For twenty weeks the English language site of famvin.org has featured a strategy for systemic change. This week, Robert Maloney, C.M., Vincentian Family’s Commission for Promoting Systemic Change, announces the publication of Seeds of Hope: Stories of Systemic Change. Father Maloney writes: read more ...

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

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The historic floods which continue to ravage much of the Midwest are affecting many of our Conferences and Councils directly, as well as those hundreds of thousands of our countrymen and women in the flooded areas. read more ...

National President Joe Flannigan has issued an appeal to all Vincentians to join in the effort to relieve the suffering and hardship of the people devastated by the terrible disasters in China and Myanmar. read more ...

For nearly two centuries, the poor and needy of the world have found a friend in the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. This year, on September 27^th, the Society will hold its first annual nationwide Friends of the Poor® Walk. We invite you to participate and become Friends of the Poor®, too. Pledges made on behalf of registered walkers in a given community will benefit those most in need in that same community. Please join us. Walk a mile in someone else’s shoes and find out how good it feels to give. read more ...

The Hernando-Citrus District of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul needs walkers, volunteers, pledges and corporate sponsors for its first Friends of the Poor Walk on Sept. 27 along the Suncoast Trail off Cortez Boulevard. read more ...

“We are seeing a 50 percent increase in the number of people we are seeing.” said Carolyn Henry, executive director of the society in Collier County. “These are people who have never asked for help before.” read more ...

With the costs of goods and services going up, it is no wonder many people who don’t normally need assistance for food, bills and other living expenses are having a hard time right now. read more ...

I hear day after day of people in dire straits. Some live in all-electric homes, but power was turned off and they don't have lights, no refrigeration or air-conditioning," said Sherlock, president of St. Vincent de Paul Society that operates a food pantry at St. Mary's Church, Buffalo Grove. read more ...

As the Society of St. Vincent de Paul of St. Francis de Sales Food Pantry continues to see an influx of families needing assistance, its shelves have taken a hard hit over the past few weeks. read more ...

ollege volunteers didn't mind a bit lending a hand at the St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Shop in Oklahoma City, even on a morning when a fiery August sun shot temperatures easily past the 100 degree mark. read more ...

Some people don't. We are all struggling with the gasoline price increases, but for some people, read more ...

Everyone feels the pinch at the gas pump and the squeeze at the grocery store, and that includes Cosgrove’s Kitchen, a ministry of St. Vincent de Paul in East St. Louis. read more ...

The first annual, national walk will be held on the Fest Day of St. Vincent de Paul , Saturday, September 27, 2008, coinciding with the international celebration of the 175th Anniversary of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul read more ...

The food pantry at the new St. Vincent de Paul facility, 342 N. Main St., has settled into its new facilities and food pantry coordinator Pat Baldinger believes the new space is more consumer friendly and accessible to the handicapped. read more ...

Long before the 2005 hurricanes and long before the nation’s current economic crisis with its rising rent, food prices and gasoline prices and rash of foreclosures, Baton Rouge had homeless people. read more ...

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVdP) Friends of the Poor Walk 2008 will step out on September 27, 2008, in the first annual SVdP event. In cities across the United States and around the world, participants will choose which Society of St. Vincent de Paul entity in their local community they want to support by sponsors and pledges, and all 100 percent of the money raised will go directly to the poor. read more ...

The 2008 year’s annual Evening for Hope Gala benefiting the Society of St. Vincent de Paul is receiving tremendous support from our local community. read more ...

On Tuesday, we served lunch at the St. Vincent de Paul Society in Oakland. We started the day folding napkins and aprons, pouring juice, and interacting with the other volunteers there.  read more ...

Would you like to improve your health by walking and help reduce poverty at the same time? If you answered "yes" you are in luck because the St. Vincent de Paul Society will be holding their First Annual FRIENDS OF THE POOR --WALK A MILE IN MY SHOES walk. read more ...

The Rev. Boniface Perera had coconut pie decorating his face Friday after students from St. Brigid Catholic Church Vacation Bible School were able to throw pies at the Revs. Perera and Michael Moore after donating money, clothing and food for the St. Vincent de Paul Society. read more ...

EAST ST. LOUIS -- Since Catholic Urban Programs moved to new offices at 7 Vieux Carre Drive, the response has been good. The agency officially opened there July 14, said Joe Hubbard, coodinator of the program. read more ...

The St. Vincent de Paul Society entered into an agreement with Turner Dairy Farms, of Penn Hills, to purchase 400 half-gallons of milk once a month as a way of making a donation to the Westmoreland and Armstrong County food banks. read more ...

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