SVDP 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
Web: svdpallsouls.wordpress.com
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We are now on facebook: Daily Vincentian news is now available on the Council’s facebook page. “Like” us at “Society of St. Vincent de Paul Orlando”
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Monday, June 17 at 7 pm – Membership Meeting
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SVDP Merchandise online: http://www.magnalite-usa.com/svdp09-1.html
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Need your coupons: We are collecting coupons for the Overseas Coupon Program (OCP) that serves military families by providing manufacturer’s coupons to overseas military bases. Coupons are placed on tables at the PX and the Commissary or handed out for use by military families on base. The coupons need to be only manufacturer ones, no “store” coupons, such as Target or Publix, etc. The coupons can be “food” or “non-food”, including pet food. Please leave coupons in the SVDP basket. Thank you!
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St. Vincent de Paul is now accepting vehicle donations. Used car donations may be turned into money to provide critical items such as food, shelter, housing, care for the elderly or medicine. Your tax-deductible donation is tied directly to our community. That means your car donation will help someone in the Sanford area. Call us at 407.330.4400 if you’d like to make a vehicle donation.
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The Society of St. Vincent de Paul Conference at All Souls Catholic Church thanks the following sponsors for supporting our 6th Annual Friends of the Poor Walk scheduled for Saturday, September 28, 2013 along the RiverWalk in downtown Sanford:
The Nation Law Firm
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Minutes of the May 7, 2013 SVDP Board Meeting
St Vincent DePaul Society of All Souls Church
Board Meeting May 7, 2013
Knights of Columbus Hall
Attending: Judy Wilhelm Doreen Owens Dennis Roman Mercedes Henry
Judy Collum Pat Karakoosh Barbara Maiz Jeanette Guzman Susan Loso Trace Trylko Anne Merrill Cathy Skoff Ann Shea Nancy Barbanera
Minutes from previous meeting approved with the correction of Ellie being listed twice in attendance.
PRESIDENT’S REPORT:
Judy passed around get well cards for Mary and Dominick.
Judy received a letter from the Parish office requiring all members to have a current fingerprinting. The cost per person is $57.25 and is required to be done by the end of the month. Judy will pursue getting funding and extending the deadline.
CASE REPORTS:
65. Utilities paid-$167.11
138. Inkind food-$100
317. Inkind food-$100
464. Rent- $220
679. Furniture-$100
760. Inkind food-$40
799. Lodging-$150/Inkind food-$100
809. Transportation-$65.86
822. Gas Voucher-$25
834. Inkind food-$100
840. Bus Passes-$16/Inkind food-$25
864. Lodging-$250/Inkind food-$30
870. Transportation-$110
875. Inkind food-$40/Lodging-$230
876. Inkind food-$75/Bus passes-$16.20/Lodging-$185.84/Lodging-$120
877. Utilities paid-$103.12/Inkind food-$100
878. Inkind food-$150/Bus passes-$4.05
879. Utility paid-$184.08
880. Inkind food-$150/Utility paid-191.82
881. Bus passes-$4.05
882. Rent- $317
Bags of Care:
All Soul School-15 bags- $375
Pine Crest School-21 bags-$315
Faith Formation-3 bags-$75
TREASURER’S REPORT:
Checking account balance: $10,382.81
Savings account balance-$30,225.68
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Please turn in your volunteer hours/miles to Judy for the past months.
SACSON- There will only be a meeting once a month during the summer months.
Scholarship Committee- Anne reported they have received 34 applications. They interviewed 20 people and have chosen 4 winners. The award ceremony is May 20, 2013.
Young Vincentians- Susan reported they have 10 new members. They all went to dinner with Father Trout recently. They will be having a skating party on May 30, 2013.
SVDP Executive Director Report- The next SVDP Spiritual Retreat will be on May18, 2013. Next quarterly meeting is July 20, 2013 at St James.
Wash Day- Next event is May 15, 2013. Kevin and Cathy will work it.
Pantry- Barbara and Pat reported the pantry is well stocked.
Voice of the Poor- N/A
OLD BUSINESS:
We discussed the status of sponsorship packets.
We discussed the Mother’s Day Flower Sale. Meeting at the White House May 10 to put flowers together.
We discussed the Appreciation Dinner on June 11, 2013. Suzanne will be making ziti for the dinner, so we need to bring salad and desserts. All invitations have been sent out.
NEW BUSINESS:
Next Grace and Grits-May 22, 2013.
