Spirituality, fellowship and service to the poor are stepping stones in the Vincentian journey to holiness, Young told the large crowd in attendance on Sunday. As St. Vincent de Paul believed, volunteers (known as “Vincentians”) look for the “face of Jesus” in the poor–and strive to reflect the “face of Jesus” back to them with a kind and loving attitude.
During their induction, the new Vincentians vowed to seek to grow in their personal holiness by serving the poor of God with their fellow Vincentians; to be open to the differences in cultural and socioeconomic situations; and to strive to be non-judgmental when working with clients.
The new Vincentians (photographed in two groups) are:
Holy Family (Louisville): Theresa Dahl. Holy Spirit: James Heleringer. Holy Trinity: Paul Pendell and Richie Sullivan.
St. Agnes: Susie Tougher. St. Bernadette: Joe Butler, David Schardein, and Sandra Schardein.
St. Dominic: Tammy Darland, Todd Darland, Clara Logsdon, Jim Logsdon, Mike Railey, Julia Spalding, and Joe Yates.
St. Gabriel: Leslie Allen, Robert DeMarco, Patricia Eppinghoff, Mike Fitzmayer, and Jill McLaughlin.
St. Ignatius: Rose Mary Corbett, Kevin Doty, Sheryl Edelen, Elizabeth Hobby, Shirley Spalding, Paul Vissing, and Joan Young.
St. Lawrence: Denise Ruffrea and Debbie Yates.
St. Martha: Don Clark, Jack Gumbel, Kay Gunderson, Don Meyer, and Bob Straub.
St. Peter the Apostle: Larry Boone, Gil Gritton, John Jones, Carrie Zacone, and Tony Zacone.
Guardian Angels: Stephanie Simpson, Jackie Steinemann, and Joe Steinemann.
St. Patrick: Rosie Allocco, Carol Clair, Joe Clements, JoAnn Haner, Deacon Scott Haner, Ken Hummel, Linda Hummel, Bonnie Marx, Brian O’Dea, Ann Pigneri, Rocco Pigneri, Blake Westhoff, and Julie Westhoff.
St. Paul: Rod Barber, Deacon Charles Beckmann, Sharon Croucher, Gary Fowler, Bob Mudd, Jeanette Padgett, Randy Padgett, Chris Pinkerton, and Tom Zoeller.
St. Raphael: Chris Chase, Bob Meyer, John Mudd, John Raque, Scott Raque, Steve Sternberg, Mary Varga, and Paul Wilson.
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