A good site to bookmark … Society of St. Vincent de Paul

http://www.svdpusa.org/Home/tabid/36/language/en-US/Default.aspx
This is the Web site for the U.S. organization. It’s now being updated more regularly with SVDP news items from around the country.

Vincentian Reflection for New Year’s Day …

SOLEMNITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, MOTHER OF GOD
January 1, 2009
Gospel: (Luke 2:16-21)
The shepherds went in haste to Bethlehem and found Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in a manger.  When they saw this, they made known the message that had been told them about this child.  All who heard it were amazed by [...]

E-mail exchange with our friends in New Orleans

http://svdpneworleans.blogspot.com/
Contact from an SVDP in Florida!
We received a very nice greeting for Christmas from a fellow St. Vincent de Paul organization in Sanford, Florida (near Orlando) from Trace Trylko. It is called the Society of St. Vincent de Paul at All Souls Catholic Church.
Take a look at their blog at http://svdpallsouls.wordpress.com/
One of our goals with [...]

This Week’s Vincentian Reflection …

THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH
December 28, 2008
Gospel: (Luke 2:22-40)
The child’s father and mother were amazed at what was said about him; and Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will [...]

Check out this SVDP blog from Omaha …

http://www.svdpomaha.com/home.html

Catholic group provides food, gifts to more than 500 families

By HEATHER ROTH Staff Writer
Published December 23, 2008
Brown paper bags stuffed with groceries lined the sidewalk behind St. Mary’s Catholic Church Saturday morning. Black garbage bags bursting with presents were mounded in the grass; and hundreds of turkeys were piled on the asphalt.
As drivers started arriving before 8:30 a.m., high school volunteers grabbed the bags [...]

Vincentian Reflection for Christmas …

CHRISTMAS
Gospel: (Luke 2:1-14)
In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole world should be enrolled… And Joseph too went up from Galilee from the town of Nazareth to Judea, to the city of David that is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David, to be enrolled [...]

U.S. dioceses prepare for gloomy economic forecast, pray for the best

http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0806343.htm
By Chaz Muth
Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON (CNS) — U.S. Catholic dioceses in regions hardest hit by the economic meltdown haven’t had to resort to drastic financial measures, but officials are bracing themselves for the possibility.
Officials from dioceses contacted by Catholic News Service Dec. 17 said their 2008 budgets are solvent, enabling them to operate without radical [...]

Charity Begins at Home

http://catholicism.about.com/b/2008/12/23/charity-begins-at-home.htm
Scott’s Catholicism Blog
By Scott P. Richert, About.com Guide to Catholicism
Tuesday December 23, 2008
In these uncertain economic times, many families are finding themselves this Christmas without sufficient income or in danger of losing what they have. And yet, as the Catholic News Service reports, donations to Catholic charities have declined just at the time that they’re [...]

ADVENT MEDITATION – WEEK FOUR 2008

Today is the Fourth Sunday of Advent – I hope you will enjoy reading this Advent meditation which was written in December of 2001.  With so much going on this week I am finding myself in a time crunch, so I thought I would share one of my favorite writings from a few years ago. [...]