St Vincent de Paul Society
About the Hawthorn Conference
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The Hawthorn Parish Conference provides assistance for people in need of food, clothing, household items, furniture.
The Conference is also involved in the Vinnies Shop at 254 Auburn Road, Hawthorn. The donation of items for the shop is always welcome and a pick-up service operates when necessary.
Members of the Parish conference visit the needy and lonely in their homes and also offer support for the unemployed.
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Our President is currently Maureen B and Treasurer is Peter McD
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Contact
To Request assistance
Contact St Vincent de Paul - Box Hill call centre
Tel 1800 305 330
Monday-Friday, 10am-3pm
www.vinnies.org.au/vic/find-help
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To enquire about the Hawthorn Conference or ask about joining our Volunteer members
Contact the Parish Pastoral Manager
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or Email hawthorn.conf.cord@svdp-vic.org.au
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What activities require volunteer assistance?
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Home visitation
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Delivery of food and clothing
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Shop volunteers
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Collection of donations
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Work for the unemployed
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Other areas of need as they arise - see in the weekly Parish Bulletin
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Contributions in cash or kind are always welcome.
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New members are always welcome to join our Conference!
The Hawthorn Conference of St Vincent de Paul Society holds its meeting at 7:00 pm on the 1st Monday each month (except January; Public Holidays moved to 2nd Monday), in the Immaculate Conception Church Presbytery.
We would like to encourage prospective new members and people wanting to participate in our visitation program to join us.
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After a busy year of assisting people in need in Hawthorn and Inner City area, St Vincent de Paul’s Hawthorn Conference held their last meeting for 2019
The Hawthorn Conference was established on March 1st, 1900 and is the third longest continuous conference in Victoria, having been active ever since establishment.
Founding President was V.E. (Eddie) Henderson, Tax Commissioner for Victoria at the time, who presided for 22 years.
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About St Vincent de Paul Society
The St Vincent de Paul Society in Australia has more than 40,000 members and volunteers, who work hard to assist people in need and combat social injustice across Australia. Internationally, the Society operates in 150 countries and has over 800,000 members.
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Mission
The St Vincent de Paul Society is a lay Catholic organisation 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.
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Membership
There are three categories of membership of the Society:
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Conference members are those who belong to the grassroots groups within the Society known as conferences. They live their Catholic faith in action through the spirit of Christian charity.
Associate members are those who are committed to the ethos, mission, aims and objects of the Society and who assist the work of the Society, but do not attend conference meetings.
Volunteer members are those who respect the ethos, mission, aims and objects of the Society and who volunteer in any of the Society’s works.