Outreach

The Vincentian Voice
June 27, 2025
Thank You!
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Your generosity to the work we do is much appreciated! In this quarter (April through June), a total of $16,724 was received from parishioner donations. Expenditures of $15,973.56 benefited 34 cases and a total of ninety-one people by providing payment for their utilities, rent, and/or for food and other essentials. St. Vincent de Paul members made twenty home visits and conducted fourteen phone interviews. An average of $470 was spent per household.
Assistance went mostly to support single mothers struggling to keep up with expenses due to lost employment, lost transportation, or absence of childcare. We always try to give priority to those households with disconnected or soon-to-be disconnected utilities. We also assisted two men who were in their recovery at group homes needing rental assistance to be able to keep their residence and continue to "heal". Additionally, we helped a few people who had been dealing with domestic abuse or were victims of violent crimes who needed a financial break while they dealt with their trauma.
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A True Blessing
Frederic Ozanam, the founder of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul said, "I am now completely convinced that when one does a deed of charity one need not worry about where the money will come from: it will always come." We know the Lord is in our work because we have definitely found this to be true. Just as our funds were waning around the end of May, we received notification that we had received a $50,000 Sacred Heart Grant that we had applied for a few weeks earlier. This is from the Community Foundation in Western Pennsylvania/Eastern Ohio!! This group had blessed us once previously with a $25,000 grant last September. This was a very timely boost to our dwindling account and will help us respond to even more needs in our community for the coming quarter.
Want to Join Us?
We would love to have you join our ministry. We would welcome you to visit at one of our two July meetings: Tuesday, July 8th at 6:40 PM in the parish library, or Sunday, July 27th at 9:45 AM in the parish library. We will be holding a training for committed or any curious prospective new Vincentians on August 23rd at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Adamsville. It will be from 9:00–3:00, with lunch provided. Breakfast pastries and coffee will also be available before and during the training. Please let a Vincentian member know if you are interested in attending an upcoming meeting or the Ozanam Orientation.
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“We should assist the poor in every way and do it both by ourselves and by enlisting the help of others…. To do this is to preach the gospel by words and work.”
St. Vincent de Paul
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