2025 ANGEL TREE PROGRAM - THANK YOU TO OUR PARISH COMMUNITY
Thank you to our parishioners for your generous contributions to the 2025 Society of Saint Vincent de Paul
Angel Tree program. Your support allowed us to help those less fortunate in our community celebrate
Christmas, with food cards for groceries and gift cards to assist with holiday shopping. This year's program
assisted 69 families living within our St. Paul The Apostle parish boundary, including 108 adults
and 104 children. We also assisted 25 children currently in the care of Halton Children's Aid Society,
Burlington Office. ​
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A big thank you to St. Christopher, St. Anne, Ascension and St. Patrick elementary schools for their help
with senior bags. Together we will deliver personalized gift bags to provide something special to 86
seniors-in-need in our community, living in long-term care settings. These generous gifts are important
and much appreciated. We also want to thank St. Timothy elementary school for their food drive that helped stock the food pantry for one of our other Burlington SSVP conferences.
In total, the support of our parish community allowed us to bring a little more Christmas to 194 adults
and 115 children.
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We want to take this opportunity to thank our parish Knights of Columbus Council #17397 and our parish
Catholic Women's League for their support of our program over the course of this past year.
When Christ came, He did find a warm heart - right in our community. The New Year will start with the
memory of a Blessed Christmas still fresh. A sincere thank you and have a Blessed Merry Christmas.
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MONTHLY COLLECTION THANK YOU
Thank you to our parishioners for your generous donations.
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November 2025 donation totals:
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Church collection - $12,361 (with $9,184 for Angel Tree)
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Canada Helps and other online donation agencies - $4,946 (with $1,728 for Angel Tree)
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Pre-authorized debit - $691
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eTransfer - $902 (with $700 for Angel Tree)
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Other - $50
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Total $18,950 (with $11,612 for Angel Tree)
OUR MISSION
The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul is a lay Catholic organization whose mission is to live the Gospel message by serving Christ in the poor with love, respect, justice and joy.
OUR VALUES
At SSVP, we:​
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• See Christ in anyone who suffers
• Come together as a family
• Have personal contact with the poor
• Help in all possible ways
OUR PURPOSE
The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul ( SSVP), an international lay Catholic organization founded in 1833, is a community based charity that supports families in need, regardless of their race, denomination or background. By visiting homes in the community, our volunteers are able to assist families-in-need, those struggling to support themselves and those who are ill and alone. We listen with compassion and refer families to local resources and agencies. We help with essential needs such as securing food, furniture, and clothing but we also advocate access to benefits such as the Canada Learning Bond, Recreation and Camp subsidies, emergency dental assistance, and further education.
At the local level Society of Saint Vincent de Paul is organized into groups called conferences attached to local parishes. In Halton there are thirteen conferences. The conferences are over-seen by the next level of organization called a Particular Council. The Particular Council reports to the Regional Council of Ontario, which then reports to SSVP National.
OUR VOCATION
In response to a call of the conscience, we Vincentians make every effort to put our Christian Faith into action by providing assistance to anyone in need. We do this in such a way that the dignity and privacy of those we help is protected.
CONTACT US
(Note: We do not provide financial assistance via email. If you are a neighbor-in-need, call our Helpline at 905-522-8222.)
2265 Headon Road, Burlington, ON, Canada
905-522-8222