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The Saint Vincent dePaul Society was started in France on April 23, 1822 by Frederi

The St. Vincent de Paul Society in the United States was established in St. Louis, Missouri at the Basilica of St. Louis. The first meeting of the St. Vincent de Paul Society in the United States was held on November 20, 1845.
 
St Vincent dePaul Committee
St Vincent de Paul Committee at St Paul's Church

St Paul’s established a chapter of the St Vincent dePaul Society in 1992. Since then, thousands of parishioners and nearby neighbors have been helped in a variety of ways. Activities include stocking local food pantries, serving at soup kitchens, helping students with school supplies, and assisting with shut-off notices.Meetings are the second Tuesday of each month, at 7:30 PM, and are open to all parishioners.

Please contact the office for more details.

Purpose

To establish an understanding of the work of St Vincent dePaul and teach others

To understand the needs of our parish and local community

To provide assistance to those in need

To insure that resources are allocated in a professional christian way

NO MEETING IN APRIL

Next meeting    Tuesday     May 11,  2010.     Please join us!
7:30 pm in the Croghan  Hall 
 
Bible Study Reference

Additional information on the Bible Study on the Passion Narratives of the four Gospels .

St John’s Church studied the passion narratives using A Crucified Christ in Holy Week. Essays on the Four Gospel Passion Narratives, Raymond E. Brown, The Liturgical Press, Collegeville, MN, 1986, ISBN 0-8146-1444-2, supplemented with some information from Fr. Brown's two volume commentary The Death of the Messiah. From Gethsemane to the Grave: A Commentary on the Passion Narratives in the Four Gospels (Volumes 1 and 2), Raymond E Brown, Doubleday, New York, 1994. ISBN 0-385-49448-3 (Vol. 1) and 0-385-49449-1 (Vol. 2). See the following Website for their presentation:

http://www.stjohnadulted.org/passion.htm
 
Ongoing Events

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The first Sunday of each month St Paul’s parish has a non-perishable food collection which supports local food pantries. The contributions from the poor box on the first weekend of the month funds identified needs in the local community.

  

  casserole.jpgThis committee encourages parishioners to prepare and help serve a monthly meal at Beans & Bread, a soup kitchen in Baltimore. 
 
 
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Each year food baskets are given to families in the local area. 

 
 
Hundreds of Christmas gifts are donated by our parish and distributed by the St Vincent dePaugifts.jpgl Committee.  Gifts are provided to children’s’ homes, addict recovery centers, transitional homes for men and women, schools and families, hospitals,and more.
 
 
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   Each year school supplies, donated by our parishioners are collected, sorted and donated to a number of inner city schools.
 

clothing_bin_1.JPG There is a St Vincent dePaul clothing bin at St paul's Church.   It is the blue box, near the end of the parking lot.
 

   

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Links of Interest

Who is Vincent de Paul?   

Is there a national organization for St Vincent de Paul?

Is there a St Vincent dePaul center nearby?

What is the Ozanam House?

Who is Frederic Ozanam?
 



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