February 28, 2024Members of the Kingaroy’s St Vincent de Paul Society gathered together with friends and supporters on Sunday to celebrate 80 years of helping the local community. The St Mary’s Kingaroy Conference was founded on January 14, 1944, and over the years has supported thousands of local residents, with the need growing over the decades. Michael, who now lives at Orana, was presented on Sunday with an Associate Life Membership by St Vincent de Paul Society Northern Diocese president Beryl Rowan. The St Mary’s Kingaroy Conference was established about half a century after the first in Queensland, at St Brigid’s Catholic Church, Red Hill, on February 18, 1894. The St Vincent de Paul Society as a whole traces its history back to journalist and lawyer Frederic Ozanam who formed the charitable organisation in Paris in 1833.

Source: The Local February 28, 2024 20:53 UTC