Top news and stories from EWORLDWIRE http://www.eworldwire.com/ http://www.eworldwire.com/logos/logo40x60.gif http://www.eworldwire.com/ 40 60 (C) Copyright 2009 EWORLDWIRE Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:00:05 -0500 http://www.eworldwire.com/pressreleases/211440National President of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul USA Joseph D. Flannigan has issued a call to the 120,000 volunteer members of the Society in the United States, as well as to the general public, to help provide assistance for the victims of the terrible Haiti Earthquake. Flannigan said, "The people of Haiti are suffering with mass devastation. Our sister and brother Vincentian volunteers in Haiti will need our help in what will be an enormous and long term recovery. [EWORLDWIRE] Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:27:58 -0500 http://www.eworldwire.com/pressreleases/211348In a letter dated Sept. 21, 2009, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul International Counsel General Jos-Ramn Daz-Torremocha appointed New York Vincentian Ed Keane as International Territorial Vice President for North America and the Caribbean. In this position, Keane will be assisting the President General by providing support, advice and coordination of efforts of the Society in North America and the Caribbean. [EWORLDWIRE] Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:05:44 -0500 http://www.eworldwire.com/pressreleases/211309The Society of St. Vincent de Paul USA today announced the 2009 results of its national, annual Friends of the Poor Walk, held this year on September 26. "The 2009 Friends of the Poor Walk raised over $1,235,000," said Victoria White Berger, National Director of Development for the Society. "The Society had 158 Walk locations nationwide, a 56 percent increase in locations over our inaugural Walk in 2008. The 2009 Walk total revenue was up more than 50 percent. [EWORLDWIRE] Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:51:26 -0400 http://www.eworldwire.com/pressreleases/211162People in need find friends in deed, in volunteers staffing the second annual Society of St. Vincent de Paul ('http://www.svdpusa.org') National Friends of the Poor Walk ('http://www.svdpfriendsofthepoorwalk.org'). [EWORLDWIRE] Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:40:31 -0400 http://www.eworldwire.com/pressreleases/211147The following statement is issued by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul as clarification and to contravene recent false, misleading or confusing online media stories about the position of the organization on President Barack Obama's health care reform proposal: References that position the National Society of St. Vincent de Paul as supporting health care reform measures that would include the federal funding of abortion are incontrovertibly false. [EWORLDWIRE] Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:07:14 -0400 http://www.eworldwire.com/pressreleases/19602The second annual National Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVdP) ('http://www.svdpusa.org') USA Friends of the Poor Walk will be held on Saturday, September 26, 2009; the alternate/rain date is Sunday September 27, 2009, the Feast Day of St. Vincent de Paul. Everything needed to operate a Walk, to register or to pledge to a walk can be found online on the national Friends of the Poor Walk site at SVdPFriendsOfThePoorWalk.org ('http://www.svdpfriendsofthepoorwalk.org'). [EWORLDWIRE] Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:55:58 -0400 http://www.eworldwire.com/pressreleases/19049The first annual, national Society of St. Vincent de Paul Friends of the Poor (R) Walk, which occurred across the United States (and in Paris and Rome) on September 27, 2008-the Feast Day of St. Vincent de Paul - has been a massive success in raising over $800,000 for the poor. Almost 10,000 walkers participated in the ground-breaking event. Walks were held in 112 cities and communities - ranging in size from over 1,000 students at St. [EWORLDWIRE] Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:10:44 -0400 http://www.eworldwire.com/pressreleases/18960When friends - along with family, neighbors and colleagues - step out for Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVDP) Friends of the Poor Walk 2008 on Saturday, Sept. 27, those attending might witness in their midst: . A 91-year-old St. Vincent de Paul volunteer committed to Walk A Mile . A Bride and Groom taking a Walk on their Wedding Day . A family who just had quintuplets strolling the Walk (SVDP has been providing them with diapers and formula. [EWORLDWIRE] Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:23:19 -0400 http://www.eworldwire.com/pressreleases/18842The Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVdP) Friends