Calendar of Events

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul Conference at All Souls Catholic Church
is a Registered 501c3
Mailing Address:
301 West 8th Street
Sanford, FL 32771
Phone: 407.330.4400
E-mail: svdpallsouls@yahoo.com
Blog: svdpallsouls.wordpress.com

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Case Manager on call the week of February 8: Ann Shea

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SVDP Night at Grace ‘n Grits – Wednesday, February 10 – SVDP volunteers are cooking and serving the meals. We’ll begin cooking at 3 pm. Dinner begins at 530 pm at the Sanford Civic Center. RSVP to attend: svdpallsouls@yahoo.com

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SVDP Ambassadors — Please wear your SVDP name tags at the Mass you attend the weekend of February 13/14 and every weekend.

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SVDP Information Table before and after all Masses – Saturday, February 13 and Sunday, February 14. Two volunteers are needed to hand out SVDP information. Please e-mail svdpallsouls@yahoo.com to volunteer:

Saturday, February 13 – before Mass and after
1. Doreen
2. Mary

Sunday, February 14

7:30 am Mass – before and after
1. Judy W.
2. Richard

8:45 am Mass – before and after
1. ___________________
2. ___________________

9 am Mass – before and after
1. Dominick
2. Kevin

10:30 am Mass – before and after
1. Pat
2. Barbara
3. Cathy G.

Noon Mass – before and after
1. ___________________
2. ___________________

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February SVDP Membership Meeting – Monday, February 15 at 7 pm at the Knights of Columbus Hall

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SVDP Garage Sale – Saturday, February 20 from 8 am until noon at the Knights of Columbus Building (2504 South Oak Avenue in Sanford, Florida 32773-5105). Volunteers are needed to work various shifts.

We will begin setting up at 630 am and any unsold items will be loaded on the SVDP truck and given to the SVDP store in Apopka.

Volunteers are needed on Friday afternoon to load the SVDP truck with items from our storage unit. Also, we’ll need folks Saturday morning to help set up and also to staff tables. Please let me know what help you can provide. RSVP to: svdpallsouls@yahoo.com

Friday, February 19 (load the truck at the storage unit)
1. ___________________
2. ___________________
3. ___________________
4. ___________________
5. ___________________
6. ___________________

Saturday, February 20 (set-up begins at 630 until 8 am)

1. Susan Loso
2. ___________________
3. ___________________
4. ___________________
5. ___________________
6. ___________________

Shift # 1 (8 until 10 am)

1. Susan Loso
2. ___________________
3. ___________________
4. ___________________
5.. ___________________
6. ___________________

Shift # 2 (10 am until noon)

1. ___________________
2. ___________________
3. ___________________
4. ___________________
5. ___________________
6. ___________________

Break-down tables and load unsold items on the SVDP truck (noon until ?)

1. ___________________
2. ___________________
3. ___________________
4. ___________________
5. ___________________
6. ___________________

Tuesday Inspiration …

Coaching isn’t an addition to a leader’s job, it’s an integral part of it.
~ George S. Odiorne

11 days until …

the 1st SVDP Garage Sale!

Tuesday Reflection …

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

“Know how to maintain silence in order to fulfill the demand of professional secrecy.”
-St. Vincent de Paul

No harm can ever result from keeping confidences secure, while failures can only result in dire consequences. Lord, grant me a great respect for my professional responsibilities in this regard.

Tuesday’s Word of the Day

Shema
(SHMUH)

The title and first Hebrew word of the Jewish declaration of belief: “Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is one Lord” (Dt 6:4). The Shema, which was written on the phylacteries and mezuzah, was identified by Jesus as the most important commandment (cf. Mk 12:29).

Question of the Day for Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Sunday Obligation and Moral Impossibility

Q. In what way can it ever be “morally impossible” to attend Mass on Sunday (or any other day of obligation)? No matter one’s age.

Mrs. James H. Seeley, Sublimity, Ore.

A. Here’s a reply from TCA columnist Father Francis Hoffman, J.C.D.:

It could be “morally impossible” for a person to attend Sunday Mass, for instance, if the only Mass available is two hours away by car. It might be physically possible to get there, but, because of other pressing obligations, a five-hour investment (two hours there, two hours back, one hour at Mass) would be too much to ask.

Ultimately, each person must follow their own conscience in evaluating the conditions and circumstances.

God does not ask the impossible, yet all things are possible with God. The important principle about Sunday Mass is to do what you can to honor Our Lord on His day and put your heart into loving God “with all your heart, with all your strength, with all your soul, and with all your mind” (Lk 10:27).

