Founded in 1833, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul is a worldwide organization of lay Catholics, following Christ’s call to serve the poor, the suffering, and the deprived.

The St. Vincent de Paul St. Catharine Conference, Spring Lake is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization formed in January 2023. We are solely responsible for our own fundraising and program operations. All of the generous donations we receive from our faithful parishioners and community serve our neighbors facing hardship in Spring Lake, Spring Lake Heights, Sea Girt and parts of Wall Township.

Our founding activity is the Home Visit. Our Vincentian members visit the homes of those needing help to offer spiritual, emotional and material assistance. In-home visits offer the personalized care to determine the extent of the need, the validity of the request, and develop a plan to move toward stability. One of our goals is early intervention with the hope of preventing homelessness for our neighbors.

We are also part of one of the oldest and most effective charitable organizations in the world, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, a Catholic lay organization of nearly 700,000 people headquartered in Paris, France that helps people living in poverty in 142 countries on five continents. In the US, membership totals 172,000 in 4,600 local communities.