Giddy for Governance
The primary mission of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.
What is to serve the poor?
Of the two co-founders of SVdP, he was the younger, a student.
Who is Blessed Frédéric Ozanam?
The funds of the Conference belong to them.
Who are the poor?
Where The Rule says we must visit our neighbors.
What is "in their environment?"
The store value of a thrift store voucher issued for $300.
What is $500?
The foundational spiritual and governance document of the Society.
What is The Rule?
He was once captured by pirates.
Who is St. Vincent de Paul?
Ordinary Men and Women who commit to follow Christ and bear witness to his love through service to people in need.
Who are Vincentians?
Besides providing financial assistance, what is the primary reason for conducting a home visit?
What is, "to form relationships based on trust and friendship?" (The Manual, pp 20)
A recently commissioned Vincentian, she is a parishioner at St. Katherine Drexel.
Who is Nancy Weinmeister?
The term for the groups within the Society that carry out its work.
What are conferences?
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What is the birth year of St. Vincent de Paul?
Spirituality, Friendship, and Service.
What are the Vincentian Essential Elements?
These are certain situations when a home visit is not possible or advisable.
Those involving homelessness, battering, or safety.
Approximate gross funds raised during this year's Walk for the Poor (within $500).
What is $16,500?
Organizations providing for the spiritual/Vincentian formation of members, festival meetings, and promotion of friendship.
What are Councils?
Frederic's first act of charity was to bring this to a widow in Paris.
What is firewood?
September 27th.
What is the feast day for St. Vincent de Paul?
According to The Rule, who set the precedent for Vincentians visiting in pairs?
Who is Christ? (He sent out the Apostles two by two [Mk 6:7])
The number of commissioned members in the St. Andrew Conference (within 2).
What is 38?
This is the number of elected officer positions in a typical Conference.
What is ONE (the President)?
St. Vincent de Paul & St. Louise de Marillac founded this order.
What is "The Daughters of Charity?"
He was a Vincentian when he was in College and later supported the Society as Pope.
Who is St. John Paul II?
What should guide Vincentians during their visits, making them channels for the peace and joy of Christ.
What is the Holy Spirit? (The Rule, Para 1.7)
The year the St. Andrew SVdP Conference was established. The same year the Beatles disbanded.
What is 1970?