The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is an international Catholic organization, with over 800,000 members, founded by Frederic Ozanam in Paris, France in 1833 to assist the poor. The Society established roots in the United States in 1845 in St. Louis, Missouri. The U.S. currently has roughly 90,000 members.

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul USA is a Catholic lay organization inspired by Gospel values. We join together to grow spiritually by offering person-to-person service to neighbors in need, and keep in the tradition of our founder, Blessed Frederic Ozanam, and Patron, St. Vincent de Paul.

The Benicia Conference of St. Vincent de Paul was established in 1993 by parishioners Joe Kroner, Mike Mallon and Pierre Bidou. With 43 active and associate members, our conference is one of 9 in Solano County and one of 53 in the Sacramento Diocese. For more historical information, please visit: https://ssvpusa.org/about-us/history/.