Our Heritage
Photo is a Lithograph by J. C. Wild showing the first St. Louis Cathedral and Bishop's house.
The Society Comes to the United States
Just twelve years after its founding in France, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul established roots in the United States. On November 20, 1845, the first Conference of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in the United States was established in St. Louis, Missouri, at the Basilica of St. Louis, King of France, popularly called “The Old Cathedral.” Now there are about 4,500 conferences in the United States.