Tag: St Vincent de Paul Society

Fr Michael Meagher and parishioners at St Brendan’s and St Michael’s in Sydney’s inner west are dreaming big and putting plans in place to support the historic parish as a centre of evangelisation well into the future.

The St Vincent de Paul Society’s NSW CEO says an acute housing crisis and costs of living are forcing record numbers of people to seek help for the first time while the charity itself is under increasing financial pressure.

St Vincent de Paul Society announced the death of its NSW State President Mr Paul Burton after he entered eternal life on 12 May.

A transformative change of heart and mind is a fundamental aspect of the Christian worldview. The acceptance of an invitation towards transformation generated by spiritual reassessment is known as metanoia.

Teresa Trujillo is about as materially poor but spiritually rich as you can get. Lucky to weigh 50 kilograms and crippled by polio, the 61-year-old lives in crisis accommodation in a rough slice of upmarket inner-city Sydney.

Sam Ali never thought he would be sleeping on a pile of clothes in emergency housing at 60. After a lifetime working long hours in the food industry, COVID hit hard and he fell behind on the rent for his inner-city kebab shop.

If you ask Arthur Doumit how many days a week he volunteers with the St Vincent de Paul Society, he laughs and says about nine. Such is the need in his Auburn parish, the 76-year-old retired payroll manager “works” most days in the community and has no plans of slowing down anytime soon.

The Catholic ethos of the St Vincent de Paul Society is “not history but is really alive today,” freshly-minted NSW chief executive Yolanda Saiz believes. She is stepping into the role as the charity launches a major focus on vulnerable communities, which are harder to reach amid historic demand on its services.

The St Vincent de Paul Society’s newly-elected national president says it will stay true to the vision of its Catholic founders and will not...

The world’s largest social fundraising platform has announced a ground-breaking partnership with an Australian Catholic agency to assist with the rising cost of living. In...

Our charities are besieged by increasingly stressed Australians desperate for assistance Charities are seeing record numbers of first-time clients and are giving away increasing amounts...

The St Vincent de Paul Society has elected a replacement for its suspended NSW State Council President, Peter McNamara, despite an active appeal and concerns by members about the manner of his suspension.