From Surviving to Thriving

Join St. Vincent de Paul of Wausau for an evening supporting our Getting Ahead program—a program that helps individuals and families build the tools, relationships, and confidence needed to move toward long-term stability.

Your support helps make this program possible and invests directly in our neighbors and their futures.

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

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  • "If we make poor use of God’s graces by neglecting our primary duties, God will take these graces from us."

    St. Vincent de Paul

  • "Make it a practice to judge persons and things in the most favorable light at all times and under all circumstances."

    St. Vincent de Paul

  • "Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing."

    Mother Teresa

  • "Remember nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with love."

    St. Therese of Lisieux

  • "One who has hope lives differently."

    Pope Benedict XVI

  • "We must love our neighbor as being made in the image of God and as an object of His Love."

    St. Vincent de Paul

  • "Charity is the cement which bonds communities to God and persons to one another."

    St. Vincent de Paul

  • "Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love."

    Mother Teresa

  • "All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of one candle."

    St. Francis Assisi

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  • Our Vincentians completed 294 Home Visits in 2024!

    St. Vincent de Paul of Wausau

  • We were able to assist 1,119 people, of which 313 were children!

    St. Vincent de Paul of Wausau

  • We provided 68 beds to neighbors in need, bringing comfort and support!

    St. Vincent de Paul of Wausau

  • We currently have 24 active Vincentians serving our community!

    St. Vincent de Paul of Wausau