For more than 60 years, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Council of Los Angeles has sent tens of thousands of at-risk youth to its Circle V Ranch to experience summer camp. Each summer, 1,200 children head to Circle V Ranch in the Santa Barbara mountains to enjoy camp, make new friends, receive guidance, support, and experience solid programs, while having the time of their lives.  read more ...

tudents from Loyola High School in Los Angeles were featured nationally on Thursday's NBC Nightly News, assisting those in need around town. Part of the segment shows students lending a hand at the Society's Cardinal Manning Center (homeless shelter) in Skid Row. read more ...

The Sat. performance is at 7 p.m. and the Sun. performance is at 2 p.m., both will take place in the Parish Center. Tickets will be sold at the door. All proceeds are to benefit the St. Vincent de Paul Society. This organization aids the entire community with their financial help. They need our support more than ever during these trying economic times. read more ...

The St. Vincent de Paul Society would like to thank Coronado Boy Scout District on the Food for Scouting of America project to replenish local food banks and pantries. Collections of food donations were held Saturday, Feb. 6, between 9 a.m. and noon. The Scouts went to people's homes and collected contributions for the food pantries and food banks. They did it to help feed the hungry. Donated food items were nonperishable items such as canned foods and boxed items.  read more ...

Through the efforts of this fantastic group of local youth, more than 5500 cans and other non-perishable food items were earned and distributed to the Open Door, St. Vincent DePaul Society and directly to local families in need. read more ...

Forty-two young 'Vincentian' volunteers braved the early morning rain last Saturday to participate in the Society of St. Vincent de Paul’s 10th Annual Paint Project at the Society’s homeless shelter read more ...

The Young Vincentians at Saints Simon and Jude Cathedral School in Phoenix, AZ, over the course of one month, made friendship bracelets in their school colors to sell during Catholic Schools Week in order to raise money for their St. Vincent de Paul pantry. In addition to that, they assigned each grade a food item to bring in to help stock the shelves. The bracelets were a hit and they sold out of them making over $250 dollars and filled the pantry!! It looks like it will become a school tradition!  

A joint project of the Society’s Camp department and Young Vincentian Desk, this is the first of three such service-related weekends at Circle V Ranch this year. read more ...

Emily Ercius was on her way to the movies when she spotted a group of homeless people. She turned to her mother and asked, "Why are those people on the street?" read more ...

The brothers, ages 14 and 11 respectively, have made it their mission to collect and deliver to Gladstone St. Vincent de Paul as many canned goods as possible during the holiday season. read more ...

Two East Hills teenagers are making sure area folks stay warm. Cody Belle and Kaila Henry are leading projects at their schools to collect coats for less fortunate people who eat at the St. Vincent de Paul Society’s Family Kitchen in downtown Johnstown.  read more ...

St. Agatha Catholic School students have the less fortunate in mind while the holiday season is well under way. read more ...

David Penry of Oxford gave up gifts for himself to help the Valley's needy. read more ...

The ASU chapter of Society of Professional Journalists made the decision to utilize their reporting skills to raise awareness about homelessness and the organization, St. Vincent de Paul. read more ...

"As a football team we wanted to help with the community and stocking the shelves at St. Vincent de Paul was one of the things we came up with,'' Seneca coach Bill Fisher said. "This year we decided to put baskets together to help families in our school.''  read more ...

St. Augustine College Preparatory School in Richland held its annual Thanksgiving food drive during November. Students and their families donated nonperishable food items, such as gravy, stuffing, sweet potatoes, vegetables and desserts, that will be delivered to St. Vincent DePaul Society at St. Isidore the Farmer Church in Vineland and the Food Closet of Help and Hope Ministries in Millville. read more ...

And in the week following the last football game of the season, Brown and Rossman packed a school van full of the donations and dropped it off at St. Vincent de Paul Society's food pantry at 342 N. Main St. Michael Bowe, president of the society, said it was unusual to receive such a large donation from an individual, whether personally or from a small food drive. read more ...

Immaculate Conception fourth-grade students donated food items to the St. Vincent de Paul food pantry. read more ...

Seventh-grade students made about 70 bowls for friends and family to raise money for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul community food bank. read more ...

Close to 15 members of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul's All Souls Youth Conference in Alhambra - a group of teenage 'Vincentian' volunteers - recently ventured to the Society's Cardinal Manning Center (homeless shelter) in Skid Row to decorate the residence for Halloween. read more ...

Congratulations to St. Joan of Arc School in St. Louis, MO who began a new SVdP Youth Conference with the beginning of the 2009-2010 school year. The SVdP Club’s first activity was a prayer service in honor of St. Vincent de Paul on September 28th for the entire student body. The students responded with enthusiasm and listened attentively to Mr. Ryan Carney, Director of Membership, from the Archdiocesan Council Office in St. Louis. The goal of the student leaders is to develop service activities that will help the people of their parish and community. Two teachers, Mrs. Karen Mason and Mrs. Carolyn Landwehr are the adult leaders and spiritual advisors. Picture Names: Front Left: Emily LeFentres, Bridget Zarrick, Mrs. Carolyn Landwehr and Mr. Ryan Carney. Back Left: Mrs. Karen Mason, Emily Vansickle, Mady Polizzi View Picture.  read more ...

