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5-16-2024 Questions & Answers 1200 628 Pam Hudson

5-16-2024 Questions & Answers

Q: Our Conference has been struggling for a long time to get a regular Spiritual Advisor. One of our long-time members volunteered, but he is the husband of one of our Active members and is non-Catholic. He is a very spiritual person. Is this okay? A: No. Article 6.5 of Part I of the Rule states: The Catholic beliefs and…

2024 Friends of the Poor Grant Award Winners Announced 1600 652 Kristen Blacksher

2024 Friends of the Poor Grant Award Winners Announced

Congratulations to the winners of the Friends of the Poor Grants from the North Central, Southeast, and Mid-Atlantic Regions! The National Council received 131 grant applications totaling $632,250. Grant awards for this round total $83,500. SVdP Conferences and District Councils can apply for up to $5,000 from the National Council’s Friends of the Poor Fund.…

Serving With Compassion: The Inspiring Work of 103 Saints Korean Catholic Center Vincentian Conference 225 169 Jill Pioter

Serving With Compassion: The Inspiring Work of 103 Saints Korean Catholic Center Vincentian Conference

In April, the PR and marketing team of the Los Angeles Council interviewed a local District President and posted the interview in their blog site. As we begin the celebration of Asian/Pacific American History month, the Multicultural Diversity Committee is sharing the work of Ken Lee, President of 103 Saints Korean Catholic Center Vincentian Conference.…

Do People Trust You? Advice for Building Trust and Inspiring Confidence 1198 1198 Kristen Blacksher

Do People Trust You? Advice for Building Trust and Inspiring Confidence

By John R. Stoker President of DialogueWORKS, Inc. One afternoon as I was passing through the airport on my way home, I ran into a colleague of mine, Stephen M. R. Covey, the author of the book “The Speed of Trust.”  We stopped and exchanged a few pleasantries.  I could tell that he needed to…

05-09-2024 Questions & Answers 1200 628 Kristen Blacksher

05-09-2024 Questions & Answers

Q: One of our Conferences organizes a group of volunteers, some Vincentians and some not, to cook an evening meal once a month. Another Conference undertakes a “Christmas Giving Program” at its church, whereby parishioners take a tag to donate a gift. The gifts are returned and the Conference delivers the gifts to a community…

Wage Justice 1500 1125 Kristen Blacksher

Wage Justice

By Lori A. Malcom, Director of Retail Operations Northeast Region – Council of Boston Employee wages are one of the store’s largest budgeted expenses. How do you know if you are paying a just wage? Overpaying for a position is just that, overpaying, the cost for which is quantifiable. If you know what the wage…

05-02-2024 Questions & Answers 1200 628 Kristen Blacksher

05-02-2024 Questions & Answers

Q: What are the guidelines for an internal Conference audit? A: The Rule and Bylaws emphasize the need for an annual Conference audit. An SVdP audit should cover more than just the Treasurer’s financial portion of Conference operations. It should include a basic review of the overall operations of the Conference. Audit guidelines and forms are…

A Council’s Job One: Serve The Conferences 1198 1198 Kristen Blacksher

A Council’s Job One: Serve The Conferences

(Excerpted From Vincentian Life: Council) VOICE/VOTE IN THE COUNCIL Conferences should have a voice in every major decision.  No Voice, no Vote, no Vincentian will be at the meeting or activity.  It is important that every Conference is represented at the District Council and that the Conference President (or his/her designated representative) is there to speak for them. Most…

The Eucharist and Social Mission: May 30th Webinar 1600 651 Kristen Blacksher

The Eucharist and Social Mission: May 30th Webinar

The Eucharist and Social Mission Join us on May 30 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time to reflect on The Eucharist and Social Mission: Body of Christ, Broken for the World during the Solemnity of Corpus Christi. Together, we will break open the Theology of the Eucharist and consider how our liturgical practice calls us to…

Governance Update: Councils And Their Conferences 1198 1198 Kristen Blacksher

Governance Update: Councils And Their Conferences

Councils And Their Conferences (Excerpted From Vincentian Life: Council) This document is about Councils; yet, the starting point of this document is Conferences. Why is that? As you will see below, Councils don’t exist without Conferences and the Council’s primary role is to support the Conferences. CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION IN THE COUNCIL This is an important…

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