"This past weekend, I spent Sunday afternoon with the State Conference of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul. The conference here has been helping people in need for 170 years and counting! I am sure that you see their clothing bins and their delivery trucks in your own travels. For me this was a moving opportunity to meet, pray with, and get to know the people behind the mission.
"Inspired by the work of a priest, St. Vincent de Paul, the society was founded by Frederic Ozanam. This layman and gifted scholar of literature, the law, and theology heard the Gospel summons to love for the poor. His Society, 800,000 strong across the world, continues his work of encounter with those in need. The Society is not just a charity, offering contributions or handouts. It is a communion of friends who come together to deepen their faith and to express that faith in concrete love of neighbor. . . ."
In a recent commentary, Bishop Richard G. Henning, bishop of the Diocese of Providence
(RI), reflected on some of the good organizations who remind him of the "beauty of the human being made in the image and likeness of God."
To access Bishop Henning's complete essay, please visit:
The State of Hope: Love in Action (9 NOV 23)
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