The St Vincent de Paul Society is an international organisation formed of lay Catholics who seek personal and spiritual growth through serving people in need.
The Society arrived in Australia on 5 March 1854 and, each year, has continued to provide practical assistance and support to thousands people in need.
Our aspiration is to ensure that Change starts here and people's lives are enhanced by the support we provide.
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Thanks so much Mike & Barbara for all you contributions to St. Vinnies, really appreciate your work and insight into assisting those in need over the years, you really are Champions and friends to all you have attended and encourage. Bless you both.
That caravan park is pure HELL. Open dealing, public drunkenness, fights,domestic violence. Used syringes everywhere, kids pick them up to play with them. Just awful. No wonder so many people decide to end it all there. This is where our government are stuffing homeless families because usually the only alternative is the street. Our government is a disgrace. We need to do something to help these people. The longer they are in this situation the less chance they'll find a way out of it. 😔
Ive always been helped when homeless by vinnies vans I was diagnosed with Hodkins Lymphoma and after all my chemo and radiation therapy im getting better and would like to help feed the homeless.
Geraldine-As Catholics we are own worst enemies.We are afraid of thinking for ourselves, because of long conditioning by our fearless leaders !We are afraid because Christ brought us His terrible gift of inner freedom.Just think of the long list of theologians, priests and nuns who have been reported by the laity to the Vatican, and silenced because they exercised that inner freedom.Too many catholics prefer to be ignorant sheep, and be led blindly by a so-called Infallible authority. They ignore second rate believers like themselves, and shut them down when they question a priest of like standing with views agreeable to their own ignorance.So sad but true ,that is why you see them as sad sacks
Geraldine Doogue is a terrible apologist for the Catholic church. She can't fathom the terrible things that have happened, it's just too uncomfortable for her to burst her bubble. Choosing again and again to see the church as the victim in systematic evil cruelty carried out over decades. Thinking that somehow she can make a separation from her connection to the church, and the evil deeds that go right to the top. Wonder what Jesus would have thought, cos as far as I can tell, people like that were frowned upon by him.
It's obvious from the views that many people in Australia are ignorant to what is happening around them in our own country. While some may follow internationally, on these issues, we have to be more aware of what is going on in our communities. We have been educated to mind our own business and not interfere in the lives of others. Unfortunately, life is getting progressively worse and there are women and children around us, who need our help. I suspect most of these people are unaware of what is happening on all levels around them of pedophilia, human trafficking and abductions. In America abductions are occurring after dark, from shopping centres of mothers with their children. In the UK, the sex trade of using children is horrendously high by the Islamic population. More recently are the figures released of children who are missing in Europe from the migrating children. The numbers are in the very high thousands. If your child is starting to act up, pay attention. It is possible they are being sexually abused. A new drug addiction may not be voluntary but a means of making the children more compliant to pedophilia that is happening to them, which may be from a trusted family member or friend. Stop being so trusting. Start being more suspicious of others actions. If required, step in and either causiously offer assistance or report it to the appropriate authorities. In other words, stop burying your head in the sand. Maybe your new neighbour is in trouble. Introduce yourself to them, let them know that they have a friend they can call on.
