President's Letter, June 2025

My Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ and our patrons, Saints Vincent de Paul, Louise de Marillac, and Elizabeth Ann Seton, for the past 6 weeks we have been celebrating the Easter season. We have been delighting in the majesty of God. Now we end this season with Pentecost. The goal of Pentecost is mission with the aim that the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord. The following reflection was taken from SSVPUSA.org.

By this indwelling of the Holy Spirit we ourselves become advocates of God’s presence for others. This gift of the Spirit, then, makes its demands on us. We must monitor the way we live so that others truly see us as advocates of God’s presence bringing new life. This new life that we share with others might be so simple as a reassuring touch or helping hand, or as demanding as giving of our time and money. Living the paschal mystery means that we bask in the good gift of God’s life that the Spirit brings. Pentecost is a celebration of both the gift of the Spirit and the effects of that gift—we are sharers in the one body of Christ who take up Jesus’s mission to preach the good news of salvation. (Living Liturgy, p.140)

LCUSA News - LOC National Office has moved. New mailing address is National Service Center, 8001 Longview Road, Kansas City, MO 64134. The registration information is available on the LCUSA website for National Assembly 2025! The theme is “Choose Hope”. Dates are September 11-13, 2025. Location is The Bethesdan Hotel, Bethesda, Maryland. Thursday, September 11 is a Day of Reflection at the Seton Shrine led by Fr. Richard Gielow, CM, Vincentian Spiritual Advisor, LCUSA. Please consider putting an ad in the program booklet if your funds permit you to do so.

Investiture (May 18, 2025) – Ladies, what a beautiful sight it was as I looked out to the congregation at St. Paul Cathedral. There were 119 new members invested that day and we had a great turnout from our members supporting these women and affirming our ministry. I am extremely proud to be the President of this amazing group of women.

The ALCDP office received an email recently highlighting a Military Baby Shower (March of Dimes: It Starts with Mom) to be held on Saturday, August 16, 2025, at the 316th Sustainment Command and requesting any help to support this mission from monetary donations of any amount to hosting a product drive for specific items for the mom-to-be. The goal is to shower 50 moms-to-be (service members or partners of service members, rank E6 and below) with education, baby items, and more. Contact our office for more information on this event.

The Spiritual Society of the Unclaimed Dead – If you are interested in receiving a decedent’s name, please contact Janet Stahlman via our office, 412-456-6924. 

Twinning Project – Please contact our office if you think your group can benefit from financial help for any project. All requests will be kept confidential.

Social media - Sherrie Dunlap Gallagher, social media chair, updates our Facebook page regularly. Please let her know of any activities you are currently doing that she can highlight. She can be contacted at sherrie.e.dunlap@gmail.com.

Junior Ladies of Charity (JLOC) – For more information on JLOC, please contact Mary Diaddigo Rex or Hailey Innocenzo Dube’ or call the LOC office at 412-456-6924.

Nursing Home Network – Please remember that if you have someone that is going to a nursing home outside of your area to contact Cindy Smith so that she can reach out to the local Ladies of Charity to visit.

501(C)(3) – Below is the updated distribution information for the quarterly submission of Treasurer Reports and Bank Statements. The March, April & May 2025 information is due by 6/15/2025. Updated sales tax exemption forms are available by contacting Judy Weismann at weismann2@comcast.net.

DeMarillac Newsletter – It’s always great to see what other organizations are doing. Please remember to email any articles to Peggy Keene or mail them to our office at the address at the top of this letter. A picture is worth a thousand words so a picture or two of the events is welcome. 

June 2025 Rosary Intention - For all fathers on this Father’s Day: May they be strengthened to love their wives and children with the love of Christ for his Church.

Prayer to the Vincentian Family

Lord Jesus, you who willed to become poor, gives us eyes and a heart directed to the poor. Help us to recognize you in them in their thirst, their hunger, their loneliness, their misfortune. Enkindle within our Vincentian Family unity, simplicity, humility, and the fire of love that burned in St. Vincent DePaul. Strengthen us so that faithful to the practice of these virtues, we may contemplate you and serve you in the person of the poor and may one day be united with you and them in your kingdom. Amen.

Mark your Calendars

• August 16, 2025 – Annual Meeting at Sts. Martha & Mary Parish (St. Richard Church, Dickey Road)
• September 11-13, 2025 – National Assembly in Bethesda, Maryland

Miscellaneous Information

• Pittsburgh Website: locpittsburgh.org
• LCUSA Website: aic.ladiesofcharity.us
• Vincentian Family:  http://famvin.org
• FACEBOOK:  Ladies of Charity USA, Association of Ladies of Charity Diocese of Pittsburgh

If you have questions or suggestions, please call and leave a message with the LOC office at 412-456-6924.

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In the Vincentian Spirit,
Karen Tomaszewski, President
Association of the Ladies of Charity, Diocese of Pittsburgh