One of the most important achievements of the current mandate of the Council General International was the purchase of the new general headquarters in Paris (France).
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
2021-2022 International Structure and Organizational Chart of the SSVP General Council
The new Structure and organizational chart of the of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SSVP) Council General International is presented for the next biennium of the presidency of Renato Lima de Oliveira.
2020 Activity Report of the SSVP General Council
The Council General International (CGI) of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (SSVP) is pleased to publish an overview of the activities undertaken by the CGI in 2020.
Circular Letter of the 16th President General of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul
We are very much pleased to present to you the Annual Circular Letter of Bro. Renato Lima de Oliveira, the 16th President General of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul. The publication of the Circular Letter is a tradition in the SSVP, which allows the President...
2nd SSVP Youth International Meeting, June 2018 in Spain
General theme of the meeting: Young Vincentians as leaders of the present and the future of the SSVP. Bible reflection: "You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last." (John 15, 16) An important part...
Liberia: New Country Joining the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul
It is with great pleasure that we announce that, after several missionary visits and a demanding programme of formation, the Society of St Vincent de Paul has been officially established in LIBERIA. Last August, representatives of the Council General International...
SSVP President General visits United States of America this January
Between January 14 and 20, 2018, our brother Renato Lima de Oliveira, 16th President General of SSVP, will be traveling through the United States to fulfil an extensive institutional agenda, visiting Conferences, special works and Councils. On days 14 and 15, Renato...
December 2017 Issue of “Ozanam Network” is Now Available
Every trimester, the International General Council of the SSVP publishes its edition of the newsletter "Ozanam Network." The December 2017 edition is now available, with 16 pages. Some highlighted articles: "Christmas greeting from President General Renato Lima;"...
Get to know “Federico Ozanam” Children’s Village of Perú
For more than 40 years, the Children's Village "Federico Ozanam" (VIFO), a center dependent on the Society of St. Vincent de Paul of Peru, offers homes to children in extreme poverty, in orphanages or abandoned, or away from their biological families for various...
The SSVP International President General visits Belgium and the Netherlands
From December 5-9, our fellow member Renato Lima de Oliveira, 16th President General, made an institutional visit to two European countries: Belgium (with 320 Vincentian Conferences) and the Netherlands (with 60 Conferences). In both countries, the President visited...
Attacking the Real Causes of Misery
In 1848, on the occasion of the celebration of the General Assembly of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Paris, at the celebration of the 15th anniversary of its foundation, brother Antoine Frederic Ozanam, at the request of the then General President (Adolphe...
In Quebec (Canada), the SSVP Encourages the Students to Stay in School with “Opération Bonne Mine”
In looking at the statistics showing that children living under the low-income cut-off were more likely to drop out of school, the youth of the SSVP Regional Council of Quebec (Canada) decided in 1985, to launch an initiative called “the Service of Aid to Young...
