Thursday, September 25, 2008

Feast Day of St. Vincent de Paul

This weekend, we reflect on St. Vincent de Paul, whose feast day is September 27. We are reminded to follow the example of St. Vincent de Paul to welcome opportunities to help those in need. We pray for those without food, clothes, or shelter, and especially the homeless. We ask the Holy Spirit to help us recognize Christ in the face of the poor. For this we pray to the Lord.

Monday, September 1, 2008

Mortification

Vincentian Reflections

TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME
August 31, 2008

Gospel: (Matthew 16:21-27)

Jesus said to his disciples: “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? Or what can one give in exchange for his life? For the Son of Man will come with his angels in his Father’s glory, and then he will repay all according to his conduct.”

Vincentian Meditation:

“Service to God’s people demands a price. Christians must put aside their own prejudices, comfortable circumstances, and favorite ideas in order to do the will of God. This sort of discipline calls Christians to die to themselves in order to follow Christ. St. Vincent called this discipline mortification. Mortification, or dying to self, has sometimes become confused with self-hate, repression…or co-dependency. However, dying to self is a core value in the Christian Testament. St. Vincent believed that mortification had to be a conscious choice. With the grace of God, people could be willing to make the hard sacrifices that love demands. With God’s help, they could detach themselves from—or die—to all that was not Christ so that they could put on Jesus Christ. (McKenna, Praying with Vincent, p.83, 85)

Day of Recollection

FOR INFORMATION

Day of Recollection
Annual Vincentian Training Day for
Sacramento Council Conferences
September 6,
8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
St John the Evangelist Catholic Church

http://www.sjecarmichael.org/

5751 Locust Avenue 95608
Carmichael, CA

DIRECTIONS
Directions from
Our Lady of Grace

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AGENDA

8:30 AM to 9:30 AM - Mass in the Church
9:30 AM to 9:45 AM - Registration and coffee in Church Hall
9:45 AM to 11:00 AM - Choose between one of the following two workshops:

1. Spirituality for the Spiritual Advisors - Speaker - Dave Lehman, Council Spiritual Advisor. He will concentrate on Vincentian spirituality and the role and responsibilities of
Conference Spiritual Advisors.

2. Spirituality for Conference members - Speaker - Pat Metrick, Manager of Vincentian Support for the Western Region. One element of her talk will be "The Society of SVDP is not out to
serve the poor."

11:00 AM to 11:15 AM Break

11:15 AM to 12:15 PM Choose between one of the following workshops:

1. Advocacy - Speaker - Art Guerrero - Chair of the VOP Committee. "How you can influence legislation with very little effort."

2. Recruiting and retaining members - Speaker - Pat Metrick "Welcome to the Society of SVDP - Here I am, Lord."

12:15 PM to 12:45 PM Lunch

12:45 PM to 1:45 PM Choose between one of the following workshops:

1. Practical helps to make home visits more productive - Speaker - Patricia Metrick. Two of her subjects will cover "Attitude is everything" and "God gave us two ears and one mouth."

2. Vincentian response to disasters - Speaker John Hallissy, First V.P. of the Council. John Knight, Disaster Chair, will also participate. The results of what was learned in this past winter's Northwest floods will be shared along with its application to potential earthquake, fire, or flood disasters in our area

1:45 PM to 2:00 PM Q & A
2:00 PM
Formal closing
2:05 PM
For those that would like to ask further questions, you are invited to stay and ask them and to share ideas with the speakers and one another.

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Walk for the Poor 2013

Walk for the Poor 2013

Homeless Strategies Workshop

Homeless Strategies Workshop

Feeding the Hungry

Feeding the Hungry

Walk for the Poor 2012

Walk for the Poor 2012

Homeless Ministry

Homeless Ministry
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Bundle Sunday Fall 2010

Bundle Sunday Fall 2010
Donations help the poor

Marian Retreat

Marian Retreat
Vincentians gather for a morning relecting on Marian devotion.

Hospitality Sunday 2010

Hospitality Sunday 2010
Vincentians thank the OLG parish for its genorosity.

Parish Festival 2010

Parish Festival 2010

Nat'l Vincentian Family Gathering 2010

Nat'l Vincentian Family Gathering 2010
Conference members attend via internet link up

West Coast Walk for Life 2010

West Coast Walk for Life 2010

Spirit of Giving

Spirit of Giving
A donation coin box symbolizes personal sacrifice

Hospitality Sunday

Hospitality Sunday
Donations support St. Vincent de Paul

Bundle Sunday

Bundle Sunday


Invitation to Service

Invitation to Service

Working in the Food Locker

Working in the Food Locker