Our Faith in Action
Learn how the Society of St Vincent de Paul is working and helping neighbors in need around the country.
In this episode, Vincentians offer support to incarcerated women and conduct a Home Visit, the hallmark of the Society’s work. Tune in to learn how Vincentians put their faith in action every day across the country. (Wilmington, Minneapolis)
Pentecost
“When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together. And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were. Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire, which parted and came to rest on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim.
Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven staying in Jerusalem. At this sound, they gathered in a large crowd, but they were confused because each one heard them speaking in his own language. They were astounded, and in amazement they asked, “Are not all these people who are speaking Galileans? Then how does each of us hear them in his native language? We are Parthians, Medes, and Elamites, inhabitants of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the districts of Libya near Cyrene, as well as travelers from Rome, both Jews and converts to Judaism, Cretans and Arabs, yet we hear them speaking in our own tongues of the mighty acts of God.””
St Vincent de Paul provides both Spiritual and Finance assistance
Below, St Vincent de Paul conference in Frisco celebrate a local resident’s full repayment of a St Vincent de Paul mini loan that helped them escape the high-interest debt cycle of payday/auto title loans.
Members of the Frisco conference of St Vincent de Paul celebrate for
The St Vicent de Paul mini loan program (https://svdpdallas.org/mlp/) is a program, for those who qualify, that empowers people to find financial stability and escape the cycles of debt. This is just one of the ways St Vincent de Paul attempts to not only assist with immediate material needs, but also attempts to help develop financial skills that promote longer term financial health.
In addition, our conference celebrated after two of our advocates had a case in which they twinned with other local St Vincent de Paul conferences to provide rental assistance and prevent eviction. The neighbor was so touched and surprised, she cried and revealed she was a fallen away Catholic, but vowed to return to the Church. Her faith had been renewed thanks to person-to-person prayers and financial assistance that St Vincent de Paul volunteers provided.
Please keep all of the St Vincent de Paul volunteers in your prayers as they tirelessly serve those in need right here in the Frisco area.
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Feast of Saint Louise de Marillac - May 9
St Louise de Marillac (1591 - 16600
In Louise’s day, serving the needs of the poor was usually a luxury only fine ladies could afford. Her mentor, Saint Vincent de Paul, wisely realized that women of peasant stock could reach poor people more effectively, and the Daughters of Charity were born under her leadership.
Today, that order—along with the Sisters of Charity—continues to nurse the sick and aging and provide refuge for orphans. Many of its members are social workers toiling under Louise’s patronage. The rest of us must share her concern for the disadvantaged.
Gospel: (Matthew 25: 31-46) The King will say to those on his right hand, “ Come, you whom my Father has blessed, take for your heritage the kingdom prepared for you since the foundation of the world. For I was hungry, and you gave me food; I was thirsty and you gave me drink; I was a stranger and you made me welcome; naked and you clothed me, sick and you visited me… I tell you solemnly, in so far as you did this to one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did it to me.”
Reflection: Louise de Marillac, (1591-1660), married Antoine LeGras and they had a son whom they named Michel, but at the age of 34 she became a widow. Vincent de Paul became her spiritual director and under his guidance she began caring for the poor and visiting the Confraternities of Charity. Vincent and Louise co-founded the Company of the Daughters of Charity, and dedicated them to serve the poor with humility, simplicity and charity. In 1960, Pope John XXIII proclaimed Louise the patron saint of all Christian social workers.
Vincentian Meditation: “Above all, be very gentle and courteous toward your poor. You know that they are our masters and that we much love them tenderly and respect them deeply. It is not enough for these maxims to be in our minds; we must bear witness to them by our gentle and charitable care.”-St. Louise de Marillac- ( Gibson and Kneaves, Praying with Louise, p. 72)
Source: https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-louise-de-marillac/
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Through your donation, you assist those in need twice!
Once by donating the goods to the Thrift Store to be offered to those in need a little or low cost, and second as the money from the sales of items in the Thrift Store is given back to the local St Vincent de Paul chapters.
Plus... it is good for environment to pass along those unwanted items and not direct them toward a landfill.
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Our Faith in Action
Learn how the Society of St Vincent de Paul is working and helping neighbors in need around the country.
In this episode, the Society of St uses religious artifacts to support their work helping neighbors in need, and on a Home Visit, Vincentians bring along friendship and help. Tune in to learn how Vincentians put their faith in action every day across the country. (Minneapolis, Atlanta)