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Urban Farming, Food Pantry and Nutrition Program Grants
Grant Awards: $5,000 per Conference or District Council
Deadline: Monday, June 10, 2019 (NO extensions)
The National Council received a grant from an anonymous foundation to fund projects to strengthen predominantly under-served black communities and neighborhoods through urban gardening nutrition programs that are producing fresh produce for food pantries or other types of SVdP service operations. The National Council, through its African American Task Force, will review and award grants to "Conferences and District Councils with a majority of black members" and other Conferences who are serving the under-served majority-black communities through SVdP community gardening nutrition programs.
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SVdP National President, Ralph Middlecamp, and National Liaison for Formation and board member, Ray Sickinger, were recently guests on the Catholic Faith Network TV show "Encounter" for an episode about Blessed Frederic Ozanam.
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St. Louise de Marillac (1591-1660) was a friend and collaborator of St. Vincent de Paul. They co-founded the Daughters of Charity. They organized hospitals for the sick poor, asylums for the orphaned, workshops for the unemployed, championed literacy for the uneducated and established standards for local charities. Louise was a wife, mother, teacher, nurse, social worker and religious foundress.
Louise de Marillac was beatified by Pope Benedict XV in 1920 and canonized by Pope Pius XI in 1934. Pope John XXIII named Louise the Patron of all Christian Social Workers in 1960. In 2016, her feast day was changed to May 9, the anniversary of her beatification.
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Frederic Ozanam was born on April 23, 1813 in Milan, Italy. On April 23, 1833, Frederic and six companions founded the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. Also, St. Vincent de Paul was born on April 24, 1581. To commemorate these events, the U.S. Society of St. Vincent de Paul celebrates the last Sunday of April as Ozanam Sunday.
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Thank you to everyone who tuned in to the Jan. 6 network television premiere of the SVdP movie, “Our Faith in Action.”
If you missed movie or loved what you saw and want to see more stories of Vincentians across the country helping their neighbors in need, you can!
The movie is available for viewing on the SVdP YouTube page and can be accessed by clicking here
You can also view and download the movie from the SVdP Vimeo page by clicking here
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The movie with Spanish subtitles is available for viewing on the SVdP YouTube page and can be accessed by clicking here
You can also view and download the movie from the SVdP Vimeo page by clicking here
Are you searching for a way to grow in faith while helping others? Then tune into our television series, “Our Faith in Action: Today’s Society of St. Vincent de Paul,” which airs on EWTN. The series airs at 4:30 a.m. ET on Thursdays.
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