St Vincent de Paul Society Diocesan Council of Biloxi

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVDP) – Diocesan Council of Biloxi, MS - is a nonprofit, Catholic lay organization that provides temporary assistance for basic needs, assisting the housed and the homeless with dignity and compassion. We serve those in need within the parish boundaries of the eighteen (18) conferences operating in the Diocese of Biloxi. SVDP assists those in need regardless of race, creed, ethnic or social background, health, gender or political affiliations.

Each Conference in our Council of Biloxi provides assistance according to their means. We aim to address the needs of individuals and families who live within our parish boundaries and are struggling to afford food, rent, or utilities. Some of our Conferences offer aid to the unsheltered, offering to provide life’s basic needs with dignity and compassion. No work of charity is foreign to the Society. It includes any form of help that alleviates suffering or deprivation and promotes human dignity and personal integrity in all dimensions.

Vincentians are not social workers. We serve as neighbors, seeking to understand the troubles of those we serve as we would a brother or sister, desiring to form relationships based on trust and friendship, and to walk with our neighbors in their time of trouble.