The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, Holy Family Conference, Serving Concord and Carlisle Massachusetts
We are neighbors helping neighbors in our Massachusetts communities of Concord and Carlisle. Our Conference is part of a lay Catholic charitable organization comprising 800,000 volunteers in 140 countries. We provide short-term emergency financial assistance through trusting, empathetic, and confidential connections with our neighbors. If you or your family needs our help, please contact The Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Holy Family Conference, on the hotline at 978-341-3151, or via email at info@svdpconcordcarlisle.org. We can only provide assistance to residents of Concord and Carlisle MA.
Announcements
Merry Christmas 2025
This Christmas season, the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul mailed grocery gift cards to over 91 families in Concord and Carlisle to help with holiday food expenses. Students from the C-C Catholic Collaborative Faith Formation Program created festive greeting cards to help with the effort.
St. Vincent de Paul members joined the fun at the annual tree lighting ceremony held on December 7th, 2025 in Concord center. They set up a table at an ideal location in front of St. Bernard’s Church, which is just across from the town Christmas tree. The members offered information along with sweets and cider to all who stopped by.
Special thanks to our generous donors for helping us help others this holiday season!
Car Donations Needed
We have partnered with Second Chance Cars to bring affordable basic transportation to our neighbors-in-need in Concord and Carlisle. Now Second Chance Cars is in desperate need of gently used cars. Please help with this effort. This is an opportunity to help change someone’s life.
When you donate a car to Second Chance Cars, you will be invited to attend the car award ceremony and meet the recipient and all the people responsible for preparing the car. This is a uniquely gratifying experience.
For more information, please contact us at 978-341-3151 or email us at info@svdpconcordcarlisle.org
SVdP Holy Family Conference June 2025 Meeting
The annual pot luck supper meeting was held on June 12, 2025. There were lively discussions of our neighbors-in-need, available in-town resources and collaborations, and anticipated future assistance needs. We left the meeting with a renewed sense of fellowship and mission.
Giving Tree
Gift cards and donations to help local families in need.
Happy Thanksgiving
Share the Thanksgiving spirit with our neighbors-in-need.
President’s Letter
Thanks to the parishes in Concord and Carlisle for their support.
How we help
We believe in putting compassion into action. Our members visit neighbors in need in their homes or virtually, listen to their stories to learn the nature of their financial emergency, and develop plans to help. For example, our Conference:
- Helped with rent and found a retraining program for a family member who lost his job.
- Paid an unexpected large auto repair bill, allowing a person to continue to be able to work.
- Assisted a family by paying home heating bills and helping with budgeting.
- Provided holiday meals and grocery gift cards for a domestic violence survivor until she was able to financially support herself.
- Purchased holiday gifts for the children of a family when the primary caregiver passed away unexpectedly.
- Helped a first generation college student with college entry expenses, a laptop, filling out applications, and finding a summer job.
If you know of a family that needs our help, please contact us at 978-341-3151 or email us at info@svdpconcordcarlisle.org.
The need for assistance
Local families are affected by job loss, illness, divorce, and unexpected repair bills. There is a need for emergency financial assistance to help these families pay their bills for the basic necessities of shelter, transportation, food, utilities and health care. The chart on the left provides a breakdown of assistance provided by the Holy Family Conference in calendar year 2024. That year we provided aid to 88 families.
How you can help us help others
Our work is solely reliant on private donations to provide temporary financial assistance to our neighbors in need. Your donations enable us to quickly respond to requests for assistance in paying critical household bills such as food, utilities, and rent. We provide this assistance to our neighbors regardless of their faith, background, or personal circumstances. Please consider making a donation today.
You can also help by joining The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul as a Vincentian volunteer.