Episode 5: Seeking the Face of Christ in the Poor

Synopsis:

In 1624, St. Vincent de Paul started the Congregation of the Mission dedicated to the religious instruction of the poor, the training of the clergy, and foreign missions. This very same mission found its way to our Native Soil in 1896. Fr. Bruce Krause, the pastor of St. Mary’s in Opelika—the first Vincentian mission in our Archdiocese and the last remaining parish still staffed by Vincentian priests—helps us explore the Vincentian roots in our Native Soil. Then Charlie Moore, the current president of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in our Archdiocese, helps us to see how the spirit of St. Vincent has rooted itself all around our Archdiocese through their many conferences dedicated to

“Seeking the Face of Christ in the Poor.”

Dig In Further:

Does your parish have a conference of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul? If not, might you be the one God is calling to get one started?!

How have you seen the “Face of Christ” in the poor? How have you been able to serve Christ in the poor? Is there a way that Christ is calling you to be closer to him in the poor?

How can your parish more and more be a place where the poor feel welcomed and served? How can your parish help to not only respond to the physical needs of the poor but the spiritual needs as well…even first and foremost?