New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-01
RELIGIOUS CHARITABLE ASSOCIATIONS
IN FRANCE.
Fromtn Occssional Correspondent.

From an Occasional Correspondent
PARIS, Oct. IL, 1860.
In his report TO the French Senate, of May
25, 1850, Mr.. Dupin estimated the number of So
called Laical Benevolent Societies at 1886, of
" ich JOB are authorized, and ,493 not au-
tLor,ed. The most famous of these associations
is tlat of ST. Vincent de Paul, bearing great
analogy to the Congregation of 1920, which in
its turn locked much like the League of the six
teeIth century brought TO life again. The So
ciety Of st. Vincent dc Paul, initiating the Ian
euole Of adopts Of alchemy, calls the general
aim Of its activity L'G.urre Obe Work. which
0lrre is undivided into different categories of
aurs (works). The central power over the
Society il swayed by its chief, Father Villefort,
Provincial of the Jesuit order, residing ut
Rome. On the death of Father ROothan, the
late JesuitGeEeral, Father Beck and Father
YilltloTt were tie two candidates for the vacant
post; but Beck, formerly intrusted with the
education of Francis Joseph, the Austrian En-
Iu,r, aid consequently backed by the influence OF
tie Austrian LnLasey, got the majority OF votes.
ltiOIi, 10 console hIusef for his ueieai srOve to
cl,Ite ior himself s0lt Of independent position in
Not Of the general interest Oi the Jesuit Order
y fostering Throughout France, SPAIN and Italy
Tie develop nent Of the "COniercnces Of st. Vim
c,Lt de- llIl, which had begun to establish them
s,lS,s OF Paris in 1888 soon after tbs exclusion
{ ,n / lance Of the Jesuits.s
Tie administrative organization of the order is
this In every parish, Conference is established,
g,neIil coLslstn OF 20 to Az active members and
Il VAL ng muller Vt two other categOres tbs honor
aIl oB.LpIs and those who are merely affiliated
Tie latter ale only obliged to buy some tickets III
the aLDus LOTTERY for the support Of the poor; the
LorOIaIy Mtn.ttIs pay regularly their voluntary
~ btcllj uOLe; and the active members are charged
With usiil the poor families relieved by the Con-
f,IeIce, Anticipating to them lgious Instruction.
lie Conference Nests Olce week, on Sundays
icr tie periUln aDce of the Divine service, in the
y.tIi,s, without the exclusion, however, of other
nUtiLts. A certain number of Conferences es-
tbllsl, d in the sane town, is directed BY "Par-
"tiCllar Ouncil." The reunion of different Par
a luI COul cs, or the District Administration forms
tCLtIll Council by no means dependent upon
olitu frontiers. Thus, for instance the District
ACn Illustration of "the Mosclle and Luxembourg"
oonIIeLelGs the three Particular Councils of Metz
Irenoh), Lu1enbuIg (Dutch), and Sarreguemines
Il Ius.aL) Lastly the whole society, the aggregate
0lr1e OF al couhtlies, viz: Of France Germany
l., i'm, Denmark, Greece the United Kiugdou
Italy, Holland, Switzerland, Spain, Algeria tae
United States, Canada, the COLONIES Of Good Hope
hillluts, Reunion, Martinique, ind Guadeloupc,
is directed by q General Council aud a supreme
lresideut reading ut Paris. Beside IT'D Conferences
aIticular Councils, Central Councils, Superior
Councils, &, neiol Councils and central President,
The Society has its own Lrgithtu G, represented by
tie Quarterly General Assemblies The annual
rcveL,c OF this widely -rhmfed Association of Saint
Vii ceLt de Paul amounts to more than five millions
of tHncs. Every month it publishes at Paris sort
# Monitsur c0lled &" Bulletin de Ia Scci6ts" (the
bulletin OF the Society. which transmits to the diff.
f,Ient conferences the views on all questions sub
ntted 10 the General Council contains list of the
corieprces newly formed in the course of the
month, the protocols Of the assemblies the reports
OF tie central councils, recommendations OF new
books, general Instructions and the neurology of all
tho Members Of TIE Society deceased during th.
mCnth, in oil countries
The disposition of charity is the apparent, but
ulr."ontale Propaganda tleIea aim OF this power
III association an aim H takes hardly the trouble
10 eolce0l Thus re read, for instance, in the
BnIhiin de Ia Soe'ett No. l3i, for February 1850,
" We ourselves are our next poor Ones and 10 our.
" selves Ne owe the first aims of our charity we
" are religious Oocieiy, aud Catholic propaeaudism
"js our great duty"