by John Freund, CM | Dec 14, 2010 | Vincentian Family
Your prayers are requested for Syd Tutton who died recently. Syd was National President of the St Vncent de Paul Society in Australia, and Board member as Vice-President of the International General Council Finance Accountability Commission. Syd’s funeral will...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 11, 2010 | Vincentian Family
The SVDP National Council of Slovenia has been awarded a 30.000 $US Start Up grant as part of the Vincentian Family’s Systemic Change Initiative(link no longer available)for their project “Reintegration Community” for the homeless and former addicts. The aim of...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 6, 2010 | Vincentian Family
The Toy Run 2010 marks the 16th year that St Vincent de Paul Society has been part of the Toy Run. Led by Santa up to 20,000 motor cyclists participating in the annual Run will make thisChristmas a happier time for thousands of children. Due to their generosity and...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 28, 2010 | Vincentian Family
t Vincent de Paul Society volunteer David Bresnik has been named the 2011 ACT Young Australian of the Year. In 2006 he was elected president of the ACT Vinnies Youth Conference coordinating and being the voice for the society’s youth programs Australia-wide, and...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 23, 2010 | Vincentian Family
Talk about making effective use of the media. A quick search of Google for the words Vincent de Paul Christmas Appeal revealed 9 of the first 10 were from the Society’s appeals in Australia. The other one was from the Salvation Army in the UK. The second result...
