The Society of St. Vincent de Paul Phoenix - Barrios, Frank Martin
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No work of charity is foreign to the Society is their motto.. The Society of St. Vincent de Paul started in Paris, France, in 1833 and is now established in more than 150 countries throughout the world. The Phoenix Council was founded in 1946 at St. Mary's Catholic Church by a group of visionary individuals who came together to address poverty in Phoenix. The seeds they planted have grown into a multifaceted organization, providing much-needed assistance to thousands of individuals and families throughout central and northern Arizona. Author Frank Barrios shares the Phoenix Council's history,…mehr

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No work of charity is foreign to the Society is their motto.. The Society of St. Vincent de Paul started in Paris, France, in 1833 and is now established in more than 150 countries throughout the world. The Phoenix Council was founded in 1946 at St. Mary's Catholic Church by a group of visionary individuals who came together to address poverty in Phoenix. The seeds they planted have grown into a multifaceted organization, providing much-needed assistance to thousands of individuals and families throughout central and northern Arizona. Author Frank Barrios shares the Phoenix Council's history, from its beginnings as a small thrift store and rented restaurant space in the early 1950s through today's services, which include five dining rooms, seventeen thrift stores and myriad special assistance programs.
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Frank Martin Barrios, a native Arizonan, graduated from Arizona State University with a BS in civil engineering. He was president of the Phoenix Diocesan Council Board of Directors of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul from 2014 to 2017. He has also served on the boards of the Phoenix Museum of History and the Arizona State's Historical Society. He is the author of Mexicans in Phoenix and coauthor of Reflections from a Community: The History of Chicanos Por La Causa Inc. (1969-2009).