SVDP

Program helps those in poverty plan for future

by John Freund, CM | November 9, 2014 | Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Systemic change | 0 Comments

Program helps those in poverty plan for future. Those living in poverty often lack the financial planning experience to lift themselves out of it.

Fire of Love – Pilgrims on Earth – Open Wide the Doors to Christ – Vincentian Servanthood

by Lynn L'Heureux | November 3, 2014 | Society of St. Vincent de Paul | 0 Comments

Fire of Love – Pilgrims on Earth – Open Wide the Doors to Christ – Vincentian Servanthood

Replay of SVDP on EWTN

by John Freund, CM | October 31, 2014 | Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Vincentian Family | 0 Comments

For those who missed it… Last Thursday, Society of St. Vincent de Paul leaders, International President General Michael Thio, National President Sheila Gilbert and CEO Dave Barringer sat down with EWTN’s Jim and Joy Pinto.

Frederic Ozanam Honored by Feinstein Institute for Public Service

by John Freund, CM | October 29, 2014 | Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Vincentian Family | 0 Comments

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul celebrated its founder, Blessed Frederic Ozanam, being inducted into the Hall of Heroes at the Providence College Feinstein Institute of Public Service on Saturday, October 25, 2014.

What happens when the SVDP well runs dry?

by John Freund, CM | Jan 22, 2015 | Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Vincentian Family

…what happens when a small-scale disaster happens? Or when a community needs basics like food and water, or shelter, or educational assistance, outside of a disaster?

Vincentian – There but for the grace of God…

by John Freund, CM | Jan 20, 2015 | Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Vincentian Family

I realized that the poor and those in need did not bring it on themselves in most cases, as people accuse them of. I also realized: “There but for the grace of God go I.”