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“Ending homelessness, one person at a time.”

ABOUT US

In 2008, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul celebrates its 175th anniversary internationally, as well our 155th anniversary in Louisville, KY.

HISTORY

The world’s largest Catholic lay charitable organization serving the poor, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul was founded in France in 1833. Frederic Ozanam was an idealistic, 20-year-old college student when he first implored his friends to join him in a noble mission: “We must do what Jesus did when preaching the Gospel,” he said. “Let us go to the poor.”

Today, more than 700,000 Society members, known as Vincentians, serve people in need on five continents. Here in Louisville, more than 1,400 volunteers and 48 affiliated parish conferences minister to the needy throughout Central Kentucky and Southern Indiana. In Louisville, St. Vincent de Paul serves more than 6,000 people every year.

LINKS

Society of St. Vincent de Paul, USA

www.svdpusa.org

Society of St. Vincent de Paul International

www.ozanet.org

Coalition for the Homeless, Louisville, KY

www.homelesscoal.org

Homeless & Housing Coalition of Kentucky

http://www.hhck.org

National Coalition for the Homeless

www.nationalhomeless.org

National Alliance to End Homelessness

www.endhomelessness.org

LOUISVILLE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Dave Higgins, Chairman, Brown-Forman (Retired)

John Poole, Vice President, Veredus Asset Management LLC

Bill Heintzman, Secretary, General Electric (Retired)

Larry Mehlbauer, Treasurer, University of Louisville (Retired)

Tom Nelson, Assistant Treasurer, J. T. Nelson Company (Retired)

Jim Carrico, Wells Fargo

Tim Condon, Brown-Forman

Scott Haner, Yum Brands, Inc.

John Hanks, Stock Yards Bank & Trust

John Huckestein, Pitts Burgers, Inc.

Paul Kopey, General Electric (Retired)

Irv Lambert, National Association of Letter Carriers (Retired)

Bill Rothwell, University of Louisville (Retired)

Dick Scherrer, Purnell Sausage Company

Harold Shoaf, Professional Healthcare Consulting (Semi-Retired)

Jim Smith, Smith & Smith Attorneys

Gene Snowden, Brandeis Machinery & Supply Company

Bill Spath, Auto Electric Service Company (Retired)

Louis Straub, Attorney

Debbie Wheatley

EMPLOYMENT

For employment opportunities with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, please contact Kay Bennett, Human Resources Manager, at (502) 301-8693; kbennett@svdplou.org.

ORGANIZATION

Our mission is to help the needy in countless ways, primarily through one-on-one contact of our volunteers with children, families and the homeless. We accomplish this mission through parish- and community-based groups called Conferences. Those Conferences are listed below.

ST. AGNES

1920 Newburg Road

(502) 451-2220

 

ST. ALBERT THE GREAT

1395 Girard Drive

(502) 425-3940

 

ST. ALOYSIUS

212 Mt. Mercy Drive

(502) 241-8452

 

ST. CECILIA

338 N. 25th Street

(502) 772-3694

 

CHRIST THE KING

718 S. 44th Street

(502) 778-5055

 

CHURCH OF OUR LADY

3511 Rudd Avenue

(502) 776-4666

 

ST. CLEMENT

5431 Johnsontown Road

(502) 937-5920

 

ST. DENIS

4205 Cane Run Road

(502) 448-2961

 

ST. DOMINIC (Springfiled)

303 West Main Street

(859) 336-3569

 

ST. EDWARD

9608 Sue Helen Drive

(502) 267-7494

 

ST. ELIZABETH / ST. THERESE

1020 E. Burnett Avenue

(502) 636-3706

 

ST. FRANCES XAVIER

(Mt. Washington)

155 Stringer Lane

(502) 964-5904

 

ST. GABRIEL

5505 Bardstown Road

(502) 239-5481

 

GUARDIAN ANGELS

6000 Preston Highway

(502) 968-5421

 

ST. HELEN

4005 Dixie Highway

(502) 448-4008

 

HOLY FAMILY (Louisville)

3926 Poplar Level Road

(502) 459-6066

 

HOLY FAMILY (Indiana)

129 W. Daisy Lane

ST. RITA

8709 Preston Highway

(502) 969-4579

 

ST. STEPHEN MARTYR

1000 English Avenue

(502) 635-5888

 

ST. ANTHONY PADUA (Indiana)

316 N. Sherwood Avenue

(812) 282-2290

 

ST. ATHANASIUS

5915 Outer Loop

(502) 969-3332

 

ST. AUGUSTINE (Lebanon)

235 S. Spalding Avenue

(270) 692-3019

(812) 944-8283

 

HOLY NAME

2914 S. Third Street

(502) 637-2058

 

HOLY SPIRIT

3345 Lexington Road

(502) 893-3982

 

HOLY TRINITY

501 Cherrywood Road

(502) 897-5207

 

IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY

1545 S. 34th Street

(502) 774-5772

 

ST. IGNATIUS MARTYR

1816 Rangeland Road

(502) 496-5904

 

ST. JAMES (Elizabethtown)

307 W. Dixie Avenue

(270) 765-6268

 

ST. JEROME

903 Fairdale Road

 

ST. JOSEPH TRI-PARISH (Indiana)

312 E. High Street

(812) 738-2742

 

ST. LAWRENCE

1925 Lewiston Drive

(502) 448-2122

 

ST. LEONARD

440 Zorn Avenue

(502) 897-2595

 

ST. MARTHA

2825 Klondike Lane

(502) 491-8535

 

ST. MARY’S (Indiana)

415 E. Eighth Street

(812) 944-0417

 

OUR LADY HELP OF CHRISTIANS

13512 Dixie Highway

(502) 937-1818

 

ST. TIMOTHY

10300 Lower River Road

(502) 937-1238

 

TRANSFIGURATION (Goshen)

1620 S. Highway 1793

(502) 228-8665

 

ST. BRIGID/ST. JAMES

1520 Hepburn Avenue

(502) 584-5565

 

ST. BRIGID/ST. CHRISTOPHER (Radcliff)

1225 S. Wilson Road

(270) 351-3934

 

CATHEDRAL OF

THE ASSUMPTION

433 S. Fifth Street

(502) 582-2971

 

ST. JOSEPH TRI-PARISH (Indiana)

312 E. High Street

(812) 738-2742

 

ST. LAWRENCE

1925 Lewiston Drive

(502) 448-2122

 

ST. LEONARD

440 Zorn Avenue

(502) 897-2595

 

ST. MARTHA

2825 Klondike Lane

(502) 491-8535

 

ST. MARY’S (Indiana)

415 E. Eighth Street

(812) 944-0417

 

OUR LADY HELP OF CHRISTIANS

13512 Dixie Highway

(502) 937-1818

 

10801 Deering Road

(502) 937-2100

 

OUR LADY MOUNT CARMEL

5505 New Cut Road

(502) 366-5651

 

OUR LADY PERPETUAL HELP (Campbellsville)

425 N. Central Avenue

(270) 465-4282

 

OUR LADY PERPETUAL HELP (Indiana)

1752 Scheller

(812) 944-1184

 

OUR MOTHER OF SORROWS

747 Harrison Avenue

(502) 637-7442

 

ST. PAUL

6901 Dixie Highway

(502) 935-1223

 

ST. RAPHAEL THE ARCHANGEL

2141 Lancashire Avenue

(502) 458-2500

 

ST. WILLIAM

1226 W. Oak Street

(502) 635-6307

 

TRI-PARISH OF THE KNOBS (Indiana)

8663 Rufing

(812) 923-9575