On Saturday, October 30 2021, another Talk Show with the President General will be held at 10 am (local time in Brasilia, Brazil). The Talk Show will be broadcast live on Ozanam TV (Facebook) in Portuguese with translation into...
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Our Table View Conference in the Western Cape reports a busy year of activities aimed at alleviating the plight of the poor and hungry.
The Ballito Conference has been really busy throughout the past year, packing food parcels, distributing blankets and serving meals.
700 children are signed up and are borrowing books from the Hotspot Library which is named after the area in which they live. In the winter months, soup is served to the children. We assist with financial support, books...
Alleviating hunger remains our top priority. Apart from packing and distributing food parcels the Conference also supports 30 Soup Kitchens in the area which feed between 100-150 people per day.
In celebration of the month of the Feasts of Saint Vincent de Paul and Blessed Frederic Ozanam, the youth portfolio hosted a professional branding and CV development workshop focusing on the effective use of LinkedIn.
The Society of St Vincent de Paul is active in many parishes around the world. But who was the saint after whom the society is named? Günther Simmermacher tells the story.
September not only heralds Spring, but is a significant month in the Vincentian calendar, with two special festivals to commemorate.
To all the women in our Society of St Vincent de Paul, I send warm Vincentian greetings. Today, 14 August 2021, we celebrate the second International SSVP Women’s Day, set up in 2020, on the 200th anniversary of the...
After ongoing lockdowns forced us to abandon our soup kitchen, SSVP members in Nigel decided to distribute sandwiches instead. Every Tuesday for the past 12 months, they have prepared 90 sandwiches with butter, cheese and polony and served parking...