Please visit or contact any of the following to inquire about shelter availability:
Before accessing services for the first time, please check-in at the Joan Kroc Center.
During this decade, St. Vincent de Paul Center at 4th and Market Street met increasing demands for services from the poor and impoverished people who lived in the area and were impacted by the revitalization of the Gaslamp Quarter that began in earnest in 1974.
St. Mary’s of the Wayside and the thrift shop merged and became the St. Vincent de Paul Center under Father Lawrence Geoghan.
Joe Carroll moved from the Bronx to Southern California.
Under the direction of Father Edward Kokosoka, St. Mary’s of the Wayside Chapel and thrift store moved to 630 Fourth Avenue in the Gaslamp Quarter.
Joseph Carroll graduated from St. Joseph’s grammar school in the Bronx.
The foundation for St.Vincent de Paul Village was laid in April 1950 when Bishop Charles F. Buddy dedicated St. Mary of the Wayside Chapel at 811 F Street in downtown San Diego.
