JOANNE CALITRI | JANUARY 5, 2023 MONTECITO, CA Richie’s Barber Shop on Coast Village Road is having its 11th Annual Holiday Donation Drive, this year for St. Vincent’s Santa Barbara and Adam’s Angels. The Shop’s event chair and lead barber Jessica Jay is coordinating with Regina Ruiz, Chief…
THE SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2022 | The COVID-19 pandemic may loom less menacing now than it did two years ago, but we are not out of the woods yet. As of this writing, new cases are still being registered each week…
Mina Wahab | November 26, 2022 MONTECITO, California Fashion and philanthropy will be the focus of Saturday’s event at the Rosewood Miramar Beach Hotel in Montecito. The St. Vincent’s Fashion show and Luncheon will raise money to help unhoused women and children to find housing...
John Palminteri | October 20, 2022 SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – A special charity golf classic raised money Monday for children and family services in Santa Barbara at the St. Vincent’s facility on Calle Real. The benefit is now in its 21st year. It took...
JOANNE CALITRI | OCTOBER 18, 2022 An overcast Monday, October 10 saw the 21st Annual St. Vincent’s Golf Classic Fundraiser at the Montecito Country Club touting 88 participants from 22 corporate sponsors, the most since its inception. This year the tee-gift for each participant was...
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 2022 | Last week marked the conclusion of Fr. John’s “VW Bug” Raffle! We are very grateful to everyone who participated in this friendly fundraising campaign. Your contribution helped us raise over $37,000.00 in just little over a month! The raffle drawing...
MONDAY, MAY 30, 2022 | After nearly a two-year hiatus, I Madonnari, the annual Italian street painting festival, brought thousands of onlookers to Old Mission during the Memorial Day weekend. Sister Maria Hoa Nguyen, DC, and several volunteers had been working for many long hours...
THE SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT | TUESDAY, MAY 24, 2022 | Lack of affordable childcare has been a chronic problem in Santa Barbara since the early 20th century. The city, however, may look with pride to its past when trying to address the problem in the...
April 1st, 2022 | Join Sister Paule Freeburg, D.C. on a fascinating journey through St. Vincent’s history based on audio and visual relics stored at St. Vincent’s Archive.
This silent, color film shows the Fiesta parade procession through downtown Santa Barbara. The parade includes floats from various prominent Santa Barbara organizations and local businesses including St. Vincent’s. The film begins contains views from the street of Santa Barbara’s Fiesta Parade. Several floats, and…