NEWS

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

6th World Day of the Poor

The world hungers for food not only for the body but for the soul. Our Society is well equipped to provide for both.

Our mission is to bring relief from poverty in all its aspects: material, psychological and spiritual. We can only marvel at the benefits received from a friendly smile and greeting to one who feels abandoned and forgotten on our lonely streets in the midst of a busy and hectic city life scape.

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2022 FINANCIAL AND STATISTICS ANNUAL REPORTS

Great news!
Members can now access the new online annual reports and the Members Portal!

All 2022 annual reports should be entered online through the Members Portal by an administrator.

To access the reports, each conference and council must assign a member to be an administrator. Administrators will then complete the online form to request an account to access the Members Portal.

Request an account here: https://forms.office.com/r/0pT9m3qR63

The Members Portal is an online National Membership Database with restricted access that requires a login for access, it is located at: https://members.ssvp.ca

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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
REGARDING ANNUAL REPORTS

QUESTION 1

If I’m not comfortable with computers/using the portal, what should I do?

ANSWER

  • Contact your Higher Council Treasurer and ask them to insert the data for you.
  • Please work with your Higher Council representative, and avoid sending the report (document) to anyone else.
 

QUESTION 2

Who should be set up as an Administrator?

ANSWER

  • Anyone who is responsible for completing the financial or stats report.
  • Presidents should be set up as members, so that they can view and endorse the report contents.
 

QUESTION 3

What should I do if my SSVP portfolio list is not accurate?

ANSWER
 

QUESTION 4

What should I do if I forget my ID or password?

ANSWER

  • Contact your Council Administrator, or Treasurer if you don’t know your Administrator.
  • Please avoid contacting Josée.

FORMATION

LEADERSHIP

The Formation Committee is back at work, looking ahead to 2023. Our focus for this year is Leadership and we will culminate the theme in the 2023 ANF to be held again in Ottawa at Carlton University on June 7 and 8, 2023.

The subject of leadership is broad and complex. There are many variables with regard to the type of leadership that is a best fit for an organization, a movement, or a government.

The conversation has been evolving since the beginning of human interaction. But…there is one thread that keeps emerging in current literature as sustainable for all groups and types. The approach is values-based leadership which begins with an underlying essential respect and includes vision, trust, integrity, listening, authenticity, hope, and most of all addressing the true needs of all involved. “Values-based leadership is an attitude about people, philosophy, and process.” (O’Toole, J. 1995)

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SPIRITUAL REFLECTION

SIMPLE REFLECTIONS BY JOSE I. TORRES

We will be presenting a series of five reflections over the next newsletters. These reflections offer insights on how our human journey converges with our hope-giving faith journey. They invite us to contemplate on how day-to-day conflicts, grievances and other burdens are mended by our faith in our eternal God’s mercy and caring for others’ dignity.

Central to these reflections is the theme of sisterly and brotherly love, and service to others, including “listening with our hearts”, fostering deep relationships with those in need, sharing our gifts with them and growing our spirituality.

Conference and Councils may consider using them in their future regular meetings.
 

REFLECTION 2

GETTING BACK THE MEASURE YOU GIVE

“For the measure you give will be the measure you get back.” (Luke 6:38)

Pope Francis writes in “The Joy of the Gospel” that accepting God’s invitation to receive His love and to love Him in return with the very love which is His gift, brings forth in our lives and our actions a fundamental response to desire, seek and protect the good of others.

He points to the absolute priority of “going forth from ourselves toward our brothers and sisters” as one of the two great commandments, which ground every moral norm and as the clearest sign for discerning spiritual growth in response to God’s completely free gift of love.

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VINCENTIAN ACTIVITIES

YOU SCARED HUNGER

On behalf of myself and the SSVP Brant volunteers, we would like to thank the Assumption College staff, students and community from the bottom of our hearts for all of their amazingly successful efforts on their food drive, We Scare Hunger!

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IN CONCLUSION

We are always looking for Vincentian testimonials and conference/council activity stories. Send your stories to share with Vincentians across Canada to editor@ssvp.ca.

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