The Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Detroit is a major provider of human and disaster relief services, assisting people in crisis who have been victims of fires or floods, lost their job, or other urgent situations by providing emergency support. The Society works in conjunction with the Archdiocese of Detroit, networking with 2,000 Vincentian volunteers in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Lapeer, St. Clair and Monroe counties, assisting 30,000 local households annually.

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul one of the oldest charitable organizations in the world, is a Catholic lay organization of more than 690,000 men and women in 142 countries on five continents that offers person-to-person service to the needy and suffering. With the U.S. headquarters in St. Louis, Mo., membership in the United States totals more than 146,000 in 4,600 communities. SVdP USA serves over 14 million people in need each year, performs more than 644,000 visits to people in their homes, and delivers more than 7 million service hours to those in need.

THE SOCIETY NOMINATED FOR NOBEL PRIZE
The Federation of Charity, Philanthropy, and Religious Institutions of the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil has nominated the International Confederation of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul for the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of its 175 years of extraordinary work worldwide.
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