SOCIETY of SAINT VINCENT de PAUL

SAINTS PETER AND PAUL CONFERENCE, INC. - Easton, MD

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SVDP Easton: Our Results

 



How we operate - 100% volunteer driven

We are humbled by your generosity in supporting your Talbot County neighbors.

SvdP Easton, MD Conference
- Our Leadership Our Results. weekly-reflections SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT de PAUL
- In 1978, The Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Saints Peter and Paul Conference, Inc. set about helping the poor in Talbot County. By the late 1990s, operating out of the annex building behind Saints Peter and Paul Church on Goldsborough Street in Easton, our primary work was distributing bags of groceries every Wednesday.
  
  When Saints Peter and Paul Church was sold and construction began on the new church in 2005, St. Vincent de Paul moved to a storage locker behind Wishing Well Liquors just off Route 50. At that time, we handed out 30 bags of groceries a week from that location.
- In 2008, SVdP moved into a 2,000-square-foot building on Commerce Drive. After four years, thanks to a large grant from the Michael and Nancy Klein Foundation, SVdP purchased a what was then a 5,000-square-foot building on Canvasback Drive and began operating on January 2, 2012.
  
  As the need for food and other assistance increased, we needed more space. In 2016, through a federal block grant, we were able to expand our facility by 2000 square feet, which allowed us to add a boutique shop and increase the size of the store's clothing, housewares and furniture departments. Adding this space increased our revenue, allowing us to fund the demand for food and financial assistance (rent, utilities, etc.), which continues to grow.
  In 2023, we obtained another federal block grant. This grant expanded the building by 2,500 square feet. We relocated the Food Pantry and renovated the rest of the building to expand space for Neighbor Assistance, Donations, Thrift Store & Boutique.
  We are truly grateful for the ongoing support from our benefactors and the 250+ volunteers who help achieve our Mission every day.
  
  Looking to the future, we hope to continue to grow in both our volunteers and the Neighbors we serve. We anticipate continued growth and demand for our services.

Our Leadership

Board of Directors

President – John Plaskon

Vice President – Leo Marshall

Secretary – Donna Horney

Acting Treasurer – Anne Green

Neighbor Assistance – Julian Domenech

Development – Mike Klein

Food Pantry – Kate Mansfield

Thrift Store – Karen McLaughlin

Spirituality – Deacon Frank Hesson

Communications – TBD

Local Agency Liaison – TBD

- The Mission Statement of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul,
  Saints Peter & Paul Conference, Inc.:
  Rooted in faith and inspired by the Gospel, we are a network of friends who serve our neighbors in need - building relationships, fostering dignity, and providing support, one person, one family, one community at a time.
- Prayer Requests & Vincentian Spirituality
  As a people and an organization, we are committed to helping our Talbot County neighbors who are in need. We offer spirituality comfort when requested.
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The Society of St Vincent de Paul
- OUR HISTORY The Society of St. Vincent de Paul
  Founded on April 23, 1833, in Paris, France by 20-year-old Frederic Ozanam and five other students, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul resolved to respond to Christ’s call by dedicating themselves to the poor, after the example of St. Vincent de Paul. The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul has grown to 800,000 members in 155 countries with 1.5 million volunteers. There are 100,000 volunteers and 4,500 Conferences in the United States. No work of charity is foreign to the Society.
- The Society of St. Vincent de Paul Mission Statement
  A network of friends, inspired by Gospel Values, growing in holiness and building a more just world through personal relationships with and service to people in need.
- The primary purpose of SVdP is to increase the spiritual growth of its members. Volunteers prepare a prayer for all meetings, maintain prayer list requests, schedule Masses, organize spiritual reflections, and provide spiritual guidance and prayers for other ministries.
  Cultural Beliefs
  The following are the Cultural Beliefs that make up the Society's creed and therefore define our Ministry so that as Vincentians we are committed to:
  Spiritual Growth: Grow in holiness through prayer, service, friendship, and formation.
  One Society: Contribute to the success of our Vincentian work when we support One Society.
  Servant Leaders: Develop ourselves and others to become Servant leaders.
  Today's Society: Strengthen the Society by embracing new and diverse ideas and people.
  Embrace Accountability: Build a strong society by holding each other accountable to our Mission, to the Essential Elements of the Society and to good Goverance.
  
  Essential Virtues
  Vincentians seek to emulate St. Vincent in the five virtues essential for promoting love and respect for the poor.
  Simplicity: Frankness, integrity, genuineness.
  Humility: Accepting the truth about our frailties, gifts, talents and charism, yet knowing all that God gives us is for others and that we can achieve nothing of eternal value without His grace.
  Gentleness: Friendly assurance and invincible goodwill, which means kindness, sweetness, and patience in our relationship with others.
  Selflessness: Dying to our ego with a life of self-sacrifice: members share their time, their possessions, their talents and themselves in a spirit of generosity.
  Zeal: A passion for the full flourishing and eternal happiness of every person.
- VINCENTIANS JOURNEY TOWARDS HOLINESS
  From its foundation in 1833, the Essential Elements of the Society have been Spirituality, Friendship and Service. That is why the Rule calls us to make the Journey toward Holiness.
  
  “Vincentians are called to journey towards Holiness, because true Holiness is perfect union with Christ and the perfection of love, which is central to their vocation and the source of its fruitfulness. They aspire to burn with the love of God as revealed by Christ and to deepen their own faith and fidelity. "They draw nearer to Christ, serving Him in the poor and in one another. They grow more perfect in love by expressing compassionate and tender love to the poor and to one another.”
  
  Therefore, Spirituality is the first purpose of the Society. Our goal is not to bring help to the poor, at least when defined solely as material or financial assistance, but to bring the Love and Peace of Christ to those who are suffering.
  
  Vincentians enhance their own spirituality by finding their Master, Christ, in the person of those they serve. Spirituality serves as the life of a Conference, its vitality. Vincentian Spirituality is based on the very real presence of Christ in those whom we serve. Vincentians know that when they come to the aid of poor friends or neighbors, they are serving Jesus, their friend and neighbor. This is the core of Vincentian Spirituality.
- Without Spirituality, our Conference becomes just another welfare organization dispensing food, clothing and money. By bringing God into this picture, the dispensing turns into loving help and concern for the individual we are trying to assist.
  
  Therefore, a Vincentian’s journey towards holiness is primarily made through:
  Visiting and dedicating themselves to the poor, whose faith and courage often teach Vincentians how to live. Vincentians assume the needs of the poor as their own.
  Attending the meeting of the Conference or Council, where shared fraternal spirituality is a source of inspiration. Promoting a life of Prayer and Reflection, both at the individual and community level, sharing with their fellow members.
  Meditating on their Vincentian experiences offers them internal spiritual knowledge of themselves, others and the goodness of God.
  Transforming their concern into action and their compassion into practical and effective love.”
  And so, Vincentians share a marvelous vision of the Love of God extended to both the rich and the poor. Vincentians are thankful for the grace of serving the poor and finding the face of Christ, often disguised in so many ways in the faces of those we serve.