This Week’s Vincentian Reflection …

THIRTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
November 2, 2008
Gospel: (Matthew 23: 1-12)
Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples, saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees have taken their seat on the chair of Moses. Therefore, do and observe all things whatsoever they tell you, but do not follow their example. For they preach but they do [...]

Americans cut food purchases as costs rise

http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/stories/2008/10/20/daily43.html?f=et70&ana=e_du
Orlando Business Journal
Excerpt: Meanwhile, 14 percent say they or someone in their immediate family have received food from a food bank, shelter or other charitable organization in the past year because of lack of money for food. Among those who have not received food donations in the past year, 21 percent say it is very [...]

This Week’s Vincentian Reflection …

THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
October 26, 2008
Gospel: (Matthew 22:34-40)
When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a scholar of the law, tested him by asking, “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?  He said to him, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with [...]

A letter from SVDP’s National President and Executive Director

October, 2008           
                                                                                                                    
Dear Friends,
As this year draws into its final months, the Society of St Vincent de Paul USA has much to be thankful for! We have had many challenges in 2008: including more sequential natural disasters at home and abroad than we can remember occurring in one calendar year. However, our volunteer members and friends [...]

An interesting read out of Boston’s Catholic community …

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles_of_faith/2008/10/worcester_bisho.html
Worcester bishop speaks out on economy
Posted by Michael Paulson October 23, 2008 03:12 PM
The Roman Catholic bishop of Worcester, Robert J. McManus (left), today is issuing a pastoral letter about the economic crisis that is gripping the U.S. In the letter, which is the most detailed look at the crisis I’ve seen yet from a [...]

CHARITY: St. Vincent De Paul resale store closes for reoganization

http://www.tonawanda-news.com/local/local_story_294225956.html
By Michele Deluca
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The Tonawanda News

Booming business at thrift stores

http://www.mlive.com/news/chronicle/index.ssf?/base/news-15/1224254721236810.xml&coll=8
Friday, October 17, 2008 By Teresa Taylor Williamsttwilliams@muskegonchronicle.com
While some stores that specialize in clothing and household goods have seen paltry sales in the past several months, others are doing more business than ever.

Thrift store business booming

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20081017/BIZ01/310170056
But hard times thin inventories
By John Eckberg • jeckberg@enquirer.com • October 17, 2008
WOODLAWN – Ed Oxley, a 61-year-old Springdale resident, is a regular thrift store shopper who has seen traffic surge at his favorite secondhand shop, the flagship Goodwill center in Woodlawn.

Interesting SVDP news from Atlanta …

http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2008/10/16/gala/
Gala Raises $60,000 For St. Vincent De Paul Society
ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published: October 16, 2008
Vincentian Father Dennis Holtschneider tells supporters of the St. Vincent de Paul Society that they must act as a bridge between their donors and the poor. The president of DePaul University in Chicago, Father Holtschneider served as the keynote speaker of [...]

Commentary: Food banks instead of campaign ads

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/16/campbell.brown.negative.ads/index.html
Campbell Brown: Many Americans on hard times
Brown: Campaigns will spend $30 million a week on ads between now and election
Brown: Obama and McCain should spend that money on food shelters instead
By Campbell Brown
CNN
Editor’s note: Campbell Brown anchors CNN’s “Campbell Brown: No Bias, No Bull” at 8 p.m. ET Mondays through Fridays. She delivered this commentary [...]