Cross Catholic Outreach

Delivering food, shelter, and hope to the poorest of the poor

Español
Delivering food, shelter and hope to the poorest of the poor.
  • Donate
  • Our Impact
  • Ways to Give
    • Give by Program
      • Greatest Needs
      • Food
      • Education
      • Water
      • Medical
      • Homes
      • Vulnerable Children
      • Elderly Care
      • Microenterprise
      • Disaster Relief
    • Give by Region
      • Africa
      • Asia
      • Caribbean
      • Latin America
      • South America
    • Monthly Giving
    • Greatest Needs
    • Major Gifts
      • Water For Life Kenya
      • Kobonal Mission
      • Transform Santa Rosa
      • Help Children Blossom
    • Planned Giving
    • Foundations and Other Grantmakers
  • Get Involved
    • Box of Joy®
    • Lent
    • Advent
    • Invite a Priest
    • Food Packing Events
    • Clergy & Diocese
    • Mission & Vision Trips
  • Church & School
  • Projects Catalog
    • Programs
      • Greatest Needs
      • Food
      • Education
      • Water
      • Medical
      • Homes
      • Vulnerable Children
      • Elderly Care
      • Microenterprise
      • Disaster Relief
    • Regions
      • Africa
      • Asia
      • Caribbean
      • Latin America
      • South America
  • About Us
    • Our Mission
    • Board and Leadership
    • Financials
    • What We Do
      • Food
      • Education
      • Housing
      • Disaster Relief
      • Vulnerable Children
      • Water
    • Where We Work
      • Ethiopia
      • Guatemala
      • Haiti
      • Honduras
      • Kenya
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Nicaragua
    • Stories and Updates
    • Careers
    • News Center
    • God in Our Office
    • Contact Us

St. Vincent de Paul

September 27, 2013 by Cross Catholic Blog

St. Vincent de Paul

This feast day of St. Vincent de Paul offers us a perfect opportunity to consider the topic of poverty and our role in bringing comfort and hope to those who suffer.

St. Vincent de Paul lived in eighteenth century France and saw all about him the needs of the poor and marginalized.  His desire was to help feed, shelter, and minister to the poorest of the poor at his time.  Much like what Cross Catholic Outreach desires to do today.

In order to care for the poor, he organized groups of lay people to gather the necessities of life and distribute food, clothing, and medicine to those in need.  Nearly every Catholic parish in the world today has a group known as the St. Vincent de Paul Society, which cares for the needs of the poor in their parish and beyond.

As men and women came to St. Vincent and wanted to do more, he formally organized two religious congregations, The Daughters of Charity, to care for the needs of the poor and do catechetical ministry, and the Vincentians, a congregation of religious men to provide for the poor and conduct seminary education so that parish priests could more adequately care for the needs of the poor in their midst.

Cross Catholic Outreach carries out its ministry to the poorest of the poor in the spirit of St. Vincent de Paul and many of the saints of the Church who have taught us how best to care for those in need.

-Father Ron Mrozinski

Filed Under: Feast Day, Saint Tagged With: Feast Day, saint, St. Vincent de Paul

Project Catalog

  • Greatest Needs
  • Food
  • Education
  • Water
  • Medical
  • Housing
  • Orphans and Vulnerable Children
  • Elderly Care
  • Microenterprise
  • Disaster Relief

Project Regions

  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Caribbean
  • Latin America
  • South America

Cross Catholic Outreach
2700 N. Military Trail, Suite 300
PO Box 273908
Boca Raton, Florida 33427-3908
800-914-2420
Cross Catholic Outreach is a 501(c)(3)
EIN 65-1156061

Audited Financial for Fiscal Year 2019

© 2020 Cross Catholic Outreach. All rights reserved.

 
Contact Us | Privacy Policy
Disclosure Statement

Copyright © 2021 · Enterprise Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in