Society of St. Vincent de Paul Malta - SSVP

12/02/2026

"This is a cause of great joy for you, even though you may for a short time have to bear being plagued by all sorts of trials; so that, when Jesus Christ is revealed, your faith will have been tested and proved like gold – only it is more precious than gold, which is corruptible even though it bears testing by fire – and then you will have praise and glory and honour. You did not see him, yet you love him; and still without seeing him, you are already filled with a joy so glorious that it cannot be described, because you believe; and you are sure of the end to which your faith looks forward, that is, the salvation of your souls."

18/01/2026

I bind unto myself today
The strong name of the Trinity,
By invocation of the same,
The Three in One, and One in Three.

11/10/2025

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The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul is a lay Catholic organisation of volunteers, committed to offer person-to-person help to all those in need

01/10/2025

October is dedicated to the Holy Rosary. If time doesn't allow, even one decade will help. Keeping all Vincentians, benefactors, helpers, and beneficiaries in our prayers even more so this month.

27/09/2025

Today we celebrate the feast our Patron. Saint Vincent de Paul
He was born in Aquitaine and became a priest. He devoted his whole life to the service of the poor. He founded a congregation of priests for missionary work, groups of laymen to help paupers and galley-slaves, and, with St Louise de Marillac, the Sisters of Charity.

24/03/2025

To whom it may concern.

A foreign national has been invited by a Maltese company to work locally. Engagement cannot take place until such time that the local ID is issued. Most unfortunately this person had a medical emergency and was taken to Mater Dei Hospital where she was treated successfully. This resulted in a bill totalling some 17 thousand euros.
This means that this person cannot get her work permit because the ID process is taking its course and obviously cannot work, has to maintain herself and her baby and somehow raise funds to pay the hospital dues. Furthermore, I understand that she would not be entitled to benefit from the national health service unless she would have paid 12 monthly contributions.
Rightly so, the Hospital is demanding payment, or at least a repayment plan. As the Malta SSVP national conference we have helped financially but nowhere near the required amount.
Any tangible solutions anyone please?

25/07/2024

14/03/2024

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O maior evento vicentino do mundo teve como proposta trabalhar o principal fundador da Sociedade de São Vicente de Paulo. Foram três dias de reflexão, progra...

12/03/2024

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord” (Luke 4:18-19).
As Vincentians, we live in conformity with Jesus Christ in our ministry to the poor. We see the poor as Jesus saw them, by upholding the respect due to them as persons.

30/05/2023

Renato Lima de Oliveira, the 16th President General of the Confédération Internationale de la Société de Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, will be visiting Malta together with Father Andres Motto and be giving a 45 minute PPT presentation on a review of the achievements of the Council General over the past 7 years.

Date: 20thJune 2023 Time: 17:00 hrs
Location : Archbishop’s Curia – Floriana.

Bookings, on a first come first served basis, will be received via email on Miguel Pires [email protected] or telephonically +356 21235341 Ext 154

The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, also known as Conferences of Saint Vincent de Paul, was founded in Paris on the 23rd April,1833 by a group of young laymen led by blessed Frederic Ozanam. In Malta the Society was founded on the 16th June 1850, at the Jesuit Church by Rev. Canon Dr. Paolo Pullicino (1815–1890) who, together with several other highly respected persons formed the first Conference. Mgr. Isidor Formosa joined the Society in his youth and presided over it for 40years, from 1890 until his death in 1931. SSVP is a Catholic voluntary organisation of lay men and women dedicated to providing personal help to people in any kind of need. Our work is based on direct, one-to-one interaction with people in need, no matter what their origin or belief.

We visit them in their own place, whether that is their home, a residential home, hospital, on the streets or in prison, wherever they are, offering our friendship as the basis for all the other help we give.

The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul is present in over 150 countries, with 800,000 members and 1,500,000 volunteers. Every day, it helps over 30 million people.

The SSVP is an associate member of UNESCO and a special adviser to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). It is also part of the Global Catholic Climate Movement and is aligned with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) proposed by the United Nations in its Agenda 2030.

Our mailing address is:
National Council of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul - Malta 147/1 St. Lucia Street Valletta VLT 1185 Malta