If you are interested in joining Sacred Heart St. Vincent de Paul, there is no membership fee. All you need is a sincere desire to help the poor and a concern for the welfare of those in need. To apply for membership, click here.

Sacred Heart Conference Leadership
President:  Rolla Hermann
Vice President:  Bill Ehm
Treasurer:  Ann Clary
Secretary:  Mary Brackett
Treasurer:  Ann Clary
Spiritual Director:  Chuck Korte

For more information about our Conference or to request help for someone please contact the Parish office or send an email to:  rollaman63@gmail.com

Mission of St. Vincent de Paul

As one of the oldest charitable organizations in the world, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVdP) is a Catholic lay organization of about 800,000 men and women throughout 150 countries on five continents around the world.   The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is composed of women and men who seek their personal holiness through works of charity.  

Please join us at our next monthly meeting to share faith, fellowship and learn how we can help those in need within our parish and community.  See calendar below for Meeting Dates.









Meals From the Heartland
Packaging Event
October 2018








Current News

St Vincent de Paul Sock Drive
St Vincent de Paul Society is hosting a Sock Drive!  Can you imagine getting dressed on these chilly mornings and not having socks?  Did you know that socks are the most requested item of those in need?

After Masses on October 27-28 and November 3-4, we will be collecting new socks for the needy in a drop off box in the Gathering Space.   We would appreciate socks for all ages. 
Please help us collect socks for our Holiday Gift Baskets and for those coming to our Thrift Stores and Food Pantry!

Congratulations to Chuck Korte!!!!
Sacred Heart Parishioner, and St Vincent de Paul member is the new District President of St. Vincent de Paul.  Chuck will lead all Vincentians to continue to look at every encounter with our fellow-man as an opportunity to share a spark of the divine fire as we walk with them in their daily challenges.

HOLIDAY PEEK-A-BOO SALE
We invite you to attend the St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store festive Holiday Peek-A-Boo Sale.  Get first pick of their fabulous selection of ugly sweaters and Mary Jo’s Christmas Décor, enjoy seasonal refreshments and sign up to win door prizes.

Date and Time:  Friday, November 2 from 5:30-7:30 pm
Admission:  $10.00 per adult and children 12 and under are free
Tickets:  space is limited so stop in at either SVdP location/ 1426 6^th Avenue or 520 Army Post Road to purchase tickets today!
Proceeds support the programs and mission of St Vincent de Paul: “to help those in need become self-sufficient through education, community connectedness, and unconditional support”.  For more information about St Vincent de Paul visit: svdpdsm.org


 

Monthly Calendar of Events Volunteer Opportunities
For more information on any of the items listed below please click on the events themselves and you will be directed to a new page. 

 

*Since being established in Des Moines in 1924, the main focus of St. Vincent de Paul’s work is to assist those living in poverty become self-sufficient by removing barriers to success.  The Des Moines Council operates two thrift stores, two social services departments, two food pantries and an education center.  In 2017 over 102,000 clients were served with education, food, clothing, furniture, financial assistance, and childwatch.

*Blessed Frederic Ozanam was founder of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. Frederic was a husband and father, professor and servant of the poor. He founded the Society of St. Vincent de Paul as a young student with others of the Sorbonne in Paris. Sister Rosalie Rendu, a Daughter of Charity, is considered a mentor of Frederic and of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul as she taught the first members the art of helping the poor and the sick. Frederic's writings on social justice anticipated the first social encyclical of our modern times, Rerum Novarum.