of the Poor Walk 2008 will step out on September 27, 2008, in the first annual SVdP event. In cities across the United States and around the world, participants will choose which Society of St. Vincent de Paul entity in their local community they want to support by sponsors and pledges, and all 100 percent of the money raised will go directly to the poor. [EWORLDWIRE] Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:46:25 -0400 http://www.eworldwire.com/pressreleases/12732Following the recent national member election, Joseph Flannigan was installed as the new president of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul at the its annual meeting, held earlier this month in Chicago. Flannigan has been an active member of the Society since 1991. He is currently a vice president of the Society's National Council and Chair of the Finance and Operations Committee. Flannigan was a senior director with Nynex before retiring in 1994. [EWORLDWIRE] Tue, 27 Sep 2005 16:55:22 -0400 http://www.eworldwire.com/pressreleases/12518The Society of St. Vincent De Paul National Council has issued an urgent call for disaster funds to immediately send to the Society's offices in Mississippi, Albama and Louisiana, for direct aid to the victims of the on-going disaster affecting millions of Americans in the wake of hurricane Katrina. Contributions may be sent to: The National Council, Society Of St. Vincent De Paul 58 Progress Parkway ST. LouisS, MO 63043-3706 Or For Credit Card Payments Online, visit www.SVDPUSA. [EWORLDWIRE] Tue, 30 Aug 2005 15:34:08 -0400 http://www.eworldwire.com/pressreleases/12509The national Society of St. Vincent de Paul(SVdP) will honor Eugene Smith, SVdP's president for the past six years, at the Society's national meeting in Chicago, August 31 to September 3 at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers. Smith will officially step down from his role as president, a volunteer position, on September 30. His six-year tenure is the maximum a president can serve in the organization. Following the recent national election by the SVdP membership, Joseph D. [EWORLDWIRE] Mon, 29 Aug 2005 08:00:34 -0400 http://www.eworldwire.com/pressreleases/11963The St. Vincent de Paul National Council's "SVdP Model Sites: An Options for Development Project" goal is to more effectively serve the poor through the expansion of fund development work at the Society's regional and local levels. During year one of the project, starting in May 2005, five or six U.S. SVdP Councils will collaborate with the National SVdP Council in operating model sites, based on fund development best practices. [EWORLDWIRE] Thu, 05 May 2005 11:51:35 -0400 http://www.eworldwire.com/pressreleases/11809The Society of St. Vincent de Paul Council of the United States' National Midyear Meeting will be held in St. Louis from Tuesday, April 12 through Saturday April 16, 2005. Members of the society from across the United States will convene at the Millennium Hotel in downtown St. Louis to attend to several new business and governance items relating to the Society's critical work on behalf of the poor. [EWORLDWIRE] Wed, 06 Apr 2005 08:48:08 -0400 http://www.eworldwire.com/pressreleases/11081The National Council of the Society of St. Vincent De Paul has issued a call for disaster funds to be sent immediately to the Society's National Councils in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Thailand for distribution to the victims in those areas hit by the terrible tsunami disaster of recent days. Contributions may be sent to: The National Council, Society of St. Vincent De Paul, 58 Progress Parkway, St. Louis, MO 63043-3706, or credit card donations can be made online at www.SVDPUSA. [EWORLDWIRE] Thu, 30 Dec 2004 16:47:15 -0500 http://www.eworldwire.com/pressreleases/10752In response to urgings of Pope John Paul II for greater cooperation among Catholic organizations engaged in social justice and charitable ministry, to assist both the leadership and faithful of the Catholic Church to more actively fulfill its social mission, the executive leadership of Catholic Charities U.S.A., the Campaign for Human Development, and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul have joined together in a groundbreaking step towards fulfillment of this mandate in the United States. [EWORLDWIRE] Fri, 29 Oct 2004 16:28:32 -0400 http://www.eworldwire.com/pressreleases/10688The National President of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Eugene B. Smith, has issued a call to the Society's membership and to the American people to help replenish the Society's disaster fund, at a historic low because of the continuing need to respond to the poor victims of hurricanes in Fla. and the affected Caribbean countries. [EWORLDWIRE] Tue, 12 Oct 2004 17:06:25 -0400