Recently the St. Vincent de Paul Kitchen requested students from Holy Redeemer host a reception for those who regularly volunteer and serve at the kitchen. Members of the National Honor Society assisted at the appreciation dinner, thus being able to give assistance to those who do so for others on a regular basis. read more ...

The Immaculate Conception Conference in Montgomery City, MO purchased 150 coloring books of Frederic Ozanam. They will be distributing the coloring books to the young students in two schools in their area to celebrate the feast of St. Vincent de Paul. This is a start to help the young people know about the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and its founder, Blessed Frederic Ozanam. 

Now that summer is here, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul's Circle V Ranch Camp will soon be filled with the laughter of children, ages 7-13. read more ...

Eagle Scout Ryan Gage collected 330 new and gently used winter coats for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Detroit. The coats were distributed to the poor and homeless of southeastern Michigan. Gage, now 18, is attending Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX. read more ...

The Multi-Media Youth Arts Contest is an annual contest organized by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD). It is designed as a tool for schools and parishes to engage Catholics in grades 7 through 12 in learning about the causes of poverty, Catholic social teaching, and CCHD.

The 2010 contest theme is: “Empowering Communities, Uprooting Poverty.”

Lesson plans and activities, contest information, and rules can be found at www.usccb.org/cchd/contestmaterials.shtml. Please note that all types of art (e.g. video, song, painting, acting, writing, etc.) are welcome! The attached flyer provides additional information.

Please contact Jill Rauh, the CCHD Youth and Young Adult Coordinator, at jrauh@usccb.org for any questions about the contest.

 

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul of St. John the Baptist Church is raising money to send Lockport area children to summer camp in Angola. read more ...

Agency: The St. Vincent de Paul Society of Marin County, which provides food, clothing, shelter and support to Marin's struggling citizens. Quote: "Adam is a remarkable leader and a compassionate young man who deserves recognition," said Cris Jones, director of volunteers. "He has led our teen internship program, recruiting other teens to be involved in issues of poverty and homelessness in Marin. He has represented us on the Marin Organizing Committee and on behalf of voters' rights for our homeless citizens." 

The girls collected over 808 cans of food and $713.00 in cash. The food and money was given to John Coleman, District President of the South District in St. Louis, MO. for use in the Affton Christian Food Pantry, which the Society of St. Vincent de Paul helps to manage. Jenna Howenstein, a Cor Jesu student helps to load the food for delivery to the food pantry. See Photo by read more ...

Msgr. Bommarito will bless the altar, with food items brought in by students to be traded for small donations destined for the St. Vincent de Paul Society.  read more ...

Barbie dolls, new clothes, maybe even computers are the kinds of things many 8-year-old girls want for their birthday. Not Colette Girard. She had just one item on her wish list. Food. And the second-grader at the St. Casimir School didn't even want it for herself. read more ...

This Ash Wednesday, students at Marian High School marked the day with a special service for Eric Henry. Eric was a senior at Marian when he died in a car accident in 2002.  read more ...

Thanks to Opal Carlson, our SSVdP student intern – Gospel Call is now on YOU TUBE – please let others know of the song.  

2009 Inspiration and Hope Award was given to two high school seniors who have supported many of the St, Margaret of Scotland Conference programs for the past eight years. read more ...

Jarrin is being honored for his work with St. Vincent de Paul and the community-at-large. Comedian Paul Rodriguez also will be honored with the Society's Outstanding Youth Role Model Award for his work with young people.  read more ...

Embracing Arketype's concept of a day "on," instead of a day "off," dozens of our college community members joined in the Day of Service on January 19, and followed the footsteps of Dr. King by volunteering at the St. Vincent de Paul Society and Paul's Pantry and spreading the message of diversity and respect read more ...

Close to 40 young Vincentians made their annual pilgrimage January 31 to the Society's homeless shelter in downtown LA's Skid Row area read more ...

The auto mechanics department received thanks from the St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lynn for their efforts in helping a disadvantaged family in the city acquire much-needed automotive repairs.  read more ...

The first project for the DACS students this week was putting together birthday baskets, which contain everything you need to throw a birthday bash. The baskets aren't just for fun, however. Students are donating them to the St. Vincent de Paul Society for people less fortunate. read more ...

Two Northeast Valley elementary schools held canned-food drives to celebrate the 100th day of school last week. read more ...

Have you heard of St. Vincent de Paul Society? It was Andre Ampere’s devotion at daily Mass that inspired a young Frédéric Ozanam to devote himself more earnestly to his Catholic Faith. read more ...

More recently, the youth Frederic Ozanam founded the St. Vincent de Paul Conferences at the age of 20.  read more ...

Vision/mission statement: The International Youth Committee (“IYC”) will serve and support youth conferences worldwide; act as a link between CGI and national youth delegates; and promote best practices in youth conferences.  read more ...

The International Youth Committee (“IYC”) met at the International General Council in Paris, France for the first IYC meeting in December 13 – 18, 2008. read more ...

We want to wish each one of you a blessed and meaningful Christmas. The hope, desire, and yearning for every Christian soul is that on Christmas day Christ will be born again in our hearts. read more ...