St Vincent's Support Centre in Leeds wins the first ever Jo Cox Compassionate City Award

St Vincent's Support Centre wins the Jo Cox Compassionate City Award

Our St Vincent's Support Centre in Leeds has won the first ever Jo Cox Award for the life changing work of its volunteers and staff in helping the community in Leeds every day through its and in Leeds...

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Papal Audience with the global Vincentian Family

"Adore, Pray and Go". Vincentians should share God’s love with action and service - Pope Francis's message to the Global Vincentian Family, given at his Audience in St Peter's Square on October, by...

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Vincentian Family International Symposium

This year members of the Vincentian Family celebrate 400 years of the Vincentian charism through participation in four common projects: the pilgrimage of the relic of the heart of Saint Vincent; to an...

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Faith into Action - a profile of SVP President-elect Helen O'Shea

Helen O'Shea will be the 19th National President of the St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP) in England and Wales when she takes up the mantle from Adrian Abel this November.In a profile written for her...

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Vincentian Heart Speaks Unto Heart at The Passage

On a hazy Tuesday morning in July Fr Padraig Ryan, a Catholic chaplain at the homelessness charity The Passage, invites SVP Senior Media and Communications Officer, Anita Boniface to attend a small...

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Welcome the Stranger: SVP National Meeting in the Press

The SVP's contribution to the Vincentian Family's celebrations to mark 400 years of Vincentian charism took place with a well attended National Meeting and Mass in Liverpool on 23 and the keynote and...

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New National President Elect for SVP

A new national president elect for the SVP in England and Wales has been announced. Helen O’Shea, a member of the SVP at St Joan of Arc’s Conference in Highbury, London, will take up the Adrian in...

Cardinal Vincent Nichols praises the SVP

Catholic Leader praises work of SVP

Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Catholic leader in England and Wales and patron of the SVP, has praised the Society's 10,000 members for their work with people who are vulnerable.The Cardinal said: the SVP...

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David

Donor

David Allman is a Friend of the SVP, making regular donations to support our work with vulnerable people. David explains why he chose the I...

Inspiring 11 year old boy brings a little comfort to the homeless this winter

Finn Collins, 11, from Whitstable has come up with a great idea to help the homeless cope with the cold this winter. While looking through SVP cold weather packs - known as Vinnie Packs – that was a...

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