Sep 27, 2022
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Coverage of the centennial Mass for the archdiocesan council of the St. Vincent De Paul Society, held Sept. 24, 2022 at Gesu Church, Miami.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski and other clergy celebrate the centennial Mass for the archdiocesan council of the St. Vincent De Paul Society, Sept. 24, 2022, at Gesu Church in Miami.
Members of the St. Vincent De Paul Society pose after their centennial Mass Sept. 24, 2022, at Gesu Church in Miami. From left are Maria Perez Gonzalez, lead formator; Diane Hebisen, the North Broward district president; and Claudia Leudeking, president of the archdiocesan council.
"The St. Vincent de Paul Society has been around longer than the Archdiocese of Miami," said Archbishop Thomas Wenski during local group's centennial Mass Sept. 24, 2022, at Gesu Church in Miami.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski admires a commemorative medal given him by the archdiocesan council of the St. Vincent De Paul Society, Sept. 24, 2022, during the group's centennial Mass at Gesu Church in Miami.
"We're the right-hand man of the priests," says Jim Werle of the St. Vincent De Paul Society after its centennial Mass at Gesu Church, Miami, on Sept. 24, 2022.
Blanca Abad said she fell in love with the society after seeing its work at St. Katharine Drexel Church in Weston.
“No one can do it all. But as parts of the Church, we can all do it together,” says Peter Routsis-Arroyo, CEO of Catholic Charities, after the centennial Mass of the St. Vincent De Paul Society at Gesu Church, Miami, on Sept. 24, 2022.
Members of the St. Vincent De Paul Society snack and chat after their centennial Mass at Gesu Church, Miami, on Sept. 24, 2022.
Churchy-looking cake decorates a reception for the archdiocesan St. Vincent De Paul Society logo after the organization's centennial Mass at Gesu Church, Miami, on Sept. 24, 2022.
Cross on the cake bears the St. Vincent De Paul Society logo during the reception after the organization's centennial Mass at Gesu Church, Miami, on Sept. 24, 2022.
Frank Voehl of the North Broward Council of the St. Vincent De Paul Society poses with Claudia Leudeking, president of the archdiocesan council.











Photography: JIM DAVIS | FC