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Baltimore’s Homeless Jesus to Rest Among Those Experiencing Homelessness
The life-sized bronze statue by Ontario artist Timothy Schmalz, which can be found in more than 60 cities across the globe including the Vatican, will be installed on the grounds of St. Vincent. In other cities, the statue has been more…
St. Vincent de Paul Church Annual Parish Retreat
Friday, May 11 to Sunday, May 13 The Prayer Life of Jesus and Centering Prayer This year we will deepen our spiritual lives by seeing how Jesus lived and how he calls us to follow his lead with Centering Prayer. more…
Lent and Holy Week
HOLY WEEK Tenebrae Service – Wed., March 28, 7:30 PM Seder and Mass of the Last Supper – Thurs., March 29, 6 PM & 8 PM Good Friday – March 30 Morning Prayer – (Lauds) 9 AM Children’s Service – 1 more…
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…
Lent: A Season of Loss, A Promise of Renewal
Whether we are grieving the loss of a loved one or simply navigating change in our lives or the world, we all feel loss. Physician, theologian and St. Mary’s Ecumenical Institute faculty Dr. Pat Fosarelli speaks to us about how more…
Pastoral Letter from Archbishop Lori
Archbishop Lori has written a Pastoral Letter titled The Enduring Power of Dr. Martin Luther King’s Principals of Nonviolence. The Archbishop sees the letter as a pastoral tool in parishes and a springboard for preaching about racism and Dr. King’s more…
Stations of the Cross
Wednesday, February 21, 7:30 PM Walk the Way of Sorrows with the words of Oscar Romero. We will take a different route on our pilgrimage this year, beginning in the Gathering Space of the church, and proceeding more…
A Common Goal of Love
It is unusual to have Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, fall on February 14th, Valentine’s Day. This conjunction of these two days may, at first sight, seem to be a bit odd. I believe, with deeper reflection, there is more…
Social Ministry Convocation
You are welcome to join St. V at the Annual Social Ministry Convocation on March 3 for a day of prayer, education, and solidarity to inspire and renew us in living out Catholic Social Teaching and working for a peaceful more…
2017: A Time of Beginnings and Endings
This would be one way to describe 2017 at St. Vincent. Through it all, our community has continued to thrive in our worship: We’ve had baptisms, weddings, and funerals. We’ve come together for cherished, traditional events, like Seder, Easter Vigil, 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…
Vigil 2017 Hour Four: On the Way
The “Least Likely” Are Called to the Work of God Anne Maura English Every Easter Vigil includes the Exodus story and within that Moses is the human actor front and center. And this is as it should be. The deliverance more…