The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is a lay Catholic organization whose mission is to live the Gospel message by serving Christ in the poor with love, respect, justice and joy.
As Vincentians, this implies that we:
In 1833, Frederick Ozanam, a law student in Paris, was shocked when he saw the squalid conditions in which the poor were living. He organized a small group of students into a society dedicated to serving the poor: Read more
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150 years of flourishing in the faith!
We will share a year of notable events.
Our focus will center on the Liturgical, Social, Evangelization and fun aspects of our parish.
By Florence O’Neill
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have Read more
The St. Vincent de Paul Society was started by seven university students in Paris, France about 160 years ago.
They started the group as a result of discussions in university and in response to the poverty they observed around Read more
If you only drink bottled water – Are you sure you know all the facts about bottled water?
Check out this presentation on bottled water. It might just make you think twice!
This year D&P will be focusing on the Food Crisis. With the economic slowdown many more people will go hungry especially in the global south. D&P with it’s partner organizations, including the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, will be promoting the Read more
Fair Trade Coffee maintains an equitable partnership with their producer cooperatives, assisting them to invest in the further development of their communities and businesses.
In the words of Don Domingo, President, La Voz, Guatemala – “The premiums earned in Read more
D & P raised 1.8 million dollars to aid the more than one million people left homeless by the cyclone that hit Myanmar (Burma) on May 2, 2008.
The Canadian government agency CIDA matched 1.66 million of this amount. Read more