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Welcome from the Australian National President

On behalf of the St Vincent de Paul National Council of Australia, I’d like to warmly welcome you to our World Youth Day 2008 website.

As the host country of World Youth Day in 2008, Australia is very excited to have the opportunity to share our faith and our country with visitors from across the globe and with one another.

The Society of St Vincent De Paul was founded by a group of young people, led by 20 year old Frederic Ozanam. The spirit, passion and energy that young people bring to the Society are crucial to the works that we carry out and the faith life of our communities. The young people of the Society, across the world, are a living example of Frederic’s challenge for us to put our faith into action.

Read the whole message from John Meahan (former Australian National President) and Syd Tutton (recently elected Australian National President) - click here.