St. Vincent de Paul

St. Vincent de Paul is a Catholic-based volunteer lay organization that provides spiritual, financial, and material assistance to people in need in Hartland and the surrounding areas. Special emphasis is placed on personal, one-on-one charitable service through home visits. Provided aid includes rent, utilities, food, clothes, and household goods as well as referral to other services, agencies, or professional services.  

St. Charles’ St. Vincent de Paul Conference members annually make approximately 100 home visits and serve over 300 clients in need. Members also make hospital visits, prison visits, and eldercare visits in addition to volunteering at the SVdP thrift stores, participating at the District Council ministries, and servicing the St. Charles Food Pantry. Each year, donations to SVdP tend to exceed $80,000, which is nearly entirely returned back to the community.  Less than 1% of donations are spent on administrative costs. Generous gifts from St. Charles parishioners in the St. Vincent de Paul poor boxes and donations through the mail make it possible to help the needy in this area.  

To become a part of St. Vincent de Paul, contact parishioner and President Dave Race at 262-367-0800. For more information about St. Vincent de Paul, visit the SVDP website.