Society of St Vincent de Paul – Fort Wayne

1600 South Calhoun Street
Fort Wayne, IN 46806
(260) 456-3561

Author: Jeremiah Otis

  • SVdP Walk For Hope 2025

    SIGNUP OR DONATE HERE!

    Join us for the SVdP Walk for Hope—a day of community, compassion, and action!

    September 21, 2025

    We’ll kick off the afternoon with a fun, family-friendly tailgate at 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM featuring food, and fellowship. Check-in for the walk/run will open at 2:00 PM, and the walk will begin at 3:00 PM as we walk together to bring hope to our neighbors in need. Walk route options include: 5k, 1.5 miles, and 1/4 mile loop around the Parkview Field Concourse.

    Why Walk?

    Every step you take and every dollar you raise will directly impact individuals and families in Northeast Indiana who are struggling with poverty, hunger, and crisis situations. 100% of the proceeds go back into our community to provide critical assistance with food, rent, utilities, transportation, and more.

    How You Can Help:

    Register to walk and invite your friends & family!
    Fundraise to make an even bigger impact—set a goal and rally your network.
    Donate if you can’t attend but want to support the cause.

    Let’s come together to lift up those who need it most. Your support helps us bring hope where it’s needed the most!

  • SVdP Teen Service Week 2025

    Join us for Season 5 of SVdP Teen Service Week!

    You will get to work with our Carpenter’s Sons Ministry, a group of amazing carpenters, to learn new skills while helping someone in our community! Projects include things like rebuilding decks, building wheelchair ramps, and many other fun carpentry and home repair opportunities.

    The program runs from Monday, June 9, through Thursday, June 12, and you will work with a group of other teens, and several experienced carpenters.

    Lunches and snacks will be provided each day, along with plenty of water.

    You will have the opportunity to work with power tools, but it is not a requirement to join us. There are plenty of things to do at each job that don’t require using a power tool. But, if you want to try your hand at it—and you have permission from your parents—we have experienced carpenters happy to teach you how!

    Spots are limited! So, fill out the form below to reserve your spot today!

  • Contact Us

    Society of St Vincent de Paul — Fort Wayne

    1600 S Calhoun St
    Fort Wayne, IN 46806

    (260) 456-3561

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  • SVdP Teen Service Week 2025

    Join us for Season 5 of SVdP Teen Service Week!

    You will get to work with our Carpenter’s Sons Ministry, a group of amazing carpenters, to learn new skills while helping someone in our community! Projects include things like rebuilding decks, building wheelchair ramps, and many other fun carpentry and home repair opportunities.

    The program runs from Monday, June 9, through Thursday, June 12, and you will work with a group of other teens, and several experienced carpenters.

    Lunches and snacks will be provided each day, along with plenty of water.

    You will have the opportunity to work with power tools, but it is not a requirement to join us. There are plenty of things to do at each job that don’t require using a power tool. But, if you want to try your hand at it—and you have permission from your parents—we have experienced carpenters happy to teach you how!

    Spots are limited! So, fill out the form below to reserve your spot today!

  • Thank You to our Friends & Sponsors — 2024 Friends of the Poor® Walk & Tailgate

    8th Annual Friends of the Poor® Walk & Tailgate!

    A heartfelt thank you to everyone who attended or donated to our Friends of the Poor® Walk & Tailgate! Thanks to your generosity, we raised over $89,000 to support local families in need. Every dollar raised will go directly to assist the most vulnerable in our community. Through your support, the Society of St Vincent de Paul — Fort Wayne will continue to serve with love and compassion, providing essential resources like food, rent, utilities, clothing, furniture, and transportation to those in need.

    For a great overview of the event, read the story in Today’s Catholic!

    To donate, click here!

    Thank you to our generous sponsors:

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  • Walking Together Through Hardship

    Three years ago, we were fairly new members of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. One of our first clients was a widowed mother with a teenage daughter. When we stepped into the apartment, we were struck by the absence of furniture. Their beds consisted of two airbeds, one in the living room and one in the bedroom.

    We immediately went to work with the mother, finding out her needs. Then we took her to the St. Vincent Store where she was able to pick out furniture and eventually a box spring and mattress as she has multiple physical issues, one of which is a serious spinal condition. Over the years, the mother has experienced numerous health problems that have resulted in stays in the hospital and nursing home, all the while keeping a positive attitude due to her faith in God. Recently, she has been diagnosed with cancer that, thank God, is treatable.

    We have kept in contact with them and assisted them in transportation, donated items from our family and friends, and other countless ways. One of our members has also spent many hours organizing their apartment, working with the mother on budgeting her finances, and providing other assistance, including good solid advice on improving their lives. They now own a car, which allows them to be more independent. We thank God for the opportunity to serve God through them. They are in our prayers daily.

    Christ just knocked at our door!

  • Financial Support

    In the past several years, one of my clients has been a middle-aged woman who is divorced and has medical issues while on Medicare. She was not allowed to communicate with her three sons, all special needs, who lived with her ex-husband. Her family from Ohio abandoned her, thinking she was exaggerating her illness. We helped make sure she could get to get to her many doctor appointments, obtain assistance from the township trustee, and pay for the cost of utilities, food vouchers, and medicine.

    Recently, she was diagnosed with a very progressive cancer condition and has had many hospital treatment stays. We contacted the Carpenter Sons from St. Vincent’s Parish to build her a wheelchair ramp, install grab bars in the bathroom, and make minor repairs around her home. She has since reconnected with her family and, although she is living each day in pain, offers her suffering to God. I thank the Lord for the privilege to serve one of God’s less fortunate.

    Christ just knocked at our door!