From the last meeting on 4th August 2023, when we elected the President and Vice-President of our Conference, we also had one organizational point to go through: appointment of Officers.
With the guidance of our Lord we were able to appoint all of them (and just one is left to be confirmed officially) and we hope this helps us to be organized in our help to those poor in most need of our help, while also keeping in mind the roots of SSVP in simplicity. Balancing between these can be summarized in two quotes:
Look at philanthropic associations: how many assemblies, reports, accountability, memorials! They do not even have a year and they already have large volumes of meeting minutes.
Blessed Frédéric Ozanam, Letter to Léonce Curnier, 23rd February 1835
One thing could stop us and lose us: […] Some bureaucratic practices that would impede our march by multiplying our gears. And it would be, above all, to forget the humble simplicity that presided over our meetings at the beginning.
Blessed Frédéric Ozanam, Letter to Amélie Soulacroix, 1st May 1841
With this in mind, we are strong in the confidence that we will not be leaded astray and will continue to evaluate, whether we succeed in it.
Special and important events await us in September and we also used this opportunity to update ourselves on the preparations for these events. May Lord lead us to always have His presence and His love before all.