Saint Vincent de Paul Society

The Immaculate Conception conference of the Saint Vincent de Paul Society provides individuals and families with either rent or utility assistance. Volunteers conduct telephone intake interviews at the parish offices downtown and schedule home visits to those who ask for assistance. At Thanksgiving Saint Vincent de Paul members also assemble and distribute food baskets to those in need. Currently there are eleven volunteers who focus primarily on residents of Central City and the Lower Garden District. Additional volunteers and material assistance are always welcome.

Volunteers are needed by the St. Vincent de Paul Society to visit and write vouchers for people who live within our parish boundaries for food, clothing, and sometimes furniture. Two members of the group meet with the individual or family, listen to their problems, Social Justice Committee and provide the appropriate assistance. Volunteers also go to Ozanam Inn one Sunday every other month to cook and feed lunch to approximately 300 homeless people. Volunteers also create Thanksgiving baskets to be given to the needy in Blessed Sacrament parish. In addition, volunteers organize an annual Christmas gift drive by erecting a Christmas tree and decorating it with ornaments that have the names of needy children on them. Parishioners are encouraged to take an ornament and purchase a gift. Volunteers collect the gifts and deliver them to the named children. Membership is open to any interested parishioner, and members meet on the first Sunday of every month after the 8:00 a.m. Mass.