Advent Leadership Retreat

St. Edmund's Retreat Enders Island, Mystic, CT, United States

Handmaid of the Lord: The Marian Dimension of Vincentian Leadership. This year's retreat takes place on Friday, December 8, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Through liturgy, prayer, reflection and silence, we will explore the leadership qualities embodied by Mary, the Mother of God, and widen our lens to consider how important the feminine virtues are […]

Navigating SNAP Training

St. Mark's Church Park 31 Poplar Drive, Cranston, RI, United States

Come join SVDP Rhode Island as URI SNAP Outreach presents a two hour training to teach you and your conference members how to help those you serve navigate SNAP. Learn who qualifies for SNAP, how to help them apply, and more! Space is limited and there is no cost.

Free

Lecture by Ozanam Biographer Ray Sickinger

St. Pius V Church 55 Elmhurst Ave., Providence, RI, United States

Dr. Raymond Sickinger, long-time Vincentian, SVDP national board member, published author, and History Department Chair at Providence College will be speaking about his new book on the life of Frederic Ozanam. The presentation is being sponsored by St. Pius V Young Adults and will immediately follow 7:00 pm Eucharistic Adoration.

National ‘Sound the Alarm’ Campaign

Volunteers needed to help install 1,000 smoke detectors in homes Rhode Island for free. SVDP has been partnering with the Red Cross throughout the country to help keep our neighbors safe. SVDP Rhode Island has participated in a number of install days over the past year. On this day we will be installing in Cranston, Warwick, Providence, Pawtucket, and Central Falls.

Serving in Hope

St. Mark's Church Park 31 Poplar Drive, Cranston, RI, United States

Serving in Hope is a spiritual formation program designed for those who have already been through Ozanam Orientation.  Vincentians are accustomed to "serving in hope" because we bring the love of God to those who are poor and suffering. Therefore, all Vincentians must become rooted in the spirituality that is at the heart and soul of the […]