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The
Society of Saint Vincent de Paul
Our
Mission
The
society of Saint Vincent de Paul is a Christian lay voluntary organisation,
working with the poor and disadvantaged .Inspired by our principal founder, Frederick
Ozanam, and our patron, St Vincent de Paul, we seek to respond to the call every
Christian receives to bring the love of Christ to those we serve in the spirit
of the gospel message:
"I
was hungry and you gave me to eat"
(Matt.25)
No
work of charity is foreign to the Society. We are involved in a diverse range of
activities characterised by:
Support
& Friendship : Through person to person contact, we are committed to
respecting the dignity of those we assist and thus to foster their self-respect.
In the provision of material and other
support, we assure confidentiality at all times and endeavor to establish relationships
based on trust and friendship.
Promoting
Self-Sufficiency: We believe it is not enough to provide
short-term material support. Those we serve must also be helped to achieve
self-sufficiency in the long term and the sense of self-worth this
provides. When the problems we encounter are beyond our competence, we build
bridges of support with others more specialised.
Working
for Social Justice: We are committed to identifying the root causes of
poverty and social injustice in Ireland, and in solidarity with the poor and
disadvantaged, to advocate and work for the changes required to create a more
just and caring society.
Castlebar
Area Council
094
-23207
email
- cbarvdp@eircom.net
Working with those in
need for over 80 years
Assistance to
families: Money Advice and budgeting service.
Help for
Children:
Social
and Sheltered Housing: St Martins, Garryduff, Castlebar
Special
visits: Sacred Hart Hospital and Mayo General Hospital
Special
Services: Women's Refuge, Breaffy Road, Castlebar
Retail
shop: SuperValu Shopping
Center. Castlebar.
Furniture
Store: Pavilion Road. Castlebar.
Society
of Saint De Paul
An
epidemic of cholera in Paris in 1832 killing hundreds of people each day. A
young student Frederic Ozanam walking through the Mouffetard Quarter of Paris
soon became deeply moved at the plight of the families who had been left without
any support of their breadwinner because of the epidemic of cholera. In
April 1833 Frederic Ozanam and some colleagues set up the first Conference
and decided to take St Vincent de Paul (1581-1660) as their patron because of his
caring attitude and charitable work. It wasn't long before the good citizens of
Paris took note of the charitable work of the students and the membership grew
to over one hundred and became necessary to split the conference into three
separate units and other conferences set up in other parishes around Paris. In
the first ten years the society had spread to 48 other cities in France and
Italy and a membership of 9,000 members. Some years later the society reached
Ireland and England and eventually spread to the United States of America. In
Ireland today there are over 1,000 Conferences and over 12,000
members. The Holy
Rosary Conference Castlebar, was founded in 1920
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