Closing Prayer. Next meeting-Member –May 20, 2013 at 7 pm.
Friday Reflection
“A deep love for God in this life which will be shown by practicing His goodness, gentleness and charity toward my neighbor.”
Saint Louise de Marillac
Question of the Day for Friday, May 24, 2013
Communion
Q. As a music director I attend Mass three times on Sunday. Am I allowed to receive Communion more than once?
A. Here’s a reply from OSV columnist Msgr. M. Francis Mannion:
According to official norms, a Catholic may receive Communion a second time on a given day if he or she participates in two Masses that are not celebrated in immediate succession and that are truly distinct celebrations of the Eucharist. One of the purposes of this norm is to assist in avoiding the impression that the more times one attends Mass and receives Communion on the same day the better. It is the quality of one’s attendance at the liturgy, rather than the quantity, that matters most.
Read the rest of the answer at Our Sunday Visitor: http://www.osv.com/TCANav/TCAQuestionoftheDay/May20242013/tabid/8713/Default.aspx
May 24, Friday Weekday
Guide me, Lord, in the way of your commands. — Psalm 119:35
Mass Readings: Sirach 6:5-17/Mark 10:1-12
Beyond Minimum Wage
Minimum-wage legislation attempts to protect employees from exploitation. It’s not intended to preclude or discourage payment of fair wages. Employers who stubbornly refuse to go beyond minimum wage may be on the right side of the law, but are unlikely to win “Employer of the Year” awards!
To protect victims, Mosaic Law tolerated divorce under certain circumstances. In today’s Gospel, the Pharisees used this concession to see how low they could stoop without violating the letter of the law. Jesus’ response was to raise their sights to the Law-Giver’s original intention for marriage. Author C. S. Lewis warned, “Do not let us mistake necessary evils for good.” Divorce is never God’s intention; nor is simply staying together in marriage without striving to grow in oneness. Let’s move beyond “minimum wage” thinking to a “maximum love” mentality.
Prayer: God of Love, help me to love as You do: unselfishly, unstintingly, unconditionally.
Courtesy of Our Sunday Visitor: http://www.osv.com/MyDailyVisitor/tabid/7626/Default.aspx
Mass Reading & Meditation for May 24, 2013
Meditation: Sirach 6: 5-17
7th Week in Ordinary Time
“A faithful friend is beyond price, no sum can balance his worth.” (Sirach 6:15)
Several years ago, sociologists at Duke University published a study on isolation in America. The study found that over the past two decades, Americans’ circle of close friends has shrunk dramatically. Twice as many people report that they have no one with whom they can share important matters.
How sad that so many people feel all alone! Unfortunately, it seems as if modern life keeps us from being too committed to one another. Between busy schedules, changing obligations, and fast-paced lives, we can allow ourselves to drift away from one another. It seems that we all want to have and to be faithful friends, but we find it very challenging!
Sirach describes the kind of friend we all want to have—one who sticks by us no matter what. In good times and bad, through ups and downs, a true friend remains faithful. It’s no accident, either, that this quality of faithfulness is echoed in the wedding vows we profess: for better or worse, in sickness and health, richer or poorer, until death.
So how do we learn to love like that? By steeping ourselves in the knowledge of God’s faithfulness to us: his unwavering, reliable commitment to us. The more we experience what this kind of friendship is like, the more ready we will be to show it to the people closest to us. Who loves more perfectly than Jesus, the Friend who never forsakes us, the Spouse who is always devoted? Who knows us better than our Father, who sees all our sin and yet stays with us to help us grow in holiness?
Take some time today to think about God’s faithfulness. Think about how he led his people to the Promised Land despite their weak faith and episodes of disobedience. Think about King David and how, despite his up-and-down faithfulness to the commandments, God never withdrew his blessing. Or think about how Jesus forgave Peter for denying him three times. Fill your mind with stories like these, and you’ll learn what faithful friendship looks like. Let them teach you how to be a better friend—and how to welcome the love of the friends God has already given you.
“Jesus, form your faithfulness in me. Show me how faithfully you love me so that I can become just as faithful to my friends.”
Psalm 119:12, 16, 18, 27, 34-35; Mark 10:1-12
Thursday Reflection
“There is no act of charity that is not accompanied by justice or that permits us to do more than we reasonably can.”
