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October 1 2025  John and Larry were walking in the park on a sunny fall afternoon. The air was crisp and the leaves had turned bright red and yellow and orange. The ground was covered with leaves."Larry" said John after a while, "do you think leaves get sad when they fall down?".. (read more) September 29, 2025  For many years St. Mary’s Conference, Lindsay has had a Christmas basket program which, at the turn of the century, was two bags of groceries, a bag of potatoes and a turkey or ham. Over the years the program has expanded to included food and gifts for everyone as well. I will provide a rough outline of how the current Christmas Cheer Program works so that if you wish to begin a similar program you don’t have to reinvent the wheel...(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 September 24, 2025  To ALL Ontario Vincentians - This is your official “personal” invitation to attend our 2025 FALL Assembly, WE are delighted that the YORK-SIMCOE PARTICULAR COUNCIL has agreed to host this event. This is being held on Friday October 3rd and Saturday October 4th at St. Elizabeth Church, Newmarket. Our ONRC Events Committee has worked in conjunction with the YSPC to ensure that you will be entertained in a most friendly atmosphere supplied by the members of the churches that comprise the YSPC. 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) |