Mass Reading & Meditation for February 9, 2010

Catholic Meditations
Meditation: Mark 7:1-13

The Pharisees, one of the many religious groups that made up Judaism in Jesus’ day, were a well-respected lay renewal movement that had begun about 150 b.c.

As successors of the pious Jews who actively resisted paganism during the Greek occupation of Palestine in the fourth century b.c., the Pharisees sought to preserve Jewish identity by rigorously following practices that distinguished Jews from foreign peoples—practices such as circumcision, dietary laws, and purity rituals. In fact, the name “Pharisee” was derived from the Hebrew word perusim, meaning “the separated ones.”

The motive behind the Pharisees’ strict observance of Jewish rituals was very commendable. However, as time went on, they tried to make the whole Jewish populace observe practices that only the priests were required to keep. Moreover, Pharisees shunned contact with those Jews who didn’t fulfill the priestly requirements, lest they contract ritual impurity from them. This, in fact, is one of the reasons why the Pharisees were scandalized when Jesus ate with tax collectors and sinners (Matthew 9:10-11). Their stringent application exceeded the tenets of the Law of Moses and inclined the Pharisees toward a concern for outward appearances. Jesus had great respect for the Law and for safeguarding Jewish tradition (5:17), but he rejected the legalistic strictures of the Pharisees that laid heavy burdens on people while overlooking justice, mercy, and fidelity (23:4).

If our hearts aren’t firmly fixed on the Lord, we can fall into the same trap as the Pharisees. How easy it is to criticize those who don’t live up to our standards or our definition of holiness! Or perhaps we zealously put our favorite religious practices ahead of the very truths that these practices are meant to uphold. While we speak pious words honoring the Lord with our lips, our hearts might actually be far from him (Mark 7:6). Let’s be careful that we don’t cling so tightly to our human traditions that we end up disregarding the commandments of God (7:8).

Jesus wants us to focus on the essentials of love for God and neighbor, and not get sidetracked. Remember: Holiness is not a matter of external observances but of the inner heart (Matthew 23:27-28).

“Lord Jesus, don’t let me get caught up in outward observances. Help me to keep my heart set on you.”

1 Kings 8:22-23,27-30; Psalm 84:3-5,10-11

SACSON

The Seminole Action Coalition Serving Our Needy (SACSON) meets Tuesday, February 9 at 630 pm at Holy Cross Episcopal Church in Sanford.

Central Florida hunger numbers are daunting

By Kate Santich, Orlando Sentinel

12:18 PM EST, February 8, 2010

A new report on hunger in Central Florida reveals that nearly 732,000 people sought help from local food banks last year – many of them families with young children.

A new and highly detailed report on hunger in Central Florida reveals that nearly 732,000 people sought help from local food banks last year – many of them families with young children.

The report, released today by Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, showed a daunting 152-percent increase in that figure since the previous study just four years earlier. Nearly 40 percent of those going hungry don’t have access to a working car, 61 percent have unpaid medical bills and most have to choose between buying food or paying the rent or utility bill.

“The report was pretty shocking,” said Dave Krepcho, president and CEO of Second Harvest. “We knew the numbers would be high, yet when the facts came across, they were very sobering. There is a whole new addition of blue- and white-collar workers who just can’t find jobs or work such limited hours that they can’t afford the basics.”

In fact, a third of those who went to food banks for help actually had jobs already – but those jobs didn’t pay enough to cover the grocery bill in its entirety. Less than a third of the recipients receive food stamps, though it is likely many more are eligible. Yet those benefits typically run out by the third week of each month.

Worse, nearly 21 percent of the pantries and 33 percent of the shelters reported that they had to turn away needy people during the past year because they simply ran out of food.

Were it not for the faith-based community and the help of volunteers, the situation would be decidedly worse, the study revealed. Some 79 percent of the pantries, 63 percent of the soup kitchens and 53 percent of the region’s shelters are run by faith-based nonprofit agencies, and 73 percent of the food pantries have no paid staff at all.

“Our main goal is just getting the word out to let the community know we have a hunger problem and this is what it looks like,” Krepcho said. “The more people understand, the better the chance that they’ll do something.”

Kate Santich can be reached at 407-420-5503 or ksantich@orlandosentinel.com.

Monday Inspiration …

In all things, be willing to listen to people around you. None of us is really smart enough to go it alone.
~ John Clendenin

12 days until …

the 1st SVDP Garage Sale!