St. Vincent DePaul Society |
In a spirit of justice, charity and personal involvement, this ministry seeks to provide aid and comfort to the poor, the afflicted and the lonely. Members of the Society make personal home visits; provide advocacy and support usually in the form of food vouchers, financial assistance, clothing and furniture. Training provided. |
| Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread When we pray the Our Father, we ask God to provide our food and necessities. The majority of us receive sufficient food. Others do not. We can be our Father’s instrument by providing “bread” for the needy, particularly during this cold, snowy and difficult winter. You do this by your contributions to the St. Vincent de Paul Poor Boxes. Our next Parish Conference Meeting is on Wednesday, February 11 at 8 PM in the Parish Center. | |
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Thanks for Helping!!! Thanks to all who contributed to our St. Boniface St. Vincent de Paul Conference over the past year. We were able to help many of our neighbors. Some people had no money for food, others no beds — they were sleeping on the floor — or there was no heat or electricity!
This is how YOU HELPED:
Disbursements Receipts Rent $3,059 Poor Boxes $5,120 Furniture $2,899 Donations $4,937 Food $2,662 SVDP Members $ 781 Heat $ 575 Electricity $ 168 Miscellaneous $1,499 (prescriptions, car, etc) SVDP Council $1,160 (special projects)
Total: $12,022 Total: $10,838
Balance: -$1,851 We spent that much more than we took in!!!
Thanks to Fr. Mike with help from the parish, we managed for awhile — BUT — we finally had to transfer ALL $1,660 — all of our savings account money into checking. We recently received a very generous donation form a former Conference member — BUT — that will disappear very quickly IF we cannot balance with our “ordinary” income.
SO — Please continue — increase if possible — your support! Take advantage of the tax break for charitable donations. Acknowlegements for IRS will be gratefully supplied! (Call 676-4620).
For a small parish we do a very well contributing food, money, help where needed, and — we — the ST. VINCENT DE PAUL CONFERENCE —
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH!!!
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