ST. VINCENT DE PAUL
ST. JOHN EUDES CONFERENCE
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The St Vincent de Paul Society is a lay Catholic organization that aspires to live the gospel message by serving Christ in the poor with love, respect, justice, hope and joy, and by working to shape a more just and compassionate society.
WHO WE ARE
A Distinct Identity
Today, the Society is an international organization of volunteer Catholic women and men with more than 1,000,000 members in 142 countries, and a mission to seek and find the forgotten, the suffering or the deprived.
Members of the Society seek, in a spirit of justice and charity, to promote the dignity of the person and alleviate human suffering and distress, while correcting conditions that caused them.
Members are actively involved in providing person-to-person assistance to those in need, guided by the credo of No Act of Charity is Foreign to the Society
NEWS AND EVENTS
Bob Kent takes on role as new NSFV District President
On October 1, 2025, our very own Bob Kent, the president of St. John Eudes Conference, assumed the role of the new servant-leader of the North San Fernando Valley District after being elected during the prior District meeting. He is succeeding Chris Ranieri, the past president of St. John Eudes Conference and is currently the St. John Eudes Parish’s director of operations. The North San Fernando Valley District is composed of at least eleven (11) conferences. Let us thank Chris for his service to the district and let us all pray for Bob’s success as his success is ours and the neighbors-in-need we help as well. – PeterJ
10th Annual Friends of the Poor Walk
This year’s Friends of the Poor Walk was again a great success! It marked its 10th year. It was held on St. Vincent de Paul’s Feast Day, September 27, at the Johnny Carson Park in Burbank. All this was made possible by the concerted efforts of St. Finbar, St. John Eudes, Our Lady of Lourdes, Our Lady of Grace, and St. Elizabeth Conferences. The walk was participated in by the conference members, volunteers, friends and family, sponsors, and representatives from the Los Angeles Council.
The activity started with a short program that included talks from Mary, FOP Walk coordinator from St. Finbar Conference, and from Phil Wijmer, president of the Los Angeles Council. It was followed by the walk at the park itself with some overcast, morning drizzle, and the cool first-week-of-Fall weather that everybody got to enjoy. Raffle draws culminated the event with nearly all participants taking home fun prizes.
Kudos is in order for this year’s working committee. It was a fundraising activity with St. John Eudes Conference soliciting at least $9k. It will be used for current and future projects of the conference that cater to the needs of our neighbors in the parish. - PeterJ
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