Mass Celebration – Celebrating 80 Years of Vincentian Service in Phoenix

Description: Join the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and the St. Mary’s Basilica community for a Vigil Mass celebrating 80 years of Vincentian service in Phoenix, with Bishop John P. Dolan presiding.

St. Mary’s is remembered as the place where Vincentian ministry in Phoenix first took root locally. From the humble beginnings in 1946, additional conferences emerged in neighboring parishes, carrying forward a mission of faith lived through charity and personal encounter.

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is not simply about providing resources—it is about encountering Christ in the neighbor. Guided by personal encounter, compassion, and faith in action, Vincentians serve the poor not as problems to be solved, but as Christ to be encountered.

This Mass is an opportunity to gather in thanksgiving, prayer, and remembrance of 80 years of Vincentian service rooted in the Gospel.

Parishioners, Vincentians, families, and all who wish to pray in thanksgiving are warmly invited.

Parking: Garage located under the Diocesan Pastoral Center, entrance on 5th Street