We are delighted to invite you to the 2010 Midyear Business Meeting of the Council of the United States. The meeting will be held at the Millennium Hotel in downtown St. Louis beginning on April 21 and concluding with the Banquet on Saturday, April 24. Please follow the "Read More" link and be able to log in using the midyear meeting log in and/or your personal log in information.

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In view of the colossal damages that have occurred the Daughters of Charity (DC) and SSVP (CGI) are jointly collaborating to provide relief assistance to the victims of the disaster. read more ...

During their 20-day visit Mr and Mrs Flannigan met the national board of directors and further developed the relationship between the two countries. They took time out of their busy schedule to talk to Kairos. read more ...

As Rene completed the 4.5-mile trek around the lake, his spirit of life-long commitment to service remained, a moving reminder and example of the cumulative benefit Vincentian service brings to the poor and to the San Francisco community.  read more ...

Speech to the Board of Directors of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul National Council by Joe Flannigan, National President of the United States Society of St. Vincent de Paul. November 21, 2009. read more ...

In Saturday's paper, there was " A Letter from inside- Haiti in Crisis" featured. That letter was written by a former Vinnie Volunteer, Edlyne (last name omitted). Edlyne came to Appleton from Haiti on a scholarship to study soil and water management at Fox Valley Technical College. read more ...

ST LOUIS, Mo./EWORLDWIRE/Jan. 13, 2010 --- National President of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul USA Joseph D. Flannigan has issued a call to the 120,000 volunteer members of the Society in the United States, as well as to the general public, to help provide assistance for the victims of the terrible Haiti Earthquake. Donate online read more ...

By now, most everyone is aware of the devastating 7.2 earthquake which hit Haiti and the surrounding Caribbean region. Funds are being collected for earthquake relief efforts. Please make a donation. 

Dear friends, we are blessed at the National Council of the Society of St Vincent de Paul to find ourselves in these last months of 2009 stronger than we began, at the start of this demanding year.  read more ...

The 2009 Friends of the Poor Walk raised over $1,235,000," said Victoria White Berger, National Director of Development for the Society.  read more ...

Consolidated Annual Report Statement of Activities for the year ended September 30, 2007. Download and read the report. read more ...

Society appears in USA Today, April 14, 2009, Better Business Bureau Wise Giving National Charities, see full page ad.  read more ...

In this moving message, Pope Benedict seamlessly weaves together concerns for peace, poverty, and care for creation.  read more ...

From September 27, 2009 –to September 27, 2010 the Vincentian Family will celebrate the anniversaries of the death and resurrection of our founders Saint Vincent de Paul and Saint Louise de Marillac. The theme of the Jubilee Year is “Charity and Mission” because our mission, to evangelize and serve the poor, is motivated as always by God’s love which we translate into hands-on charity, direct contact with and love of the poor. We are celebrating our past, giving thanks to God for the wonderful examples of love that he has given us through Saint Vincent and Saint Louise. They were involved in a mission of love. They were bonded by love: a deep love of God and a deep love of the poor. They carried out their mission with a passion which was so deep that it continues to be felt and lived in the Vincentian Family throughout the world, certainly in ways far beyond what Vincent, Louise would have imagined. We encourage all Conferences and Councils to actively participate in the 350th Anniversary celebration of the Vincentian Family. The link shown below will get you to the FAMVIN website from which you can download the monthly reflections, in English or Spanish. Members of the Vincentian Family all over the world are using these reflections for prayer, reflection and shared dialogue.  read more ...

Three members of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul were honored for their work at a Mass and awards ceremony earlier this month at Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Church. read more ...

Thousands of people will again join together to combat hunger at the 2010 Hunger Walk/Run. read more ...

Full of clothes, furniture, books, TVs and other household appliances - and customers - once it opens for business, as the newest St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store. read more ...

The smile may be one of the first things you notice about a person. A study just released by the Pew Center reports that $17 million children go without dental care each year. Hopewell Dental Care in Heath is hoping to take their work online with the Share A Smile program. They’ve partnered with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul to make it happen.  read more ...

The doors at the Society of St. Vincent de Paul food pantry on Fish Hatchery Road don’t open for another 30 minutes, but a line has already formed. read more ...

"I don't drive and I'm legally blind," Martin said. She has diabetes, is on oxygen, lives alone and her income is limited. After she pays bills, she doesn't have enough money to pay for groceries. So she has come to depend on her monthly food box from the St. Vincent de Paul Society. read more ...

One of the main locations in the Holland,OH area that received an initial donation of free prescription cards, is the Society of St Vincent de Paul,Our Lady of Lourdes Conference. read more ...

The Kaukauna council of St. Vincent de Paul has received more than $1,800 in revenue through matching fund donations from Catholic Knights of Milwaukee for the council's local fundraisers. read more ...

