St. Vincent de Paul Church

Dear community of Baltimore and beyond,
St. V’s continues in active worship and service.
May we give glory to God in word and deed, as we gather as Christ’s disciples.

Join us:
Saturdays at 6 PM for a quieter, more contemplative Mass.
Sundays at 10 AM for a larger gathering with full choir.
Monday -Thursday at 12 PM for a lunch-break liturgy.

Your sisters & brothers hope to see you soon down on Front Street.
Peace be with you!

LIVE-STREAM LITURGY

St. Vincent’s Sunday 10 AM Mass is live-streamed. Click below to join us from your home-churches on Sunday morning:

DOORS OPEN BALTIMORE: OCTOBER 26, 2024

St. V is a “Doors Open” site this year! Join us on Saturday, October 26 from 10 AM until 2 PM to tour the oldest extant Catholic parish church in the city!

The Baltimore Architecture Foundation’s city-wide celebration of architecture, “Doors Open Baltimore,” draws thousands of participants to explore Baltimore neighborhoods, engage with cultural sites, and change perceptions of Baltimore for the better. It is an annual celebration of civic pride and a way for buildings, which normally recede into the background of our everyday lives, to take center stage.

Doors Open Baltimore is for everyone – regardless of age, race, gender, ability, education, or architectural expertise. Offering experiences and encouraging dialogue about architecture and urban design creates awareness that the public has a stake in the design, development, and care of its city.

WELCOMING our NEW 2024-2025 Jesuit Volunteer

On Sunday, September 1, the St. V community welcomed our new Outreach Coordinator and Jesuit Volunteer, Tim Bunker. Tim will spend his year of volunteer service working with us. He and his fellow JV’s will uphold the principles of community, simple living, spirituality and service in and for the people of the city of Baltimore. St. Vincent’s Pastor Fr. Ray Chase leads the assembly in asking God’s blessing on Tim for his year ahead.

St. VINCENT’S PARK

St. Vincent’s parish community regrets that we have temporarily closed our church park due to several recent incidents of violence and threat on our property. It is important that all who come to rest on St. Vincent’s church campus, and all who work or volunteer for the church, find here a measure of the Peace of Christ. We desire for everyone the abiding trust of being among friends who care for one another.

Click to download and read the Synthesis Report (Oct. 2023) from the first session of the Synod on Synodality

Read and share the USCCB National Synthesis of the People of God

Click on the image below to read St. V’s 2022 Parish synodal report:

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Click to read our parish Mission and Vision Statements.

This beautiful votive candle-holder was made by young artisans at the South Baltimore Community Land Trust, which organization works for development without displacement. In our prayer alcove, the parish keeps this perpetual light beside the names of those who have been murdered in Baltimore City. St. Vincent’s, through the efforts of our Racial Equity Group, provides support for the SBCLT.

Click above to make a donation to St. Vincent’s Parish (#1406 – use the drop-down menu) through GiveCentral. Please use the “notes” field to indicate whether your gift is for regular Offertory, for Donations General (to support the missional life and work of the parish), or restricted to our charitable work for people in need, including those experiencing homelessness.

Click on the image below to sign up to receive “This Week @ St Vincent” — the weekly e-newsletter that tells about the worship, service and advocacy work, life, and prayers of the parish.

The parishioners of St. Vincent’s share a deep concern over the crises of abuse and lack of accountability in the Church, and the culture that contributed to this terrible situation. Committed to healing, justice, and peace, we call for, and work towards, the ecclesial and social change we so greatly need. The parish Committee for Church Reform works to help to create and sustain meaningful change in the power dynamics and the structure of the Church and the restoration and healing necessary due to the sexual abuse of children by priests and its cover-up.

Child Protection Protocols Followed at St. Vincent’s
St. Vincent’s parish follows all protocols as set forth by the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Office of Child and Youth Protection for the protection of children. Click above to read more.

Source Documents compiled by St. Vincent’s CCR in 2018 and 2019 on the topics of Church reform and the abuse of children and vulnerable people within the Church.