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![Amazing and Challenging Good News](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2015/11/ross-reyes-dizon-sunday-readings-facebook.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
![Society of St. Vincent de Paul: Serving with Love and Creativity](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/12/svdp-videos-featured-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Society of St. Vincent de Paul: Serving with Love and Creativity
Two videos illustrate just a few of the many ways that the St. Vincent de Paul Society is adapting with creativity to this year’s realities in different regions of the USA.
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Recognizing the Child Jesus Today
Some stories need no comments. Here is the story of a new mother recognizing who she was caring for…
![Christmas Message from Renato Lima](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/12/SSVP-navidad-en-2020-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Christmas Message from Renato Lima
My dear brothers and sisters, members of Saint Vincent de Paul Society and members of the worldwide Vincentian Family,
![Christmas – Testing Positive In a Homeless Shelter](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/02/homelessness-series-featured-2-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Christmas – Testing Positive In a Homeless Shelter
I never cease to be amazed at how many times Invisible People stops me as they give voice to situations I had not thought of.
![Advent Prayer from SVDP Young Adult Center](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/12/SVDP-YA-Advent-Videop-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Advent Prayer from SVDP Young Adult Center
The St. Vincent De Paul Young Adult Center invites participants to transform the way they see the world, following the examples of St. Vincent de Paul and St. Louise de Marillac.
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A Vincentian View: And this will be a sign for you…
This year something different in the Christmas readings captured my prayer and attention. Perhaps it suggests the times and the disposition of my mind and heart.
![2020 Christmas Message of Father Tomaž Mavrič, C.M., the President of the Vincentian Family Executive Committee](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/12/navida-mavrk-2020-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
2020 Christmas Message of Father Tomaž Mavrič, C.M., the President of the Vincentian Family Executive Committee
2020 Christmas Message of Father Tomaž Mavrič, C.M., the President of the Vincentian Family Executive Committee:
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Incarnation – Call To Change
Jesus came to change our minds, not God’s! The Word became flesh to show us what God’s message and way of thinking looks like when lived humanly. Jesus is the living model of world-changing systemic change.
![175th Anniversary of SSVP USA: Eucharistic Celebration in Saint Louis](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/12/Misa-2-1080x630.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
175th Anniversary of SSVP USA: Eucharistic Celebration in Saint Louis
On November 20, 2020, on its 175th anniversary and at the very same place where it began, a Eucharistic celebration commemorated the founding of the Society in the USA.