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Good Friday Service for Children
On Good Friday this year at St. Vincent de Paul Church in downtown Baltimore, children and their families will walk the way of the Lord. The kids can dress up costume (provided or bring your own) and then imagine the more…
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Sign up for our weekly e-newsletter! Weekly issues feature news about St. Vincent, communications from staff, events at the parish, a reflection or prayer from Fr. Ray, and the readings for the upcoming Sunday. If you wish to receive This more…
St. Vincent’s Bulletin
Each month, St. V produces a monthly issue (pictured) that features at least one longer article as well as general information about the parish. Weekly a one-page insert focuses on news and information for the current week. Deadline for Submissions: more…
What Happens at a Pastor’s Installation?
We hope all members of the parish will join us as Archbishop Lori presides at this special Mass on Aug. 20 at 10 AM. This is an interactive event, and more than simply a ceremony between the archbishop and the more…
Bulletins
August Monthly Bulletin St. V This Week 08/27/2017 St. V This Week 08/20/2017 St. V This Week 08/13/2017 St. V This Week 08/06/2017 St. V This Week 07/02/2017 St. V This Week 07/09/2017 St. V This Week 07/16/2017 St. V more…
2017 Summer Series: Acts of the Apostles
Over the years of St. Vincent’s summer series, we made our way through the books of the Tanakh – the Law, Prophets, and Writings of the Hebrew scriptures. Since then, we’ve used the summer series to focus on the Eucharist, more…
Vigil 2017 Hour Five: Isaiah
Is This an Isaiah Moment? Mike Kelly I have been reading and commenting on Isaiah for years in this vigil, and decided I needed to re-read the prophet to identify perhaps new insights and new inspiration. So I began at more…
Homeless Jesus Coming to St. Vincent
UPDATE: Last fall we learned that the Archdiocese had chosen St. V as the site for the Homeless Jesus bronze by Timothy Schmalz. Recently St. V received confirmation about the time frame for the installation. We expect to dedicate it more…
From the Friends of St. Vincent Park
May 18, 2017 To my fellow parishioners, We need your help cleaning up the park on Saturdays and Sundays, and we need help to identify and organize donors: people and organizations that come to the park to distribute food or more…
Holy Week and Easter
Join us this year for Holy Week and Easter, as we continue to be meditate on our Lenten theme “Called to the Work of God.” We begin our celebration on Saturday, April 5, 2017, with our all-night Easter Vigil. At more…
Tenebrae
Wednesday, April 12, 2017, 7:30 PM Tenebrae, meaning shadows, is a centuries-old custom of publicly singing part of the Divine Office during Holy Week. At our service, a triangular stand holds fifteen candles that are extinguished one by one after more…
St. V Joins One Water Partnership
Through this program by Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake (IPC), St. V will join with other congregations in the Jones Falls Watershed to help protect our waterways and delve more deeply into our work of caring for creation. In this more…
St. Vincent’s 14th Pastor Named
Dear St. V’s Community, This afternoon, I met with Fr. Ray Chase in his office at the Catholic Center. He is to be appointed as Pastor of St. Vincent’s effective April 1. I received the news on Monday evening, then spoke with Fr. more…
Thank You Fr. Dick, Thank You St. V
Sunday was, as our Pastoral Associate Colleen McCahill put it, a “beautiful and bittersweet” day as we honored our pastor of 43 years on the eve of his retirement. We celebrated more than just one man; we celebrated ourselves as more…
Wednesday Night Lenten Series
In the Archdiocesan survey of a year ago, many parishioners said we wish we had more chances to practice contemplative prayer. To that end, on Wednesday evenings in Lent we will have three Scripture and Prayer services for contemplation and more…
Lenten Retreat at St. V
Register now for our half-day Lenten retreat on Saturday, March 18. Its theme, “Called to be Light in the Darkness,” ties in with our banner outside the church and with our theme for Lent “Called to Do God’s Work.” Parishioners more…
From the Pastor
Dear Family of St. Vincent de Paul, I am grateful for your assurance of prayer for my continuing recovery. And it is continuing: I am getting a little stronger every day and I fully expect to be well enough to more…
Congratulations, Jack Schmidt!
Our parishioner, Jack, will be honored at the 32nd Annual Baltimore Archdiocesan Social Ministry Convocation on Saturday, March 5 for his volunteer work. Jack’s work in the the service ministries at St. V is not only extensive, but it is more…
Lent 2017: Called to Do God’s Work
Lenten Schedule of Services and Events More details about all events here. March 1, Ash Wednesday 12 PM, 7:30 PM – Mass and marking with ashes March 8, Voices of the Laity: Reflecting on Our Call, 7:30 PM – “Who more…
Fr. Dick to Retire This Month
At the end of this month, Fr. Richard Lawrence will retire after 43 years as the beloved pastor of St. Vincent. He will celebrate one last Mass as pastor on Sunday, February 26 at 10:30 AM. (There will only be more…