The New York herald., 1874-12-15
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CHARITY.


Meeting OF the Members Of the Society
OF st. Vincent de Paul.
The regular quarterly meeting OF the members
OF the society OF St. Vincent de Paul was hela last
evening in the school house attached to st.
Patricks Cathedral. in Mulberry street. Alter
reading the minutes OF the previous meeting the
secretary went through the reports OF the various
conferences and informed the members Of their
contents. These reports gave detailed accounts
OF the work done by the members OF the several
conferences IN their respective districts and the
condition OF each branch. The secretary
read q comparative statement OF the work
done in the same quarter OF last year
by the members OF the society and
then took up the statement for the past year.
During that period 2.so7 families containing 15 al
persons, were relieved by the members, Al,
visits to the homes Of suffering poor were made,
l27 situations for INDECENT persons were pro-
cured and large number OF SICK people called
on. The society spent during the year S4e,522
and OF that amount $33 900 was laid out for lood,
fuel and clothing. The balance was consumed In
the payment OF rent, funeral expenses and medi-
cines among the individual members, who are
almost entirely mechanics and hardworking
were collected The other resources OF the
society are obtained from the profits on lee
persons and the contents Of the poor boxes in the
churches. some thirty conferences comprising
membership OF over l,OOO, make up the society
the head quarters OF each conference Is at I'll
church in ITS locality ana the pastor Of the church
Is the spiritual director. Every conference has
president, whom 1t chooses, and who is confirmed
or otherwise as seems lit by the general directory
OF presidents which meets quarterly at the Cathe-
onferences, but the head OF the society Is Mr..
Baudn, VINO resides In Paris. Its objects are to
assist the worthy poor, and great care Is taken
that those relieved are entirely worthy. When
application is made for assistance two general WIS.,
itors OF the society examine into the claim
Of the applicants. II they pronounce the
parties worthy OF succOr two regular
visitors are appointed to take charge Of the case.
These tnen give what they deem necessary, being
ence upon them. Every effort is made to enable
the persons temporarily needy to regain position
in which they could become again self-sustaining.
In the case OF family, work Is procured Tor the
man and the sick are watched over until they are
never known to any but the visitors whose duty 1t
Is to call upon them, ana visitor calls at house
unaccompanied. A short address was made to
the society last night by the Vicar General, VINO Is
members on 10 greater EFFORTS IN the future, point.
Ing out to them the great value OF their labor.
Rev. Father O'Retlly, Os st. Mary's, followed the
Vicar General In short address, He counselled
the society to look well after all the children that
came in their way, and to do all In their power
to get the children to school-"Any school.u said
Father O'Keilly, ''rather than the streets.p The
reverend gentleman said he noticed with pain
that all artisans In New York we're foreigners.
Native born young men were being sent by their
ing nor permanent. Few boys or youths were
taught trades and ne showed very forcibly the
advantage OF skilled labor over what Is looked
upon by some people as rs more or genteel employ
the President OF the society, the meeting was dis.
missed and the presidents held their conference.