SVDP Contemplation
Contemplation: The Way to Peace
by Tim Williams | July 16, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul | 0 Comments
Contemplation: True Presence
by Tim Williams | July 9, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul | 0 Comments
Contemplation: To Wait for God’s Own Time
by Tim Williams | July 4, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul | 0 Comments
Contemplation: The Challenge of Modern Times
by Tim Williams | June 27, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul | 0 Comments
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Contemplation: True Presence
by Tim Williams | Jul 9, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org Vincentians are doers, we are people of action. We love God, as St....
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Contemplation: To Wait for God’s Own Time
by Tim Williams | Jul 4, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org The church calls the laity to “fulfill their prophetic mission by...
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Contemplation: The Challenge of Modern Times
by Tim Williams | Jun 27, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org Blessed Frédéric and his friends founded the Society in 1833 in answer to...
Contemplation: To Discern, Not to Decide
by Tim Williams | Jun 18, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org In the Society of St Vincent de Paul, “all decisions are made by consensus after the necessary prayer, reflection and consultation.” [Rule, Part I, 3.10] In other words, we don’t simply vote the minority “off the island,”...
Contemplation: Another Advocate
by Tim Williams | Jun 11, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org In 1833, President (and Spiritual Advisor) Emmanuel Bailly opened the first meeting of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul praying “Veni, Sancte Spiritus…” We continue this special devotion to the Holy Spirit today,...
Contemplation: A Culture of Encounter
by Tim Williams | Jun 4, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org The Society of St. Vincent de Paul and the Home Visit both were formed when Frédéric Ozanam declared in 1833 that “we must do what Our Lord Jesus Christ did” and “go to the poor.” [Baunard, 65] The very first Rule in 1835...
Contemplation: With All Our Strength
by Tim Williams | May 28, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org As Vincentians, we understand this to be a calling, a vocation. Each of is called to serve God as a member of the Society, seeing Christ in the neighbor, and growing in holiness through our service. While the meetings and...
Contemplation: A Model To Follow
by Tim Williams | May 21, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org When we hear the word “leader” we naturally think of a great general, a head of state, one of those celebrity CEOs, or even a star athlete leading a team to victory. The great leader is an American archetype: charismatic,...
Contemplation: Invitation to Grow
by Tim Williams | May 14, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org Why did you join the Society of St. Vincent de Paul? And why do you stay? These are two very important questions for every Vincentian to meditate upon from time to time. Membership is a vocation, a calling. Each of us heard...
Contemplation: Under the Cross
by Tim Williams | May 7, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org Amélie Ozanam, Blessed Frédéric’s widow, had a brief invocation, or perhaps a motto, that she often added to notes and letters that she wrote. It was “et sub cruce, Hozanna!”, meaning “and under the cross, Hozanna!” in...
Contemplation: A Culture of Welcome – SSVP USA, a Weekly Reflection
by Tim Williams | Apr 30, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org Many of our Conferences struggle with finding – and keeping – new members. Often, when this happens, we begin to tell ourselves that perhaps we are asking too much of potential members; scaring them off with the notion of...
Contemplation: Chosen From All Eternity – SSVP USA, a Weekly Reflection
by Tim Williams | Apr 23, 2024 | Formation, Reflections, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org Virtue, our catechism teaches, is a “habitual and firm disposition to do good.” [CCC: 1833] The good deeds themselves are not the virtue; they are, or should be, the fruits of our virtue. From our virtue of charity comes...