Meeting Information:
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul Conference at Our Lady
of Sorrows meets at 7:00 pm.
on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month.
Meetings take place in Krug Hall.
The Memphis District meeting is conducted on the 2nd
Monday of each month at 7:00 pm.
at one of the nine Conferences in Memphis.
Additional Information:
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul addresses
the needs of the poor and oppressed worldwide. On November 29th, 1954, the
Society of Saint Vincent de Paul aggregated the Our Lady of Sorrows
Conference. By design, the membership is comparatively small, 8 to 12
members. Regular members must be active Catholics, however,
the levels of membership are open to all who accept the following:
- Do I see Jesus in those I serve?
- Do those served see Jesus in me?
The mission of the society is two-fold:
- First, to address the spiritual needs of
those in need.
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- Second, to address the material needs of
those seeking assistance such as food, rent, utilities,
clothing, etc.
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The society has a soup kitchen in mid-town Memphis
which serves
the homeless every day of the year.
Our organization is on-call 365 days of the year.
A Prayer
O glorious
Saint Vincent, heavenly patron of all charitable associations and
father of all who are in misery, whilst thou wast
on earth thou didst never cast
out any who came to thee; ah, consider by what
evils we are oppressed and come
to our assistance! Obtain from thy Lord
help for the poor, relief
for the infirm,
consolation for the
afflicted, protection for the abandoned, a
spirit of generosity
for the rich, the grace
of conversion for sinners, zeal for
priests, peace for the
Church, tranquility and
order for all nations, and salvation for them all. Yea,
let all men prove the effects of thy merciful
intercession, so that, being
helped by thee in the miseries of this life, we may
be united to thee in the life
to come, where there shall be no more grief, nor
weeping, nor sorrow, but joy and
gladness and everlasting happiness.
Amen.
