May 2026 Newsletter

Published by and for Vincentians

“It is for your love alone that the poor will forgive you the bread you give them.” St. Vincent de Paul

May Newsletter 2026

In Our Hearts

Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born, I commissioned you… Jeremiah 1:5

As we move from the celebration of Christ’s Resurrection to the end of the liturgical season of Easter with the Feast of Pentecost, the readings call us to focus on Jesus’ final words to His apostles and His universal call to holiness and evangelization.

Read More...

Spiritual Reflections & Contemplations

Our Vincentian Hearts

In his encyclical, Dilexit Nos, Pope Francis focuses on the importance of the heart to the practice of our faith; not merely the physical,
biological heart, but the heart which is the core of our being, the union of body and spirit. Not
surprisingly, he cites St. Vincent de Paul, who often taught that all God asks of us is our hearts. Read More...

A Spring Season of Gratitude and Growth!

Drum roll, please...🥁
We are absolutely thrilled to announce that during our extended FONT Spring Food Drive with Safeway and Albertsons, we raised just over 29,000 pounds of food! This is an incredible achievement. These high-quality, healthy food items are already making their way into the hands of our conferences and neighbors who need them most. To every Vincentian who jumped in and worked through our “first-year hiccups”—THANK YOU! We’ve learned so much about the unique challenges of this new partnership, and we are already looking at how to make it even smoother and better in the years to come.

Read More...

Updates from the Conference Resource Committee - Read More...

Move Ads Available Online

Topic: Privacy and Confidentiality Policy

“Vincentians serve the poor cheerfully, listening to them and respecting their wishes, helping them to feel and recover their own dignity, for we are all created in God’s image. In the poor, they see the suffering Christ.” (Rule: Part I: 1.1.8)

Because respect and dignity for the poor are core values of the Society, “Members observe the utmost confidentiality in the provision of material and other types of support”. (Rule: Part I: 1.1.8).

Read More...