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This is the page for announcing, reporting about, as well as registering for the four annual council eventsThe four events are
Report on April 30, 2011 Top Hat Award, Mass and Dinner,The 2012 Top Hat Award ceremony begins with 4:30 PM Mass a St. Francis DeSales chapel. Charles Kielkopf, President of the Columbus Immaculate Conception conference, was honored with The 2011 Top Hat award.
The Top Hat award is given annually to a Vincentian in our Diocese who has provided outstanding service in our ministry to grow spiritually by seeking out and serving the poor and needy. The "Top Hat" title is used to emphasize that our founder, Frederic Ozanam, did not allow his social class, in which men wore top hats, to blind him to the needs of the poor in early nineteenth century France. Some of Charles' Vincentian services cited in his nomination are as follows. Charles, a Vincentian for eleven years, is editor of the VOICE and developer of the Diocesan SVdP website. He has participated in weekly food calls for seven years and has volunteered at the Clothing Distribution Center every Thursday since it opened. Visit Charles' conference . Fr. Shawn Corcoran, Spiritual Advisor for the Diocesan SVDP Council, began the event by celebrating the Mass for the Second Sunday of Easter in the DeSales High School chapel at 4:30PM. Fr. Shawn's homily , on Divine Mercy Sunday, connected Vincentian spirituality with Divine Mercy. Upon receipt of the award, Charles spoke briefly about the significance of the Top Hat. This symbol of privilege reminds us to follow the example of Frederick Ozanam who received his privileges as blessings which gave him obligations to serve the less privileged Father Joshua Wagner, St. Dominic's, St. John's & Holy Rosary, closed the event with inspiring and humorous anecdotes to encourage us to "bring heaven on earth" by seeing Christ in the face of others and letting others see the face of Christ in us. Return to TOP.
Bishop's Appreciation Mass, Report on December 5, 2011,Mass The 2012 Bishop's Appreciation Mass is scheduled for 6:30PM, Monday, December 3. A heavy rain hit Columbus Monday evening December 5. The rain did not prevent over 150 Vincentians and guests, from most conferences of the diocese, gathering, at 6:30PM, in St. Joseph's Cathedral to deepen Vincentian spirituality by celebrating our annual Bishop's appreciation mass for volunteers at the Diocesan Council's four programs. The four programs are St. Lawrence Haven, The Clothing Distribution Center, The Saturday Food Program, and The Funeral Fund. Bishop Campbell was the principal celebrant and homilist at the mass. This year, appreciation was expressed for all the contributions of all Vincentians. After mass Bishop Campbell circulated amongst the guests who were enjoying the hearty buffet supper in the Cathedral undercroft. Despite the rain outside Vincentian friendship was thriving inside. The Cathedral conference provided the buffet dinner but baskets for donations had been set out. Return to TOP. Report on 2011 Vincentian Day of RecollectionThe 2012 Day of Recollection is scheduled for Sunday August 26 at St. Therese's Retreat Center On Sunday, August 28, eighty three Vincentians from twenty seven conferences gathered at St. Therese’s Retreat Center for Columbus Diocesan Council’s annual Day of Recollection. Map It! Ralph Mellencamp, Executive Director of the District Council of Madison, Wisconsin facilitated the sessions. Ralph also serves on the presentation team for the National SVdP Invitation for Renewal retreats.  The morning session focused on the faith of the founders of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. With a polished power point presentation, background hymns, judicious quotations and pauses for reflection Ralph Mellencamp lead participants to appreciate how all of the founders developed and practiced the spirituality which today still characterizes the Vincentian vocation. Ralph’s rich knowledge of the history of the society and the period of its foundation showed how the Society is genuinely a work of Frederic Ozanam but also of mentors Sr. Rosalie Rendu DC and Emmanuel Bailey along with Ozanam’s fellow law students: Paul Lamache, Auguste Le Taillander, Jules Deveaux, Felix Clave and Francois Lallier. (See SVdP Founders" The afternoon session exhibited Frederic Ozanam as a model for Modern Catholic Laity. With quotations from Frederic, passages from John Paul II’s 1988 Post-Synodal exhoration Christifideles Laici or “On the Vocation and the Mission of the Lay Faithful in the Church and in the World” Ralph pointed out how Frederic anticipated and practiced the pope’s vision of the role of the laity in the church over a hundred years earlier. The Day of Recollection concluded at 2PM with celebration of Mass by Fr. Paul Noble in the St. Thereses’ chapel. Return to TOP. Report on 2011: Friends of the Poor Walk,The 2012 "Friends of the Poor Walk" is scheduled for 10AM Saturday, September 29 at the DeSales High School track. The Diocesan Council's 2011 Friends of the Poor Walk was held Saturday, September 24 on the track of St.Francis DeSales High School, 4212 Karl Rd. in Columbus. Map It!. The mile, four lap, Walk began at 10:00 AM. Patty Aelig was Chair of the Walk events. Bishop Frederick Campbell served as Honorary Chairman. Before the walk Bishop Campbell remarked on the importance of Vincentian work and lead the walkers in prayer. There were almost 400 walkers who brought in $40,000 in pledges for Vincentian works throughout the diocese.
 The following businesses and individuals generously provided sponsorship,
View: Kielkopf's Facebook Photos of September 24 Friends of the Poor Walk. View: Petrarca's Facebook Photos of September 24 Friends of the Poor Walk. Return to TOP. |
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