St. Vincent de Paul Update for 11/22/2020 Published onNovember 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
St. Vincent de Paul Update for November 9, 2020 Published onNovember 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
St. Vincent de Paul Update for 11/2/2020 Published onNovember 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
St. Vincent de Paul Update for 10/25/2020 Published onOctober 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
St. Vincent de Paul Update for 10/12/20 Published onOctober 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
St. Vincent de Paul Update for 9/12/2020 Published onSeptember 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
St. Vincent de Paul Update for 8/20/20 Published onAugust 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
St. Vincent de Paul Update for 8/14/20 Published onAugust 14, 2020 Brothers and sisters: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each must do as
St. Vincent de Paul Update for 8/7/2020 Published onAugust 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
St. Vincent de Paul Update for 7/30/2020 Published onJuly 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
St. Vincent de Paul Update for 7/23/2020 Published onJuly 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
St. Vincent de Paul Update 7/16/2020 Published onJuly 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,
St. Vincent de Paul Update 7/9/20 Published onJuly 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
St. Vincent de Paul Update: 7/3/2020 Published onJuly 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
St. Vincent de Paul Update: 6/25/20 Published onJune 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
St. Vincent de Paul Update 6/11/20 Published onJune 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
St. Vincent de Paul Update 6/4/20 Published onJune 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
St. Vincent de Paul Update 5/22/20 Published onMay 22, 2020 The coronavirus has certainly changed almost everything for us. It has caused pain, hardship, and suffering but has also given us courage,
St. Vincent de Paul Update 5/14/20 Published onMay 14, 2020 “Pain and suffering have come into your life, but remember pain, sorrow, suffering are but the kiss of Jesus — a sign that you have come so close
St. Vincent de Paul Update 5/8/2020 Published onMay 8, 2020 “O my God, teach me to be generousto serve you as you deserve to be servedto give without counting the costto work without seeking restand to spend