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Welcome to St Vincent’s!
Our Saturday 6 PM Mass is in-person only. Our Sunday 10 AM Mass is hybrid: both in-person and live-streamed. We live-stream on the parish YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/c/stvincentchurchbaltimore Join us!
St. Vincent’s Parish Synodal Report
After conducting a parish-wide synodal process, St. Vincent’s produced a report, detailing our hopes and concerns for the Church. We sent it to the bishops of our diocese. We invite you to CLICK HERE (or on the image above) to more…
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St. Vincent’s Response to the Need for Church Reform
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 more…
Sign Up for St. V’s Weekly Newsletter
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…
Fr. Ray on Our Latest Banner
Welcome to our website! And thank you for taking the time to join us for an ongoing exploration of the message on our new banner on the back of our church: “I was a stranger and you welcomed me…” more…
Sunday Centering Prayer
If you would like to take a big step on your journey to a deeper spirituality, consider practicing Centering Prayer. This form of meditation in the Christian tradition is a simple practice of sitting quietly and being open to the more…
New Site for Banner Magnets
St. V has set up an online shop with CafePress where individuals can purchase a St. V magnet and have it shipped directly to them. If your desire for St. V swag transcends magnets, we also have these designs on tote bags, 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…
Shine On
Fitting these words on our banner (above) on the back of St. Vincent took some clever design work. For a sign meant to be read while waiting at stoplight 20 yards away, 13 words might as well be a James more…
St. V’s Year in Review
As 2016 winds down, radio and TV programs remind us it’s been eventful year in our country and our world. Here at St. Vincent this, our 175th year, has been a big one as well. What’s Happened? We began 2016 more…
Another Anniversary at St. Vincent!
Our ministry The Resource Exchange (TRE) celebrates its fifth year of furnishing the homes of people who have experienced homelessness. More than 400 people have been helped through this joint program with Healthcare for the Homeless! Many thanks to all more…
Find Your Inner St. Vincent!
The theme for the parish’s Feast of St. Vincent celebration this year is “Find Your Inner St. Vincent!” This slightly hippy-dippy theme statement might seem simplistic, even flighty, at first glance. That is until you ask yourself what “finding your more…
God Is Living in Our Cities
Photo credit: Flickr/Let Ideas Compete The Pope said so. The quote is hanging on our wall. God is living in our cities. Really? Don’t the theologians say that God is everywhere? And if we were looking for someplace in particular more…
Breaking Bread With the Hungry
Every Friday for more than a decade, St. V in partnership with Our Lady of the Fields (OLF) parish has hosted a huge dinner for all comers in our undercroft. Usually aroud 200-300 people show up. OLF organizes the food, more…
Amoris Laetitia: The Joy of Love
This week Pope Francis released his apostolic exhortation, which draws on the Synod of the Family in 2015. The document is intended as “an aid to reflection, dialogue and pastoral practice, and as a help and encouragement to families in more…
“The Dung of the Devil”
Does that sound like something you once got punished for calling your little brother? Properly raised grown-ups refrain from even thinking language like that, much less using it. Unless you happen to be Pope. In the most important speech (the more…
Pope Francis Takes On Climate Change (and a Lot More) In Latest Encyclical
Laudato Si is mediaeval Italian for “Praised be You.” It is also the title of the Hymn of Creation of St. Francis of Assisi. And it is now also the title of Pope Francis’ Encyclical on the Environment. The Pope more…