The International Order of St Vincent

The International Order of St Vincent (OSV) is a worldwide fellowship of lay sanctuary ministers of all ages serving the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church.  We promote liturgical knowledge, understanding of ritualistic detail and meaning, and encourage intercessory prayer and holy living among our members. The Order is open to all acolytes, lay readers, lectors, lay eucharistic ministers, sacristans, ushers, greeters, vergers, and choristers (men and women, girls and boys).  Believing that we are also called to serve, we strive to instill reverence, cooperation, responsibility, discipline, mentorship, leadership, humility, quest for excellence and joy of servanthood by emphasizing a stairway of lay ministry that leads to active adult churchmanship. The OSV is sacramentally centered and encourages living a rule of life (we pray, worship, read, and give).  The OSV also publishes a wide range of illustrated liturgical manuals, teaching materials and historical tracts. Please contact the Director General (and a member of St. John’s Parish Church),  Philip G Dixon, PO Box 1245, Summerville SC 29484, (843) 442-1288 (leave message). E-mail: Director-General@orderstvincent.org, Web: www.orderstvincent.org