Living our Mission
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September 27 is the Feast Day of St. Vincent de Paul, our parish patron saint!
“It is not sufficient for me to love God if Ido not love my neighbor. I belong to God andto the poor.” St Vincent de PaulSt. Vincent de Paul is known as the patron saint of charities because he helped found religious orders to serve the spiritual and material needs of the poor. He established hospitals, orphanages, and homes for the mentally ill and devoted his last years serving prisoners and slaves.
Come and celebrate St. Vincent de Paul’s feast day on Sept. 27 by attending Mass at 8 AM in the church. You may also live out the spirit of St. Vincent de Paul by praying, donating and volunteering.
We are proud to say that our parishioners live out the spirit of our patron saint throughout the entire year. It does not matter if help is needed in our own building, across the street, across the city, across the country, our internationally. Our parishioners are willing to spread the love of Jesus as they Know, Love and Serve the Lord!
St. Vincent de Paul our parish:Provided 1987 gifts for the 2016 Giving Tree project
Distributed 30 food baskets at Thanksgiving and Christmas
Provides a monthly meal at Sharing and Caring Hands
Helped pack 579,984 meals in 2016-17 with twice monthly crews at Feed My Starving Children
350 parishioners participated in annual NW Metro Mobilepack for FMSC helping pack 1,645,970 meals
Two annual food drives collect about 5.5 tons of food
Parishioners donate $50,000 plus yearly to special second collections for local charities
Provides assistance for individuals in needProvide financial assistance for youth to attend youth group events, faith formation.
Provide tuition assistance for our parish school students through the Blessings Fund.
More than 100 parishioners sponsor BIZAA children
Plus all the charitable work of the CCW, Knights of Columbus, Men’s Group and individual parishioners’ works of charity
Our parish school students also:7th & 8th grade students completed more than 1000 hours of service last yearh
4th grade students serve our seniors at the monthly senior lunch
The student body collectes socks for Mary’s Place in Minneapolis
Our Green Team led the way in recycling for our parish
Provide treats, holiday cheer, cards, or visits to Steeple Point Senior Living each month.
Our faith formation students also:Participate in Operation Rice Bowl during Lent and the FMSC Mobilepack
Collect toiletries for those in need
"Every single day the Catholic Church feeds, houses, and clothes more people, takes care of more sick people, visits more prisoners, and educates more people than any other institution on the face of the earth could ever hope to.”
Rediscover Catholicism by Matthew Kelly
Be proud of all the good work our parishioners at St. Vincent de Paul do, and also all the good work the Catholic Church does throughout the world, every single day!Locally: Catholic Charities of St. Paul and Minneapolis has served the poor and vulnerable in our community for over 145 years and is the largest comprehensive social service nonprofit in the Twin Cities region. They provided 450,000 nights of housing and shelter and served over one million meals to those living in poverty, as well as providing mental health, children’s, refugee, pregnancy, and parenting services.
Internationally: Catholic Relief Services--Catholics of the United States serving the world’s poorIn 2016 CRS worked with 1, 819 partners in 112 countries to serve 121 million people in emergency, health care and agricultural projects.