Tim Williams

Leer en Español By Timothy P. Williams, Senior Director of Formation and Leadership Development Shortly after the election of Pope Francis in 2013, photos of the crowd awaiting his first appearance were published alongside photos of an earlier crowd await... See more

ssvpusa.org To answer a call to volunteer is to do something. To answer a call to vocation is to be something. This distinction is at the heart of what it means to be a member of the Society. While it is certainly true that membership, by virtue of not be... See more

Leer en Español By Timothy P. Williams, Senior Director of Formation and Leadership Development To answer a call to volunteer is to do something. To answer a call to vocation is to be something. This distinction is at the heart of what it means to be a me... See more

ssvpusa.org To be a member of the Society of St Vincent de Paul is not merely to volunteer, because to volunteer is to do something. Vincentians are not called simply to do something, but rather to be something. That is the nature of a calling, or vocatio... See more

Leer en Español By Timothy P. Williams, Senior Director of Formation and Leadership Development When our personal efforts pay off with the results we’d hoped for, we naturally feel a sense of exhilaration, and even pride in our accomplishment. We pat ours... See more