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St Vincent de Paul in New Zealand - 150 yrs

For 150 years Conferences and Councils of the Society in New Zealand have acquired, documented and preserved the Society’s most important works through articles, minutes, reports and photographs.Our 150th Anniversary in 2017 celebrates the Society’s achievements and pays tribute to pioneer Vincentians who performed their charitable works despite adverse personal and economic hardships by adherence to the spirit of the Society and love of neighbour. The fire in 1981 at the building in Woodwar...

An Advent Story

Two sisters Maggie and Emily from Good Shepard School Auckland arrived at the Kingsland St Vincent de Paul Centre with close to 30 wrapped gifts for children.They had learnt how some children would go without gifts at Christmas so they set their minds to fundraising. Through numerous bake sales they managed to raise over $300 and then went out with their parents to purchase and wrap all the gifts.The story that followed...About 5 minutes after they left, a young mother of two arrived with her li...

McDonalds joins forces with St Vinnies to feed city's poor

The 60 hungry mouths waiting outside St Vincent de Paul in Frankton today were expecting their usual hot lunch. Instead, they were greeted by McDonalds Greenwood St staff who served up burgers, fries and Happy Meals.Having met with St Vincent de Paul Waikato general manager Mike Rolton, McDonalds franchisees Mark and Debi Rush decided they wanted to get behind the organisation."We met Mike when we were part of The Hits Toy Run last year and then, about a month ago when we were looking to support...

Pope greets Vincentians

Bishop Owen Dolan, Coadjutor Bishop of Palmerston North, is pictured with Pope Francis, pointing out to him the presence of the St Vincent de Paul group at the General Audience, just 50 metres away.  The photo shows the Pope acknowledging the group with a wave.  Bishop Dolan was at the International Assembly of the Society of St Vincent de Paul, held in Rome 3- 5 June 2016. There were National Presidents from well over 100 countries present at the Assembly.  New Zealand ...

Holiday Home Conference of St Joseph, Picton

This holiday house is made available for the use of families in need: Either recovering from mental or physical illness, people under stress or pressure, or those in need of help through financial difficulties. In the main, people who qualify for the use of the house would, for one reason or another, not be able to have a holiday otherwise.The house is made available only through direct representation from a conference of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. In order to qualify for the use of the...

Election of the new International President of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (SSVP)

On Sunday, June 5th 2016, all the National Presidents of countries where the society is present in the world met in order to elect their new International President for the following six years. This Sunday Renato Lima de Oliveira was elected new International President of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, succeeding Michael Thio. In the coming weeks, the main task for the new Brazilian President shall be to name the members of his new administrative body and, together with his new team,...