St Vincent de Paul Mini Loan Program
Do you work hard and struggle to make PayDay or Title Loan payments and pay bills each month?
Individuals who have taken out PayDay Loans or a Title Loan can find a better alternative to escalating debt and high interest rates with St Vincent de Paul’s Mini Loan Program. Qualified individuals, who have a source of income, can pay 3.15% (APR) interest on a Mini Loan, co-signed by SVDP, and get help fine-tuning a budget and establish a savings plan.
Read this story about how St Vincent de Paul helped Tricia with a PayDay Loan
https://www.svdpfrisco.org/blog/2020427/helping-our-neighbors-get-out-of-debt
If you have a payday or auto title loan:
Our mini loan conversion program may be able to help.
We offer low-interest re-financing, so you can escape manipulative and predatory lenders.
One-year program, with ongoing support
Financial coaching to help you plan and save for the future!
If you do not have a loan, but need help covering an emergency expense:
You may qualify for a low-interest emergency loan
Amount between $500 - $2500
For use on expenses like home and auto repair, a deposit on a new or safer apartment, and medical bills
Benefits of SVdP Mini Loan Program
Helps you get out and stay out of the harmful, never-ending cycle of debt
Frees you from pushy, intimidating lenders and collections agents
Builds your credit score
Ongoing, caring support for our participants
A new savings account once you complete the 1-year program
A way out of poverty toward financial freedom.
Call us today to apply: (469) 607-0909
Happy Easter from St Vincent de Paul
From the fullness of His grace we have all received one blessing after another.
- John 1:16
Because of Him, our hearts can be thankful for every good gift, every joy, every blessing- and for special people like you.
Easter Blessings to all friends of St Vincent de Paul
Prayer to St Vincent de Paul
St Vincent de Paul (1581 – 1660)
PRAYER TO ST. VINCENT DE PAUL
O Saint Vincent de Paul, our father and model, throughout your life you wished to imitate Jesus, the missionary and servant. In your time, you confronted the plague, the illness of the people. Intercede now with the Holy Trinity on behalf of all the nations on earth visited by the modern scourge. Help the bodies and hearts of all victims. Strengthen caregivers, be close to all neighbors, and enlighten researchers. Walk with those approaching the portals of death.
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As you gave strong and ardent advice to struggle against evil, so now come to our aid! Teach us how to expose our lives for the weakest among us, and strengthen us to help them better in fearless perseverance. With the sole desire of aiding them in their needs, open our spirits to God’s infinite providence. Let us endow it with his total will for action. Inspire in us, also, obedience to our leaders, as we now place ourselves in your hands, confident and fortified with genuine feelings of dedication and zeal for our sisters and brothers.
AMEN
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources
As the global effect of coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to evolve, St Vincent de Paul is firmly committed to the health and safety of our volunteers and those we serve. As part of this commitment, as we learn of resources we believe may be useful to you, we will be passing this information along.
STORES WITH HOURS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS AND VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS:
Walmart is allowing seniors or vulnerable people to shop in the hour before opening on Tuesdays.
Whole Foods is letting anyone 60 or older to shop an hour before opening to the public until further notice.
Target is opening an hour early to seniors on Wednesdays.
Walgreens has instituted a senior hour for shopping from 8 to 9 a.m. on Tuesdays.
Dollar General has a senior hour during the first hour it’s open each day.
Aldi stores will open at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays for vulnerable shoppers including senior citizens.
Big Lots stores are reserving the first hour for senior citizens.
Albertsons stores are setting aside two hours every Tuesday and Thursday for seniors and vulnerable individuals.
Fresh Market is reserving its first hour for senior citizens or those who are most at-risk.
Sam’s Club is open to seniors and vulnerable individuals from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Safeway is setting aside 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays as a time for seniors and vulnerable individuals to shop.
Stop & Shop is allowing customers 60 and older to shop each morning from 6 to 7:30.
Trader Joe’s has made the first hour of shopping each day available to senior customers.
Catholic Charities Mobile Food Bank
The Catholic Charities Dallas /St Francis Mobile Food Pantry is at St Francis of Assisi (Frisco) on the second and fourth Saturday, each month, from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm, or all the food has been distributed. The mobile food pantry sets up to distribute food in the West Parking Lot. For more information, visit their Facebook page @mobilefoodpantryccdstfrancisfrisco
The mobile food pantry also makes stops in the area at these locations:
St Michael’s, McKinney on the second and fourth Thursday’s at 1:00 pm
St Marks, Plano, on the first Saturday at 9:30 am
Who is eligible?
Families receiving government benefits such as SNAP, TANF, SSI, NSLP Medicare and Medicaid
Families who fall under the Federal Poverty Guidelines
Families facing a temporary crisis
COVID-19 Service Updates
As the CDC, local governments, and St Francis of Assisi parish provide updated guidance, St Vincent de Paul continues to adjust how we can continue to safely serve those in need.
Here is an update, as of March 19, 2020
St Vincent de Paul continues to respond to requests we are receiving from our assistance phone line: (214) 619-4096. However, we have, for the most part, suspended all in-person evaluations and will utilize other means to meet with, and understand the best way to assist those requesting assistance.
Starting tomorrow, March 20, 2020, the SVdP Thrift Stores in Plano and Dallas will be closed until April 1st
Due to CDC guidelines on large gatherings, we have canceled our planned spring Bingo Fundraising event (May 2), as well as our Bundle Sunday donation collection event (April 18 and 19)
The Catholic Charities Dallas Mobile Food Pantry is still planning to be available on March 28 at St. Francis of Assisi at 1 pm. If you need assistance with food, please visit this or one of the other many locations the mobile food pantry is available.
We continue to offer our prayers for all those affected and in need, and ask all of our community to continue to support St Vincent de Paul with your prayers.
Do you ask, "Who are the poor?"
Do you ask, "Who are the poor?"
Matthew Kelly shares his reflections of gospel readings and the poor. Mathew is founder of a nonprofit organization Dynamic Catholic Institute, whose mission is to re-energize the Catholic Church in America.
Do you ask, “Who are the poor?” Matthew Kelly shares his reflections on the gospel readings and the poor.
https://dynamiccatholic.com/best-lent-ever/lent-reflections-2020/vincent-de-paul-god-feeds-us-to-feed-others
Public Events Cancelled
Out of an abundance of caution, and based on CDC guidance, St Vincent de Paul is cancelling both our Spring Bingo event, as well as our Bundle Sunday