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SVDP youth receive advocacy award

Society of Saint Vincent de Paul Youth Conferences (Philippines) received an award as the “Most Outstanding Student Organization for Advocacy” during the Gawad Vincentiano 2013 sponsored by Student Development and Services and Student Affairs Office of Universidad de Sta. Isabel, which was held on March 09, 2013 at USI- Auditorium. This award was given to [...]

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Farm bill and SNAP alert – SVDP

SVDP President Sheila Gilbert writes… Debate Begins on Cuts to SNAP – Dear Vincentians and Supporters of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul: Please pardon these back-to-back alerts, but Congress is moving quickly on issues of concern to those we serve. Last year Congress chose to extend the current Farm Bill for one year [...]

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Love them anyway!

Dear Vincentian Family:  Let the Holy Spirit come into your life and transform.  Come Holy Spirit fill us, your faithful Vincentians and ignite the fire within us.  Let each of us light that eternal flame and allow the flame to glow brightly to show your love to all those in need.  Indeed let us show the light [...]

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Immigration Reform – Take Action!

Sheila Gilbert, President of the St. Vincent dePaul Society USA, writes “Your invovlement is needed as Immigration Committee Begins Discussion” Dear Vincentians, The Senate Judiciary Committee will resume its work on the Immigration Reform bill on May 20. The chairman of the committee, Senator Patrick Leahy, told members to be prepared for late evening sessions, [...]

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Cardinal’s homily at major Ozanam celebration

The international website CGI news  writes “For the occasion of the Bicentenary’s festivities, a solemn mass was celebrated at Notre-Dame on April, sunday 21 th, by Andre Vingt-trois….Here is an excerpt of his Homily. Brothers and Sisters, (…) During the 19th century, marked by the spiritual misery of believers, and the indifference or hostility of educated people [...]

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Friends of the Poor Walk 2013

It’s not too early to begin preparations for the 2013 edition of the SVDP “Friends of the Poor Walk” on Saturday, September 28th, 2013 The Friends of the Poor® Walk/Run is a National Program coordinated by the Development Team at the National SVDP Office. The inaugural event took place in 2008 with the purpose of providing [...]

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Saint “doctor-mom” Gianna Berreta Molla

Whispers in the Loggia, the respected blog of Rocco Palmo, described Gianna Beretta Molla as one of the most popular “modern saints” added to the roll of the canonized in the pontificate of John Paul II. She was an active member of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. St Gianna Beretta Molla, a Milanese pediatrician who died at 40 to [...]

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SVDP USA Young Vincentian Newsletter

The website of  USA Young Vincentians presents a prayer for Vincentian Youth. Saint Vincent de Paul, missionary and evangelizer of the poor, grant us, through your intercession: Courageous youth willing to light the fire of divine love in all beings, to continue the mission of the Son of God. Communicative youth, who reveal to those who [...]

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Britain celebrates the 200th Anniversary of Ozanam

The SVDP of England and Wales celebrated Frederic’s 200th anniversary with a a review of his legacy in Britain and around the world. Key Highlights of the SVP’s work are: The St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP) is an international society with branches in 148 countries and a total of 700,000 members worldwide The SVP [...]

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A pair of 24 year old role models

Enjoy this guest post from Brandon Vogt on the impact of a young man who joined  the St Vincent dePaul Society at 17 (cf. Vincentian Encylopedia)… A couple years ago, on my 24th birthday, I decided to spend one year studying two unfamiliar saints: St. Therese of Lisieux and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati. I chose them [...]

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