Tag: St Vincent de Paul
Drawn to the Land Down Under
NSW southern highlands parish and Vinnies rescue a Belgian family stranded in Australia.
Tony Cranney: Don’t just have faith, grow and share it
Anyone here seen the movie City Slickers? Well for those unfamiliar with the movie, a group of city slickers (staring Billy Crystal) go to...
Call for housing solution amid crisis
The bushfire and pandemic crises have increased the problem with low-cost housing across the country.
Casting on to support those struggling at sea
Care packages go to comforting "desperate" sailors
Fr Bernie Thomas is knitting up a storm to help those in troubled waters. The parish priest from...
Agencies slam drug testing scheme
Catholic leaders have slammed the Federal Government’s plan to trial drug testing of welfare recipients.
Spotlight on NSW social housing
Vinnies NSW is calling for an urgent increase in social housing across the state.
Charity begins at home
Sydney schools support Vinnies Sleepout
Cake stalls, pyjama days, barbecues, Walk-A-Thons and crazy sock days were just some of the fundraising initiatives held by Sydney...
Sleepout raises record number for homelessness
CEOs experience the hardships of being homeless
As temperatures dropped near to freezing, business, community and government leaders donned their warmest jackets and beanies, took...
Marie Kondo effect flows to Catholic charity
St Vincent de Paul NSW CEO Jack de Groot says he can’t say for sure that Japanese home organising expert Marie Kondo is responsible...
Wrapped in Love
Wrapping the most vulnerable members of our community in a virtual blanket raised over $1700 for the St Vincent’s de Paul Society.
Families from Earlwood’s...
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Writing about another man's life saved Paul's own
Unemployed, unpublished and unable to survive without alcohol, Paul Greguric thought he was at the end of...
