Feast of the Sacred Heart

Happy Feast of the Sacred Heart! The Society of St. Vincent de Paul has been solemnly consecrated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus since February 5, 1872. An Act of Consecration was drawn up at the request of the Society in 1872, and this act of consecration is renewed annually by all units of the Society.

The first St. Vincent de Paul meeting in the United States took place in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1845, just 12 years after the Society’s beginning in France. The scope of the work of the Society here, as elsewhere, has expanded tremendously since its founding. Today, there are almost 98,000 members in almost 4,500 Conferences throughout the United States.