- ST. VINCENT DePAUL SOCIETY HELP US HELP OTHERS District Council of Santa Cruz, California Let Us Introduce Ourselves We are an international charitable society organized in 1883 by Frederick Ozanam, a student of the University of Paris. He wanted to address the needs of the poor during the industrial revolution. He also wanted to improve the lives of young people by urging them to perform works ...www.infopoint.com/sc/orgs/svdp