Social Justice Links

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Society of St. Vincent de Paul

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.

Catholic Relief Services

Catholic Relief Services represents the US Catholic community by helping people in more than 80 countries around the world. Their relief and development programs uphold the dignity of the human person and recognize that we all are united into one human family.

Catholic Charities CYO

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."

Catholic Worker Movement

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.