Between home visits, calls to the helpline and the free food pantry, June was a bit of a blur for Holy Family of Nazareth’s SVdP conference of Irving. Deliveries of groceries and household items increased from 57 and 54 during May and April respectively to 86 in June. They sent food to a group of 21 refugee families from Venezuela staying in a local hotel and began supporting a new program, LifeChange Housing, which is starting to house the homeless. Of course, their pick-up teams were busy bringing donated food from a Kroger store and a Panera Bread restaurant to the pantry. And the monthly food truck was as busy as ever!

Thanks to their generous parishioners, the congregation at the University of Dallas’ Church of the Incarnation and several SVdP conferences, they were able to help 83 households consisting of 185 adults and children with financial assistance during June. Eight other conferences helped them raise $1,600 to assist a family whose relatives had been victimized by gun violence and had fallen behind in their rent.

Founded in 1833 in Paris, France, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul is an international Catholic charitable organization. The SVdP conference associated with Holy Family was organized in 2012. Being a Vincentian is a vocation to holiness, service to the poor, and fellowship with other Vincentians. We follow Christ’s calling to honor the dignity of every human person in our actions. When our neighbors and friends in the community fall on hard times, we help regardless of the income, color, creed or circumstances.

Our Active Members attend our meetings, share in the spiritual life of the conference, answer our helpline and interact with the poor in crisis who call our helpline. In addition, our food ministry members deliver food six days a week, stock the shelves and freezers in our pantry, and keep it organized. We also have a monthly food truck that provides free food to the poor. Some of our members in the food ministry attend our meetings and share in the spiritual life of our conference. We serve Spanish-speaking families as well, so we are in need of bilingual members as well. And lastly, the members of our SVdP Auxiliary are on call to help with an upcoming event or a special need like moving a bed from the Thrift Store to an apartment or helping with the food truck.  

If you hear the call of Christ to serve the poor with us, leave a message on our helpline at 972-665-9759 or send an email to svdphfn@gmail.com.

If you need short-term financial assistance or food, call
our helpline at 972-665-8759.