year as we commemorate…

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Contemplation: A Virtuous Inspiration

Leer en Español By Timothy P. Williams, Senior Director of Formation and Leadership Development  Last week, my very good friend James Davis died, finally at rest following years of illness and other trials. Through them all, his great good cheer continued to bless all who were privileged to know him, many of whom had no…

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