1. Home Visit with Society of St. Vincent de Paul Mac Johnson, St. Robert Bellarmine Chapel
Instructor, Christian Social Justice (LPC 128)
1.) In your parish, contact a leader for the Parish Conference of the
Society of St. Vincent de Paul. Ask to participate, with 1 or 2 other
experienced Vincentians, in an actual Home Visit.
Ask the appropriate leader to call you soon, so you might
accompany them for a Home Visit, which they schedule. See 2p
handout: “St. Vincent de Paul Society,” describing this parish social
ministry.
2.) Go on this Home Visit encounter.
Reflection Exercise (Write 1 - 2 pages, hand in, after your Home Visit):
3.) a.) Journey Outward: Write down a description of your experience to
share with our class. What is happening to this family? Why?
b.) Journey Inward: Notice your feelings about this “border-crossing”
experience visiting the home of a poor family. Describe these
feelings about this invitation, and then about the actual encounter.
Read: 4p article: “I’d Love to Lord, But….” (in journal “Review for Religious”).
Join Us for a Day
If you want to help the poor, but aren’t sure if this is your ministry.
Try us out. You would not buy a car without first driving it, the same
goes for ministry. Here’s how you can try us out:
Bellarmine Chapel:
Saturdays 9:00 to 12 Noon
Call Bellarmine St. Vincent volunteers and we’ll explain
what we do and arrange for you to join us for a Home Visit.
We always travel in pairs. All visits are prearranged.
Call: Fran Neihaus: 513-891-4345 (leave message)
Dick or Bonnie Peterson: 513-351-6979
Mary Zuccarellari: 513-321-1694
Barry Burdick: 513-919-317 Frederic Ozanam, founder
Cathedral of St. Peter In Chains:
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
(1813-1953, beatified 1997)
Mike Schwartz: 513-941-0663 (home), 859-743-1619 (cell), mikeschwarz@chasseligman.com
“...If you let my know when your participants would like to schedule a Saturday we will be
able to add extra visits to insure they get their monies worth.” PAX, Mike