Fall Fellowship Mass & Awards
Vincentians, staff and friends of the Society gathered in the chapel at St. Ursula Academy on Sunday, September 26 for our annual Fall Fellowship mass and awards ceremony. During this mass, Alison Zlatic, 11 Conference Presidents and three new Vincentian Volunteers of Cincinnati were commissioned as they begin their tenures of Vincentian service. Congratulations to each of our award recipients, who were nominated by Vincentians from across our Cincinnati District Council and honored at this event. We are blessed by their compassion, leadership and dedication to the mission of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. 4
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are privileged to know him,” Mattingly said.
CHRISTIAN JAMES Christian James, a volunteer call-taker for Our Lady of Lourdes Conference, was honored with the Fires of Faith Award. Michael Mattingly, Conference President at Our Lady of Lourdes, commended James for his unwavering efforts to help others, six years after a life-altering ALS diagnosis. “Christian chooses to live each day with relentless positivity – bolstered by his spiritual fire for helping others. Christian’s steadfast faith in God – and his trust in God’s plan for his life – has a positive impact on all who
MARY McCONN A Vincentian at Immaculate Heart of Mary Conference for over 15 years, Mary McConn was presented the Fires of Faith Award. IHM Conference President Lori Laux says, “Mary and her late husband Dick not only took calls and made visits, they also went above and beyond on many occasions to follow up with our neighbors to make sure they had what they needed. They drove neighbors to appointments, went shopping for them and even
