WHO ARE WE?
The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul is an International lay Catholic organization whose mission is: To live the Gospel message by serving Christ in the poor with love, respect, justice and joy. The Mission implies that as Vincentians, we see Christ in anyone who suffers, come together as a family, have personal contact with the poor and help in all possible ways.
Members of the Society are committed to turning concern into action. The primary goal and purpose of the Society is to serve and to minister to all the poor without making any distinctions of creed, ethnicity, social background, health, gender, or political opinions, and to promote their dignity in accordance with Christian values and the philosophy of the Society as expressed in the rules that govern our organization.
Essentially, we are a group of people whose goal is to help our neighbours in need.
Many parish communities have an SVP chapter, and the Cristo Rei Parish community is no different. Our conference is made up of lay persons/volunteers who yearn to fulfil their Christian faith by serving our neighbours in need with love and care. We strive to achieve the goals of this International organization within our community.
Interested in joining us? Click on the photo of St. Vincent de Paul!
What we do
Being an international organization, we provide maximum assistance by caring for the immediate needs of the poor. We also come together as one big family to provide support to conferences around the parish/province/country/globally that do not have sufficient funds or resources.
The Vincentians at Cristo Rei Parish conduct home visits (pre-pandemic) and provide food vouchers or grocery gift cards to our neighbors in need (curb side drop off during pandemic). In addition we have summer camps for both boys and girls (pre-pandemic). Often, we host food and toiletry drives to help out those in the community as well.
Christmastime is perhaps the most important time of the year for us. We spend our time caroling and putting on Nativity plays at senior homes, hosting large breakfast events, and more of the like.
We are constantly looking for ways to expand our reach and make a bigger impact on our community.