With a passion to fight childhood hunger, Portland’s best restaurants, wineries, breweries and mixologists will gather for Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation, the city’s premier culinary benefit. Taste of the Nation Portland will raise critical funds needed read more ...

The 2010 Point in Time Count found a 40 percent increase in homeless residents of Kootenai County since last year, as well as a 265 percent jump in the number of chronically homeless. read more ...

"We've just seen a huge increase in demand for everything," Carter said. "Compared to a year ago, we're getting twice as many calls for help from the pharmacy, for rent and utilities, for everything." read more ...

When he was out on the soup kitchen at night, he was a different person," said Rich Kubick, president of the South Pinellas chapter of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. For the last 15 years, Mr. Brown got the food from more than a dozen churches to the society's nightly feedings at 384 5th St. N. read more ...

The Kitchen of Champions is a culinary training and job placement program brought to you by The Society of St. Vincent de Paul of Alameda County. Over the past 2 years, the Kitchen of Champions has provided opportunities for over 100 people to transform their lives, while also serving over 500,000 meals to disadvantaged men, women, and children. read more ...

The shelter was built by the Our Lady Star of the Sea conference of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, and supporters were on hand for the opening celebration.The building can house 18 women, while St. Vincent’s old shelter, a converted house, only served 11 people.  read more ...

Tavern employees have a history of volunteering with St. Vincent de Paul, an international nonprofit that aids the homeless and working poor, and were looking for another way to benefit the organization. read more ...

As Knuth continued her work at St. Vincent de Paul, she heard more stories that warranted recounting to friends — stories of hope, heartbreak and everything in between, she said. read more ...

During the holiday season, the men of Lambda Chi Alpha did not focus on partying and going out; they focused on their philanthropy. Proceeds from Watermelon Bust 2009 were presented in a check to St. Vincent de Paul this past December. The check, presented by members Joseph Cobena and Lance Roberts, summed for an impressive $20,000. read more ...

"I live downtown Tampa and I see it going on pretty much everyday," says Upton. "I live right around the corner and there's couple of homeless that I see. It's just something that kind of touched me and something that I wanted to do." read more ...

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul, in cooperation with Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky Kroger stores and FOX19 television, collected 77,525 pounds of food or 221.5 barrels of non-perishable food items, during the annual ‘Food From The Heart’ drive between November 11 and December 31, 2009. This year’s total collection surpassed the goal, making it possible to feed over 2,150 people for one week. read more ...

Roof collapses, and the thrift store that has helped so many now needs help itself. It will take at least $1 million to rebuild the St. Vincent de Paul Society Thrift Store after a section of its roof collapsed last month. read more ...

Executive director Ralph Middlecamp points out the little things that are so important, products like beans and rice available in bulk and glass doors on the freezers. But the key is clearly the volunteers. At the pantry nine hundred people put in a total of 1,750 hours a month. read more ...

"We already have numbers that are so big that it makes us a little nervous," said Ralph Middlecamp, executive director of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. Its pantry serves 1,800 to 2,000 families per month. People are limited to one visit every 30 days. read more ...

We know that it is our Heavenly Father’s hand that holds us and guides us, and we extend love and appreciation to St. Vincent de Paul and staff for helping us raise our family up from desperation to declaration—from poverty to prosperity. Our hope is to give back at least a little of what you have all shared with us. read more ...

“There’s a slight uptick,” said Carolyn Henry, executive director of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in East Naples. “We’re definitely seeing folks in need of blankets, coats and sweaters. We’re getting a lot of people asking for those things.” read more ...

Kaitlyn Parker, 21, admits the overcrowding can make things uncomfortable. “But I have a roof over my head, a bed, and food to eat,” she said. “I’m 100 percent grateful. It could be so much worse. You could be living under a bridge.” read more ...

The St. Vincent de Paul Society and the Catholic Herald collaborate to operate a Kids Caps and Mitten Drive each year. This year hundreds of children received hats, mittens, and gloves. Thank you to the many generous donors. Donations are still coming in so we don’t have a final count. read more ...

Carmena and her family were among the record 839 people served turkey, peas, sweet potatoes, bread and cake at the dining hall Friday, said Michael Acaldo, CEO of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul of Baton Rouge. read more ...

A Resolution Reaffirming the Society’s Position on the matter of Right to Life read more ...

Several major Catholic organizations that have expressed their support for health care reform also recently have said that any health care plan proposed in the U.S. legislature should protect dignity of all human life — including the unborn. read more ...

The National Council of the United States, Society of St. Vincent de Paul has worked with its Voice of the Poor Committee to develop a sound and thoughtful position for health care reform (http://www.svdpusa.org/VoiceofthePoor/tabid/167/language/en-US/Default.aspx)which was adopted by its national membership in 2004. This work is based on and guided by the Church’s social and moral teachings and informed by pastoral letters prepared by the United States Bishops as well as through the guidance of Papal Encyclical. read more ...