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A Bipartisan Moral Failure: How Both Parties Weaponized the Defenseless 1080 1350 SVdPUSA

A Bipartisan Moral Failure: How Both Parties Weaponized the Defenseless

This week, millions of mothers are wondering how to feed their children. Government doors are closed, but hunger will not wait. Allowing the innocent and vulnerable, children, families, people with disabilities, and the poor, to become casualties of an ideological political struggle is an egregious moral failure. The present government shutdown in the United States…

10-30-2025 A Letter from Our Servant Leaders 1200 1200 SVdPUSA

10-30-2025 A Letter from Our Servant Leaders

Responding to the Government Shutdown with Both Charity and Justice We currently find ourselves in the second longest government shutdown in U.S. history, with no end in sight. As a result, our neighbors in need will suffer. As of this writing, there is no federal funding being directed to critical nutrition programs like the Supplemental…

Statement from John Berry, National President of SVdP USA, on the Federal Government Shutdown 1080 1350 SVdPUSA

Statement from John Berry, National President of SVdP USA, on the Federal Government Shutdown

The government shutdown is increasingly devastating with every passing day, leaving most federal workers without pay and causing uncertainty and delays in federal programs that serve the poor.  Our most economically vulnerable brothers and sisters should not be forced to go without basic needs as a result of a partisan impasse, and it is time…

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Contemplation: Go Gently, Pray Much

Leer en Español By Timothy P. Williams, Senior Director of Formation and Leadership Development  The challenge of poverty seems always to be urgent, to demand our immediate attention and action. As people of action, Vincentians can even sometimes become impatient with one another as we seek to put into motion new plans and new works…

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Connecting SVdP Thrift Stores to Our Mission

People have asked, “How are SVdP Thrift Stores connected to our overall mission?” This is a great question. Many SVdP thrift stores have been around for a long time raising financial resources and giving merchandise from their stores to help their Neighbors in Need (NIN). Other stores, like the one you will see in the…

10-23-2025 A Letter from Our Servant Leaders 1200 1200 SVdPUSA

10-23-2025 A Letter from Our Servant Leaders

Just Ask — Sharing the Blessing Of Our Vocation As Vincentians, we are each called to live our vocation through the simple yet profound acts of friendship, service, and spirituality. Every home visit, every prayer shared, and every meal served brings us closer to Christ through those we serve. But this vocation—this blessing—is not meant…

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10-23-2025 A Letter from Our Servant Leaders

We Are All Called To Be Vincentian Fundraisers “I didn’t join the Society of St. Vincent de Paul to become a fundraiser.” “I don’t know how to fundraise, and I thought we hired people who already do that.” “I don’t like asking people for money.” I hear these comments quite often when I speak to…

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Contemplation: Fully and Creatively

Leer en Español By Timothy P. Williams, Senior Director of Formation and Leadership Development  “Love,” St. Vincent taught, “is inventive even to infinity.” Vincent’s example in this observation was the ultimate example of both love and creativity, the institution of the Eucharist by Jesus, who recognized that “His absence could cause some forgetfulness or cooling…

10-16-2025 A Letter from Our Servant Leaders 1200 1200 SVdPUSA

10-16-2025 A Letter from Our Servant Leaders

When More Is Less As Vincentians, we all see the increase in requests for assistance coming into our Conferences and Councils every day. And as that demand grows, expanding services for people in need causes us to face a difficult challenge: how to remain faithful to Vincentian values and spirituality while embracing new systems, technologies,…

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Contemplation: Redeeming Our Miles

Leer en Español By Timothy P. Williams, Senior Director of Formation and Leadership Development  “There but for the grace of God go I” we often think when we meet the neighbor on our home visits. We are reminded how precarious and fragile life can be, and how easily any one of us can fall into…

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