Nourish your body and soul with these French potato cakes from the Cooking with the Saints Cookbook in celebration of St. Vincent de Paul on his feast day, September 27. Maui Ruiz and Mary Lopez, Vincentian Volunteers from the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Los Angeles, prepared these French potato cakes in honor…
HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY! Please join the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Los Angeles Council in its mission to serve those in need. We currently have an opening for a Case Manager in our Social Services Department at the Cardinal Manning Center. The Cardinal Manning Center is a 65-bed homeless shelter…
Today, September 9, 2019, members of SVdPLA celebrated the Feast Day of the founder of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Blessed Frederic Ozanam. He founded the Society in 1833 in Paris, France to challenge the poverty he saw in the streets. Frederic organized the first “Conference of Charity” to help the poor of…
On Wednesday, September 5, 2019, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul celebrated Chris Sariego’s last day. Chris worked as SVdPLA’s PR & Marketing Director for seven years and has moved on to a job as Director of PR & Marketing at another nonprofit in Hollywood. He says to reach out to him on LinkedIn…
Learn basic PR and marketing techniques for your stores and council by attending “Communications for Councils without a PR or Marketing Team” at the 2019 SVdP National Assembly! The presentation begins at 10 am, Saturday, August 31 and will be taught by Chris Sariego, Director of Public Relations and Marketing for the LA Council and…