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Friends of the Poor Grant Award Winners 2025 – Round 1 1080 1080 admin

Friends of the Poor Grant Award Winners 2025 – Round 1

Congratulations to the Friends of the Poor Grant Award Winners of the Northeast Region, South Central Region, and West Region!  Northeast $5,000.00 Corpus Christi Conference St. Johnsbury VT Rent, Transportation, Fuel & Utilities Northeast $5,000.00 Sacred Heart Conference Merrick NY Car payments/repairs, Car Insurance/Registration, transportation Northeast $5,000.00 Santo Christo Conference Fall River MA Rent &…

Contemplation: No Member Above Another 720 483 Tim Williams

Contemplation: No Member Above Another

Leer en Español By Timothy P. Williams, Senior Director of Formation and Leadership Development  Servant leadership is a phrase that, on its face, seems to be a contradiction. After all, we suppose, a leader is the one in charge, and the servant is the one the leader is in charge of. How can one be…

Feeding Hope: A Vincentian Connection from California to Morelos with International Twinning 843 632 admin

Feeding Hope: A Vincentian Connection from California to Morelos with International Twinning

Feeding Hope: A Vincentian Connection from California to Morelos Through the International Twinning Program of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Vincentian communities form bonds of faith and charity that transcend borders. One inspiring example is the partnership between the St. Clement Conference in Hayward, California, and the Centro Vicentino de Morelos, operated by…

Our Work to Protect the Poor Must Go on After Reconciliation Bill Passage 1600 1065 admin

Our Work to Protect the Poor Must Go on After Reconciliation Bill Passage

Our Work to Protect the Poor Must Go on After Reconciliation Bill Passage By John Berry, National President of SVdP USA  In the Gospel reading on July 4, our nation’s independence day, Jesus called Matthew to join the disciples, prompting the Pharisees to ask why he ate with tax collectors and sinners. Jesus responded, “Those…

Contemplation: Catching a Glimpse 720 482 Tim Williams

Contemplation: Catching a Glimpse

Leer en Español By Timothy P. Williams, Senior Director of Formation and Leadership Development  There are few things that can cheer a parent’s heart more than to hear their child exclaim, “This was the best day of my life!” Hearing this is one of the best moments of the parent’s life, no matter what else…

The Well: Formation and Spirituality Video Library 150 150 Tim Williams

The Well: Formation and Spirituality Video Library

The Society has published many books and documents for purchase or download, but there are also many videos available for personal enrichment, or to share at Conference or Council Meetings. Spirituality and Formation Channel On the Society’s Vimeo pages, there is a special channel for videos related to Spirituality and Formation. There are almost fifty…

The Well: Refresh – Renew – Refuel – Reflect 150 150 Tim Williams

The Well: Refresh – Renew – Refuel – Reflect

By Marge McGinley, National Vincentian Formation Committee Chair Some people say that summer slows down a little but really summer offers us different choices, especially if Our Lord has led us to work in Formation. Most of our workshops where we spend time teaching and hopefully inspiring our Vincentians to grow in holiness as they…

The Well: Learning from Christ How to Find Him in the Moment of Encounter 1600 1200 Tim Williams

The Well: Learning from Christ How to Find Him in the Moment of Encounter

By Rita St. Pierre, National Vincentian Spirituality Committee Chair As Vincentians, we often are reminded that our charism is “finding the face of Christ in the poor.” But how do we understand the term “charism” and how do we live it? The word “charism” is from the Greek and means “favor” or “free gift.” Charisms…

El Pozo: Una Refrescante Fuente Vicentina 7-2025 1048 584 Tim Williams

El Pozo: Una Refrescante Fuente Vicentina 7-2025

Aprender de Cristo en como verlo en el momento del encuentro Por Rita St. Pierre, Presidenta del Comité Nacional de Espiritualidad Vicentina Como Vicentinos, a menudo se nos recuerda que nuestro carisma es “ver el rostro de Cristo en los pobres”. Pero ¿cómo entender el término “carisma” y cómo lo vivimos? La palabra “carisma” proviene…

Contemplation: Not to Gratify, but to Glorify 720 478 Tim Williams

Contemplation: Not to Gratify, but to Glorify

Leer en Español By Timothy Williams, Senior Director of Formation and Leadership Development  Vincentians around the world and across nearly two centuries are united by a common Rule that reflects not only the purpose and ends of the Society, but the practical experience of the founders who first sought to achieve those ends. The Rule…

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