The Society of St. Vincent De Paul (SSVP) is an international non-profit organization headquartered in Paris, having a representative in the UN NGOs’ organization. This Christian charity organization was founded in 1833 in Paris, France by Frederic Ozanam and has since been a major voluntary outfit of the world that has touched millions of lives in many positive ways.
Inspired by the Biblical values of Charity, Empathy, Humility, Justice and Spirituality, the society provides its member volunteers who are lay Catholics, a working model to live through these core values by being the Good Samaritans to the less fortunate of the society; irrespective of the caste, creed, class, gender or religion of the latter. In India, SSVP started in 1863 and has its headquarters in Mumbai. St. Thomas Conference, Jalahalli was started in 1996 and the year 2021 marks our Silver Jubilee Year.
