SVDP Helpline: (512) 573-6834

Please call our helpline and leave a voice message as directed.  We will return calls within 48 hours in the order the call was received. We accept calls on Monday, Tuesday Wednesday. We do not accept calls for assistance on Thursday, Friday, the weekend or holidays. 

Please note: due to a high volume of calls our service days may be changed without notice.

The Society of St Vincent de Paul Conference is composed of volunteer members who devote their time and talents to assist those in need.  SVDP is an international Catholic organization of laypersons, founded in 1883 by Frederic Ozanam and his companions.  Placed under the patronage of St. Vincent de Paul, the Society derives its inspiration from his thinking and work. It seeks, in a spirit of justice and charity and by person-to-person involvement of its members, to help those who are in need.
 
Funding: Monthly parish donations, generous sponsors, and twinning conference support fund us. We receive no county, state or federal funding.
 
Service Area: We serve individuals and families living in the Manor area, in the 78653 zip code. We serve St. Joseph parishioners regardless of address. Our members make home visits to each person/family needing assistance by appointment only.
 
Assistance offered: We provide temporary assistance with rent and utilities (electricity, water and propane) once every six (6) months.  Regretfully, we do not assist with utility or rental deposits, car repairs, transportation, medical/dental expenses, credit card bills etc.
 
Food Pantry: We maintain a small food pantry month which contains non-perishable items like rice, pastas, can goods, instant soups etc.  We offer toiletry items (soap, shampoo, toothpaste, deodorant, toilet paper while supplies last.  We assist persons with food once a month.
 
Service days: We accept calls on Monday, Tuesday Wednesday via the SVDP HELPLINE.   We do not accept calls for assistance on Thursday, Friday, the weekend or holidays.    Please note: due to a high volume of calls our service days may be changed without notice.
 

Click here to donate online to St. Vincent de Paul

On September 27, please join the Vincentian family around the world as we celebrate the Feast Day of our patron saint, St. Vincent de Paul. The St. Joseph Conference, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, here at our parish has been serving our neighbors in need since September 15, 1997, assisting them with non-perishable food, toiletries, utilities and rent.

Our St. Joseph SVdP Conference is excited to participate in this year’s Friends of the Poor Walk on Saturday, October 21 at St. Louis Catholic Church in Austin, Texas. This year, as a conference participant, our parish will get to keep all the money raised by our conference. As you know, we assist neighbors in need in the Manor community with non-perishable food, toiletries, gas, utilities, phone, rent/mortgage, thrift store vouchers, and prayers. Due to the growing community and high ghost of living, we find more and more neighbors in desperate need of our help.

Please join us to fundraise for our neighbors in need. Click below to register to walk or to donate. Entertainment will be provided as we walk, and the St. Louis Knights of Columbus will serve a delicious pancake breakfast in St. Louis IX Hall for all walkers, followed by a drawing for donated prizes. We hope you can join us! 

Click here to register to walk or to donate

To donate, please click Donate to Team and in the Conference and/or Memorial Gift section, please specify STJOSEPH to designate your donation to our parish.