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3-20-25 Weekly Questions & Answers 1200 628 Kristen Blacksher

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 Kristen Blacksher

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…

Contemplation: Between Doing and Being 1080 1080 Kristen Blacksher

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…

Contemplation: Only the Father Knows Best 1080 1080 Kristen Blacksher

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…

Feature: Formation & The Vincentian Digital Pathway 1839 510 Kristen Blacksher

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 Kristen Blacksher

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…

Contemplation: The Strength of Our Arms 1080 1080 Kristen Blacksher

Contemplation: The Strength of Our Arms

By Timothy Williams, Senior Director of Formation and Leadership Development  We are commanded to love God with our whole heart, our whole being, and our whole strength. This command speaks to our unitary nature, spirit and body together, calling on us to love completely: with our whole being. Jesus repeats this commandment, calling it the…

Feature: Membership Services & Aggregation 2560 1920 Kristen Blacksher

Feature: Membership Services & Aggregation

Aggregation: Your Official Enrollment into the Vincentian Family By Pam Hudson Johnson, National Director of Membership Services SVdP’s Rule and practices require that Conferences and Councils take the necessary steps to become membered into the International Confederation of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. This process of becoming membered as a Conference is known…

2-20-25 Weekly Questions & Answers 1200 628 Kristen Blacksher

2-20-25 Weekly Questions & Answers

February 20, 2025 Q: We are about to have an election for District Council President.  Our existing Council President is not running for a second term. As Council President, he will not vote unless there is a tie. If the election results in a tie, is he allowed to cast the tie breaking ballot? A: You…

Contemplation: Erasing the Old Divisions 1080 1080 Kristen Blacksher

Contemplation: Erasing the Old Divisions

By Timothy Williams, Senior Director of Formation and Leadership Development  Describing the Conference of History, the group in which the Society’s founders first bonded, Frédéric Ozanam explained that all subjects were debated, except that “the tumultuous realm of politics is foreign to our discussions.” [54, to Falconnet, 1833] The Society, in our first Rule, adopted…

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