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About Us

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul

A brief history and current view of the world's largest lay Catholic charitable group.

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Our council office and thrift store location:

697 SW Biltmore Street

Port Saint Lucie, Florida 34983

772-344-1341

Hours:

Monday- Sat: 9AM - 3PM

Sun: Closed

District Council of the Treasure Coast Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, Inc.:

A Registered 501(c) 3 Charitable Organization

MONIQUE HOLMES, PRESIDENT

CAROLINE SCHIFFGENS, V. PRESIDENT

MIKE DRISCOLL, TREASURER

Bonnie Schulaner, SECRETARY

DONALD SCHIFFGENS, PROJECT MGR

KAREN CASHEN, BOARD MEMBER

LOUISE KELLY, BOARD MEMBER

BONNIE SCHULANER, BOARD MEMBER

THERESA RICHARDSON, BOARD MEMBER

CARL MICHALSKI, BOARD MEMBER

Governance

Our Bylaws.pdf (PDF — 8 MB)

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul offers women and men the opportunity for spiritual formation through person-to-person service to the poor and needy. Vincentians seek out the poor and forgotten regardless of religion, race, or national origin. The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul seeks long term solutions for the poor. Saint Vincent de Paul is as an advocate for legislative and social change to the injustice that afflicts those without a voice, the suffering, the helpless, and the forgotten. www.voiceofthepoor.org

The mission of Saint Vincent de Paul reaches out to 142 countries on five continents. In the U.S. there are currently 172,000 vincentians serving 4600 communities. In the 2010/2011 fiscal year Saint Vincent de Paul provided over $300 million in direct aid and over $100 million of in kind goods and services to 15 million people across our country.

During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021 Saint Vincent de Paul provided $342,711 in direct aid to 5,457 people. Our members donated 5,834 hours of their personal time and made 1,767 visits to homes and prisons, etc. Volunteers drove 10,784 miles to serve our neighbors in need. Our thrift store volunteers donated 3,379 hours to produce $220,839 in store revenues to support our conferences. Thank you for helping us help others!

MISSION STATEMENT:

Inspired by Gospel values, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, a Catholic lay organization, leads women and men to join together to grow spiritually by offering person-to-person service to those who are needy and suffering in the tradition of its founder, Blessed Frederic Ozanam, and patron, St. Vincent de Paul. As a reflection of the whole family of God, Members, who are known as Vincentians, are drawn from every ethnic and cultural background, age group, and economic level. Vincentians are united in an international society of charity by their spirit of poverty, humility and sharing, which is nourished by prayer and reflection, mutually supportive gatherings and adherence to a basic Rule. Organized locally, Vincentians witness God's love by embracing all works of charity and justice. The Society collaborates with other people of good will in relieving need and addressing its causes, making no distinction in those served because, in them, Vincentians see the face of Christ.

"No Work of Charity is Foreign to the Society"

YOUR DONATIONS OF MONEY, FOOD, CLOTHING, FURNITURE OR VEHICLES WILL ALLOW US TO DO EVEN MORE. (Please see the "donations" page).

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