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Office Hours:
Monday & Friday,
9 'til 11:30 am
For HomeVisit Call:
512-255-2330 |
A Lay Ministry of
St. William Catholic Church
620 Round Rock West Rd.
Round Rock, Texas
Phone: 512-255-2330
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Our Patron:
St. Vincent de Paul
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"It is our duty to prefer the service of the poor to everything else and to offer such service as quickly as possible. If a needy person requires medicine or other help during prayer time, do whatever has to be done with peace of mind. Offer the deed to God as your prayer. We must beg God to pour into our hearts sentiments of pity and compassion and to fill them again and again with these dispositions."
--St. Vincent de Paul
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JOIN US!
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The St. William Conference meets
at 7 pm on the last Wednesday
each month in the SVdP Office.
For Information on
Membership in St. Vincent de Paul
ask a Vincentian, e-mail: SVdP@SVdPrr.org
or leave a voice mail message at
512-255-2330
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The Story of the
Society of St. Vincent de Paul |
St Vincent de Paul
1581-1660
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Inspired by Gospel values, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, a Catholic lay organization, leads women and men to join together to grow spiritually by offering person-to-person service to those who are needy and suffering in the tradition of its founder, Blessed Frédéric Ozanam, and patron, St. Vincent de Paul.
As a reflection of the whole family of God, Members, who are known as Vincentians, are drawn from every ethnic and cultural background, age group, and economic level. Vincentians are united in an international society of charity by their spirit of poverty, humility and sharing, which is nourished by prayer and reflection, mutually supportive gatherings and adherence to a basic Rule.
Organized locally, Vincentians witness God's love by embracing all works of charity and justice. The Society collaborates with other people of good will in relieving need and addressing its causes, making no distinction in those served because, in them, Vincentians see the face of Christ.
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In the Society of
St. Vincent de Paul
We Believe...
- In the dignity of the human person
- In the identification of Jesus with the poor
- In the preferential option for the poor
- That Jesus is the Evangelizer and Servant of the poor
- That growth in intimacy with Jesus is a lifelong process
- That poverty of spirit is the primary beatitude
- That our primary concern is charity and justice
- That prayer is essential: personal and communal
- In the virtue of humility: personal and corporate
- In the virtue of charity, inside and outside the Society
- In Divine Providence
- In Friendship
- In Community
- In Simplicity
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Some of the
Services the St. William Conference of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul Provides to those in Round Rock in need
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- Food Pantry
- Assistance with Home Utilities
- Thrift Stores
- Budget Counseling
- Twinning, foreign and domestic
- Service to anyone in need
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Blessed Frédéric Ozanam
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Like that of its founder, Blessed Frédéric Ozanam,
the vision of the
Society of St. Vincent
de Paul is to
"embrace the
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Members of the Society of St.Vincent de Paul (or "Vincentians") are men and women who strive to grow spiritually by offering person-to-person service to individuals in need. We are young and old. Our members come in every shade of skin color. Some of us are wealthy, some are financially poor, but all of us are blessed with an awareness that our blessings (time, talent or treasure) are to be shared with our brothers and sisters in need.
We know that we are not alone. We are part of an international society of friends united by a spirit of poverty, humility, and sharing, which is nourished by prayer and reflection, mutually supportive gatherings, and adherence to a basic Rule.
Energized by the awareness that service to our brother or sister in need is in fact an encounter with our Lord Jesus Christ, members of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul are keenly aware that poverty, suffering and loneliness are present for millions in our communities. For that reason, we collaborate with all who seek to relieve need and address its causes.
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul offer stangible assistance to those in need on a person-to-person basis.
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St. Vincent Austin Thrift Stores
1601 S. IH-35 Suite 305 [MAP]
(Next to Half Price Books)
Round Rock, TX 78664
512-238-6737
1327 S. Congress Ave.
Austin, TX 78704
512-442-5652 |
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It is this personalized involvement that makes the work of the Society unique. This aid may take the form of intervention, consultation, or often through direct dollar or in-kind service. An essential precept of the Society's work is to provide help while conscientiously maintaining the confidentiality and dignity of those who are served. The Society recognizes that it must assume, also, a role of advocacy for those who are defenseless or voiceless. Some 12 million persons are helped annually by Vincentians in the United States.
The list of services of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in the United States is endless. No work of charity is foreign to the Society. To quote our patron, St. Vincent de Paul:"Charity is the inventive to infinity." |
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