Saint Vincent de Paul
Mass Reading & Meditation for May 23, 2013
Meditation: Sirach 5:1-8
7th Week in Ordinary Time
“Of forgiveness be not overconfident, adding sin upon sin.” (Sirach 5:5)
“Surely the Lord understands.” How often have you thought this way about a temptation you were dealing with? “God is compassionate. He knows how hard it is for me to overcome this sin. I shouldn’t be so tough on myself.” While there may be some truth to statements like these, today’s first reading offers a necessary balance. And while it is a classic example of dramatic overstatement, today’s Gospel reading strengthens Sirach’s words: “If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off” (Mark 9:43).
Both of today’s readings tell us that sin is serious and that God takes it seriously. Yes, he is our loving, merciful Father. But we shouldn’t let this truth reduce our image of God to some kind of jovial, easygoing caretaker. Like any good father, he has high expectations of his children. He knows our weaknesses, but he also expects us to try our hardest to overcome them. He expects us to work with him as he seeks to conform us to the image of his Son.
We all have difficult areas of our lives. Maybe you have a bad temper. Or maybe you find it hard not to be critical of certain types of people. What is your disposition toward those challenges? If you are seriously trying to work on them, if you are regularly confessing them when you fall, and if you are actively seeking God’s grace to overcome them, then you can be one-hundred percent confident of God’s mercy. If, on the other hand, you have a casual attitude about sin, if you dismiss it as “no big deal,” then something needs to change.
Today’s readings ask us to examine our attitudes, both toward sin and toward God’s mercy. Do you take God for granted? Do you tend to gloss over your sins? Jesus doesn’t really want you to cut off your hand or pluck out your eye. But he does want you to stop grasping at temptation, and he does want you to shield your eyes from sinful things. His mercy is meant to help you do just that—not simply to pardon your faults.
“Lord, may I never presume upon your mercy. Help me to root out anything that is not pleasing to you.”
Psalm 1:1-4, 6; Mark 9:41-50
Question of the Day for Thursday, May 23, 2013
Clerical Garb
Q. Do priests always have to wear their black-collared suit, or their clerical suit, outside of church?
A. Here’s a reply from Father Reginald Martin:
In 1982, Pope John Paul II wrote an instruction to the clergy and religious of Rome in which he remarked the value of clerical garb, “not only because it contributes to the propriety of the priest in his external behavior … but above all because it gives evidence within the ecclesiastical community of the public witness that each priest is held to give of his own identity.” Church law states only, “Clerics are to wear suitable ecclesiastical garb in accord with the norms issued by the conference of bishops and in accord with legitimate local customs” (Canon 284).
Read the rest of the answer at Our Sunday Visitor: http://www.osv.com/TCANav/TCAQuestionoftheDay/May20242013/tabid/8713/Default.aspx
May 23, Thursday Weekday
Blessed are they who hope in the Lord. — Psalm 40:5
Mass Readings: Sirach 5:1-8/Mark 9:41-50
Pride and Presumption
In the first reading Sirach addresses two human tendencies, both erroneous, both inviting God’s wrath. The first is pride in ourselves — in our own wealth, power or strength. In our ever-growing sense of self-sufficiency, we fail to recognize or acknowledge our need of God and refuse to live as creatures dependent on their Creator. Sirach refers to “deceitful wealth” — by trusting in our own resources, material or otherwise, we deceive ourselves.
The second tendency is presuming on God’s mercy and grace. When a husband or wife is continually taken for granted, one spouse may become resentful, while the other grows increasingly self-centered. Instead of love growing and deepening, cracks appear and widen in their marriage. Sirach warns that by taking God’s mercy for granted we “add sin upon sin” — and sin, of course, separates us from God.
Prayer: Gracious God, keep me from unhealthy pride and ungrateful presumption.
Courtesy of Our Sunday Visitor: http://www.osv.com/MyDailyVisitor/tabid/7626/Default.aspx
Melissa Ann McFall obituary
McFall, Melissa Ann, age 45, Longwood, Florida, passed away on May 15, 2013. Melissa is survived by her sons, Billy Joe Markus and David Wyatt Roberts, daughters, Heather Ann Roberts and Chastity Nicole Giles, brother, Scott Michael McFall, parents, Tom & Suellyn Magennis and grandchildren, Annalisa Marie, Daniel Beau, Katherine Nicole, Brandon David and Lucas Joseph Giles. Funeral service is Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 9:45 AM at All Soul’s Catholic Church, with burial to follow at All Soul’s Cemetery. Arrangements entrusted to Collison Family Funeral Homes & Crematory, 335 E. SR 434, Longwood, Fl. 32773, 407-260-5400.
