SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL CENTRAL COUNCIL OF PITTSBURGH

INSPIRED BY GOSPEL VALUES, THE SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL, A CATHOLIC LAY ORGANIZATION, LEADS WOMEN/MEN TO JOIN TOGETHER TO GROW SPIRITUALLY BE OFFERING PERSON-TO-PERSON SERVICE TO THE NEEDY AND SUFFERING. ORGANIZED LOCALLY, VINCENTIANS WITNESS GOD'S LOVE BY EMBRACING ALL WORKS OF CHARITY AND JUSTICE AND COLLABORATE WITH OTHER PEOPLE OF GOOD WILL IN RELIEVING NEED AND ADDRESSING ITS CAUSES MAKING NO DISTINCTION IN THOSE SERVED.THE ORGANIZATION OFFERS TANGIBLE ASSISTANCE TO THOSE IN NEED ON A PERSON TO PERSON BASIS. IT IS THIS PERSONALIZED INVOLVMENT THAT MAKES THE WORK OF THE SOCIETY UNIQUE. THIS AID MAY TAKE THE FORM OF INTERVENTION, CONSULTATION, OR OFTEN THROUGH DIRECT DOLLAR OR IN-KIND SERVICE. AN ESSENTIAL PRECEPT OF THE ORGANIZATION'S WORK IS TO PROVIDE HELP WHILE CONSCIENTIOUSLY MAINTAINING THE CONFIDENTIALITY AND DIGNITY OF THOSE WHO ARE SERVED. NO WORK OF CHARITY IS FOREIGN TO THE ORGANIZATION. TO QUOTE OUR PATRON, ST. VINCENT DE PAUL: "CHARITY IS INFINITELY INVENTIVE."