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













See the photo album "Christmas 2018" on this page of Christmas Baskets and Operation Santa Clause. Both events were a smashing success!









Current News

 
Your Donations to the 5th Sunday Collections at Work!
Vincentians from Sacred Heart Church, Larry and Joyce Schmitz visited Casa Amparo orphanage in Reynosa Mexico about 15 years ago and were struck by the poverty and needs of the girls that were orphaned.  They shared their experience with their Sacred Heart Conference and we decided to become a benefactor to the orphanage and send monetary assistance quarterly.   

Their Christmas Card is attached.




St Vincent de Paul Sock Drive Success






Thank you to everyone who donated to our Sock Drive! As you can see our cart is overflowing!



 

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.