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GENERAL INFORMATION

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVdP) is an international organization of lay persons. Catholic in character, who seek, in a spirit of justice and charity and by person-to-person involvement, to help those who are suffering. To provide this personal and neighborly help, Vincentians organize themselves into small working groups, known as "conferences," which are the first line of action.

Vincentians regard the conference as the paramount unit of SVdP life. It is at this grassroots level that the great majority of Vincentians find themselves engaged in the person-to-person service to those in need. Members may and usually do recognize the importance of higher councils in organizing countywide person-to-person services (for example, food banks and thrift stores) and in developing other special works. But for most, the fundamental Vincentian action is their own and their conference's involvement with troubled persons and families in their immediate neighborhood.

For Vincentians, moreover, this person-to-person work is associated with not just any kind of grouping, but almost always with the parish conference. A strong case can be made for the traditional parish as a logical and desired base for serving people. The trend today is toward decentralization in the providing of social services. This is a move propelled by the anguish of troubled people who so often feel that nobody really cares. Today, many individuals experience a sense of powerlessness in relation to the forces that shape their lives. Bureaucracies often seem just too big and distant. So community welfare planners are increasingly accepting the necessity for getting closer to people, individualizing them and their needs, and offering "nearness" to those wanting help.

PARISH CONFERENCES/PRESIDENTS:

Holy Family Cathedral, Orange
Henry Dhuyvetter (714)239-5762

Immaculate Heart of Mary, Santa Ana
Jesus Chavarela (714)751-5335

Mission Basilica San Juan Capistrano
Rick Toohey  (949)234-1360

Our Lady of Guadalupe, Delhi, Santa Ana
Jesus & Gloria Montez (714)540-0902

Our Lady of Guadalupe, La Habra
Mike Peoples  (562)691-0533

Santa Clara de Asis, Yorba Linda
Richard & Mary Riegel  (714)692-5030

Santiago de Compostela, Lake Forest
Manny Rios  (949)460-4220

St. Anne, Santa Ana
Karen Porter (714)542-8200

St. Anthony Claret, Anaheim
Lupe Aviles   (714)563-1652

St. Boniface, Anaheim
Joe Chiaravalloti (714)535-2742

St. Catherine of Siena, Laguna Beach
Marcelino Cosio   (949)494-9701

St. Columban, Garden Grove
Delfina Juarez (714)539-9133

St. Edward, Dana Point
Robert Blain (949)496-1307

St. Hedwig, Los Alamitos
Chuck Sylva  (562)430-0509

St. Joachim, Costa Mesa
David Felde (949)574-7400

St. John The Baptist, Costa Mesa
Tom Ralph  (714)540-2214

St. Joseph, Placentia
Cecilia Decker (714)993-0449

St. Joseph, Santa Ana
Andy Saavedra (714)550-7101

St. Juliana Falconieri, Fullerton
Peter Rudyk (714)879-1965

St. Justin Martyr, Anaheim
Ed Fodor  (714)284-0405

St. Martin De Porres, Yorba Linda
TBD (714) 970-2771

St. Mary, Fullerton
Nati Ybarra (714)525-2500

St. Mary's By The Sea, Huntington Beach
Philipa Chadwich (714)536-6913

St. Nicholas, Laguna Hills
Donna Russ  (949)837-1090

St. Philip Benizi, Fullerton
Dick Nolan  (714)871-9317

St. Pius V, Buena Park
Lorraine Cousins (714)522-6820

St. Polycarp, Stanton
Bill Lyons (714)893-2766

St. Simon & Jude, Huntington Beach
Gene Huettner (714)964-5818

St. Thomas More, Irvine   
Don Dougherty  (949)551-8601

St. Vincent de Paul, Huntington Beach
Al Griego  (714)842-3000