Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul West Central Province
Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul West Central Province
Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul West Central Province
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As our Mission Statement describes, Vincentian Service Corps - Central has three objectives: service, prayer and community. Sponsored by the Daughters of Charity of the West Central Province, Vincentian Service Corps - Central is founded on Christian Gospel values as seen in the lives of the Vincentian family saints, primarily St. Vincent de Paul, St. Louise de Marillac, and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. Our goal is to serve persons who are poor and marginalized in our society while living simply, sharing in community, and growing as a people of prayer and faith.
Please visit the website at: www.vincentianservicecorps.org
Each year the VSC Members spend time in prayer and discussion creating a Covenant for living their year of service in Community. This is their Covenant.
Left to right: Joshua, Barbara, Kristen, Sarah, Rosalie, Patrick, Natasha
As we walk, as we serve, as we pray, as we live,
Darkness can be turned to light, despair to hope;
Let nothing stop us from seeing the light in others and ourselves.
Let nothing stop that light from being shared with the world.
Peace can be brought, seeing the face of Christ
Being revealed in every person standing beside us.
As we do to each other, so we do to Jesus himself.
They are our mothers, they are our fathers:
To feed them is to feed ourselves.
To teach them is to teach ourselves.
They are there for us, as we are there for them.
Their blood is our blood and we can feel their suffering—
A suffering that can only be cured by God.
But we will try.
We join together from different places, companions on a journey,
living in community, Growing in spirituality, serving
and willing to commit fully beyond our wants.
We are all connected, only as strong as our weakest link.
Seeing God’s presence is a prayer. Be present to others and be present for those who can’t.
We are Christ’s hands and feet.
We shall pass this way but once; whatever good we can do,
let us do it now.
The Daughters of Charity of the St. Louis province thank Sister Teresa Daly for her seven years of service as the Director of Vincentian Service Corps - Central (VSC). Sister Teresa has been selected to participate in a 9-month Vincentian Integration Experience in Chicago, Illinois. She will see Vincent de Paul and Louise de Marillac with new understanding and appreciation! Congratulations!
Under Sister Teresa’s leadership, VSC provided a year of formation in Vincentian spirituality, service that practiced the charism of finding Christ in persons living in poverty, and the experience of living in intentional community. The 37 VSC Alumni that have participated during Sister Teresa's leadership have been sent forth to continue to live their Christian and Vincentian values and to be part of creating a more just world. Thank you, Sister Teresa.
The Daughters welcome Kellie Willis as the new VSC Director!
Kellie grew up in St. Louis, Missouri and received degrees from Marquette University in anthropology and De Paul University in liberal studies.
Kellie first learned of the Vincentian charism through her experience as a Gateway Vincentian Volunteers and through working for three years at Guardian Angel Settlement in St. Louis. Later, as a Vincentian Lay Missionary (VLM), she served as a teacher in Ethiopia in the summer of 2008 and continues her involvement with fundraising efforts to support VLM in Ethiopia and Kenya. In February 2010 she participated in the International Assembly of MISEVI, the international lay Vincentian missionary organization, in Bogota, Columbia.
We thank Kellie for her "Yes" and for her commitment to the Vincentian charism through her leadership of Vincentian Service Corps - Central.
One of the former Vincentian Service Corps Volunteers blogged during her time as a VSC volunteer in St. Louis. You can read Sarah's blog here and learn from a volunteer's perspective what a year can be like.