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July 1 2025  One story in scripture, Matthew 8:23-27, speaks of Jesus and his disciples in a boat on the sea when a storm comes up. A windstorm that was so great that the boat was being swamped by the waves. They went to Jesus and he calmed the storm. We all experience storms in our lives. We don’t however know when the next storm is coming. And so when the storm comes, it's too late to prepare. We need to be ready for whatever is coming our way...(read more) May 25, 2025  ..Well over 125 people from the nearby community, affordable housing partners, donors, volunteers, and politicians gathered at 1500 Huron Street in London’s Northeast to witness the groundbreaking for what will be St. Vincent’s on Huron.
The ceremony took place to celebrate a new six-story building with 73 one- and two-bedroom units, 17 fully accessible apartments, all bathrooms accessible, and a community room....(see more) May 25, 2025  ..We are launching our Buy A Brick campaign - buy a single brick or buy a wall of bricks. With your help, we can complete this build - one brick at a time.” Professional-looking flyers were distributed to help spread the word, equipped with a QR code that you can scan to easily donate via the SSVP London Canada Helps page...(see more) May 8, 2025  On Sunday August 3,2025, Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati will be named a saint at the Jubilee for Youth Mass in Tor Vergata Italy.This is one of the celebrations to mark the Jubilee Year of Hope for 2025. Pier Giorgio was a Vincentian who lived in Turn Italy. He died of polio in 1925 at the age of 24. At the age of 17, he joined the St. Vincent de Paul Society and dedicated much of his spare time to taking care of the poor, the homeless and the sick. All people of God, and in particular members of the Society of St Vincent de Paul, are encouraged to pray to Saint Pier Giorgio Frassati to assist in receiving grace we need from God to serve the poor. see more May 18, 2025  My fellow Vincentians across all of Ontario, please allow me to share with you a few excerpts of the Homily delivered by Pope Leo XIV at the Mass of Initiation of the Petrine Ministry delivered at St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, May 18th with his many invitations:more       June 10, 2025  We are very busy wrapping up the gathering of essential food and household items to make the second shipment heading to Nunavut. Five of our communities in Nunavut are only able to receive our gift of food on this second shipment. It is their only chance of receiving shipped items from the South. Due to their location, the ship has only this time to arrive and make it back before unsafe winter weather.(see more) May 9, 2025  As you know the mission of our Society of Saint Vincent de Paul encourages us as Vincentians to have personal contact with the poor and to help in all possible ways. During our countless home visits over the years, it was recognized that a number of those whom we visited had the talent and drive to escape the cycle of poverty by furthering their education. Consequently, in order to assist these individuals, back in 2012, the Ontario Regional Council Ozanam Education Fund (OEF) was created.(see: Ozanam Fund) Feb 10, 2025  This year Ontarians will vote in two major elections. The provincial election will probably occur on February 27th and the federal election will be later in the year. It’s important to vote thoughtfully as committed Catholics and citizens.Catholic Social Teaching about the preferential option for the poor and our need to care for the earth are two areas that we need to examine as individuals and as part of society.... (see further) |
