St. Vincent de Paul

For more than 130 years, St. Vincent de Paul has been privileged to provide critical support to residents of Southeastern Michigan who are hurting. Through our hands-on charitable work, we’ve been a vital part of the community, offering food assistance, emergency support and disaster relief services to help enhance the lives of the less fortunate in our region.

St. Vincent de Paul Update for 12/6/2020

Posted on December 2, 2020

Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. St. Thomas Aquinas St. Vincent de Paul Update for 12/6/2020

St. Vincent de Paul Update for 11/29/2020

Posted on November 24, 2020

The fruit of silence is prayer, the fruit of prayer is faith, the fruit of faith is love, the fruit of love is service, the fruit of service is peace. St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta We are less than 3 St. Vincent de Paul Update for 11/29/2020

St. Vincent de Paul Update for 11/22/2020

Posted on November 12, 2020

It’s not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, that is the true measure of our thanksgiving. W.T. Purkiser We conducted our drive-thru Thanksgiving Distribution this past week. We helped 38 families with a total of St. Vincent de Paul Update for 11/22/2020

St. Vincent de Paul Update for November 9, 2020

Posted on November 9, 2020

“I am sent not only to love God but to make Him loved. It is not enough for me to love God, if my neighbor does not love Him.” St. Vincent de Paul This coming week we are having our St. Vincent de Paul Update for November 9, 2020

St. Vincent de Paul Update for 11/2/2020

Posted on November 2, 2020

“Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.” – St. Teresa of Avila We are 1 1/2 weeks away from our Thanksgiving Distribution. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic we have decided that St. Vincent de Paul Update for 11/2/2020

St. Vincent de Paul Update for 10/26/2020

Posted on October 26, 2020

The works of God are not accomplished when we wish them, but whenever it pleases Him. St. Vincent de Paul We are 2 weeks away from our Thanksgiving Distribution. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic we have decided that we will St. Vincent de Paul Update for 10/26/2020

St. Vincent de Paul Update for 10/25/2020

Posted on October 19, 2020

Preserve the warmth of the family, because the warmth of the whole world cannot make up for it. St. Charbel Makhlouf We are 3 weeks away from our Thanksgiving Distribution. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic we have decided that we St. Vincent de Paul Update for 10/25/2020

St. Vincent de Paul Update for 10/12/20

Posted on October 12, 2020

Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love. St. Therese of Lisieux We are 4 weeks away from St. Vincent de Paul Update for 10/12/20

St. Vincent de Paul Update 10/5/2020

Posted on October 5, 2020

We are starting to gather items for our Thanksgiving Distribution. We appreciate your generosity in helping our neighbors, so as you shop this week please keep our pantry list in mind. If you cannot go to the store yet but you St. Vincent de Paul Update 10/5/2020

St. Vincent de Paul Update for 9/22/20

Posted on September 22, 2020

Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing. St. Therese of Lisieux The St. Vincent de Paul Pantry has stayed open since the shutdown started, although the church has been closed. We are very grateful to Fr. Ron St. Vincent de Paul Update for 9/22/20

St. Vincent de Paul Update for 9/12/2020

Posted on September 12, 2020

Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious. St. Thomas Aquinas Put your heart aside. Duty comes first. But when fulfilling your duty, put your heart into it. It helps. St. Vincent de Paul Update for 9/12/2020

St. Vincent de Paul Update for 9/4/20

Posted on September 4, 2020

“You are rewarded not according to your work or your time but according to the measure of your love.” – St. Catherine of Siena “However great our efforts, we cannot change ourselves. Only God can get to the bottom of St. Vincent de Paul Update for 9/4/20

St. Vincent de Paul Update for 8/27/20

Posted on August 27, 2020

“Announcing the Gospel is the first and greatest act of charity.” – St. Arnold Janssen “What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their St. Vincent de Paul Update for 8/27/20

St. Vincent de Paul Update for 8/20/20

Posted on August 20, 2020

“Everybody today seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for greater developments and greater riches and so on, so that children have very little time for their parents. Parents have very little time for each other, and in St. Vincent de Paul Update for 8/20/20

St. Vincent de Paul Update for 8/14/20

Posted on August 14, 2020

Brothers and sisters: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each must do as already determined, without sadness or compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. Moreover, God is able to make St. Vincent de Paul Update for 8/14/20

St. Vincent de Paul Update for 8/7/2020

Posted on August 7, 2020

“Make it a practice to judge persons and things in the most favorable light at all times and under all circumstances.” St. Vincent de Paul “The deeds you do may be the only sermon some people will hear today.” St. St. Vincent de Paul Update for 8/7/2020

St. Vincent de Paul Update for 7/30/2020

Posted on July 30, 2020

“All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.” St. Francis of Assisi “All the things in this world are gifts of God, created for us, to be the means by which we can come St. Vincent de Paul Update for 7/30/2020

St. Vincent de Paul Update for 7/23/2020

Posted on July 23, 2020

“The poor have much to teach you. You have much to learn from them.” – St. Vincent de Paul “The Lord measures our perfection not by the number and greatness of the works we do for Him, but by our St. Vincent de Paul Update for 7/23/2020

St. Vincent de Paul Update 7/16/2020

Posted on July 17, 2020

“The most deadly poison of our time is indifference. And this happens although the praise of God should know no limits. Let us strive, therefore, to praise him to the greatest extent of our powers.” – St. Maximilian Kolbe “Each St. Vincent de Paul Update 7/16/2020

St. Vincent de Paul Update 7/9/20

Posted on July 9, 2020

“You know well enough that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, but at the love with which we do them.” – St. Therese of Lisieux “The ordinary acts St. Vincent de Paul Update 7/9/20

St. Vincent de Paul Update: 7/3/2020

Posted on July 3, 2020

“In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; God has made the one as well as the other.” – Ecclesiastes 7:14a “At the end of our life we shall be judged by charity.” – St. St. Vincent de Paul Update: 7/3/2020

St. Vincent de Paul Update: 6/25/20

Posted on June 25, 2020

“For there are three ways of performing an act of mercy: The merciful word, by forgiving and by comforting; secondly, if you can offer no word, then pray – that too is mercy; and thirdly, deeds of mercy.” – St. Faustina Kowalska “Do St. Vincent de Paul Update: 6/25/20

St. Vincent de Paul Update 6/11/20

Posted on June 12, 2020

“I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.” St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta “Genuine love is demanding, but its beauty lies precisely in the demands it makes.” St. Vincent de Paul Update 6/11/20

St. Vincent de Paul Update 6/4/20

Posted on June 4, 2020

“Love is the most necessary of all virtues. Love in the person who preaches the word of God is like fire in a musket. If a person were to throw a bullet with his hands, he would hardly make a St. Vincent de Paul Update 6/4/20