SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY – ST. JOSEPH'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, DUNDEE.

The SVdP is a part of an international lay Christian voluntary organisation actively working with the poor, disadvantaged and marginalised in more than a hundred countries.
It seeks to respond to the call every Christian receives to bring the love of Christ to those it serves in the spirit of the Gospel message.

Charlie Welsh
President St. Joseph’s St. Vincent de Paul Conference

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November month of Holy Souls in Purgatory

The month of November is dedicated to the Holy Souls in Purgatory. The Church commemorates all her faithful children who have departed from this life, but have not yet attained the joys of heaven. St. Paul warns us that we must not be ignorant concerning the dead, nor sorrowful, “even as others who have no hope … For the Lord Himself shall come down from heaven … and the dead who are in Christ shall rise”.

The Church has always taught us to pray for those who have gone into eternity. Even in the Old Testament prayers and alms were offered for the souls of the dead by those who thought “well and religiously concerning the resurrection.” It was believed that “they who had fallen asleep with godliness had great grace laid up for them” and that “it is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be delivered from their sins.” (2 Maccabees 12:45-46) .