New housing for those with special needs opens in New Port Richey
Ozanam Village is designed to provide stable housing and specialized care for those with special needs
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Officials cut the ribbon on the new phase of the Ozanam Village on May 25. Those participating from left to right: Nancy Jones, President of the St. Petersburg St. Vincent de Paul (SVdP) Diocesan Council; John Berry, Regional Vice President of the National Council of the US Society of SVdP; Bishop Gregory Parkes of the Diocese of St. Petersburg; Michael J. Raposa, CEO of St. Vincent de Paul CARES; Kevin Tatreau, Director of Development Finance, Florida Housing Finance Corporation; Marcy Esbjerg, Director of Community Development, Pasco County; Shannon Nazworth, President and CEO, Ability Housing; Commissioner Christina Fitzpatrick, Pasco County District 4; Bill Cosgray, Owner of Bradley Construction. [ St. Vincent de Paul CARES ]
“Martha exemplifies the spirit of service before self,” said SVDP executive director, Shari Woolridge.
Catholic San Francisco April 6, 2021 The St. Vincent de Paul Society was founded in 1833 Paris with a mission to help the poor face-to-face. In no small coincidence, founder Frederic Ozanam, beatified in 1997 by St. John Paul II, began the society while Paris was in the grips of a cholera epidemic just as Vincentians in the 22 conferences of the San Francisco Council of SVDP are ministering today within the constraints of COVID-19. SVDP-SF announced the election of new president Joe Stark on March 26, 2021. Stark comes to the office as a Vincentian from St. Gabriel Parish SVDP conference and the conference at Laguna Honda Hospital. A 1972 graduate of St. Ignatius College Prep, he holds an undergraduate degree as well as an MBA from San Francisco State University.