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 Established in 1931 and incorporated
in 1964, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Particular Council of San
Mateo County is a non-profit Catholic lay organization made up of men, women
and youth who provide a variety of services to those in need throughout San
Mateo County. These services are offered regardless of race, religion,
creed or ethnic origin. The San Mateo Council has over 720 volunteers who
work through 30 Conferences (groups established in Catholic parishes) and 3
Homeless Services Conferences to provide services to those in need. These
services include, but are not limited to, delivery food to the poor in their
homes and providing other basic necessities such as rental assistance,
clothing and home furnishings. These Home visits are the trademark of
the Society. Visits are also made to the sick, homebound, elderly, and those
in prison or other institutions.
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 The ultimate goal of Catholic
Charities CYO is a shared
vision: to become the premier human service provider. This goal
requires Catholic Charities CYO
to become a learning organization. "An organization in which people
continually expand their capacity to create results, nurture new and
expansive patterns of thinking, liberate collective aspiration, and learn how
to learn collectively."
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 The Catholic Worker Movement, founded by
Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in 1933, is grounded
in a firm belief in the God-given dignity of every human person. Today
over 175 Catholic Worker communities remain committed to nonviolence,
voluntary poverty, prayer, and hospitality for the homeless, exiled, hungry,
and forsaken. Catholic Workers continue to protest injustice, war,
racism, and violence of all forms.
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