The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-07-26
aa-u,ug Star and Catholic Messenger
w oRLEANs. sUNnAY. JULY 20. ls74.
Society Of st. Vincent dc Paul.


hot weather and the reduced fare on the trains
I to the watering places. After the first Gospel
Father Mckinry, 8. j., addressed the congre-
CATION, and Immediately before the last Gospel
Father Frain, the PASTOR who was the celebrant
,rof the Mass, thanked the members for their
attendance and dwelt upon the good example
shown by many men approaching the Holy
Sacrament of the Blessed Eucharist.
The genera! meeting was held at O'Clock,
p. NJ, the same day in the Star Hall. The
number of members present was even less than
at the Mass III morning. The Very Rev. G..
Raymond, " G, Spiritual Director of the
Society in tho Province, Lonored the meeting
with bis presence.
Reports for tho quarter, including the
months of April, May and June, from nine
Conferences were read. The Conferences of ST.,
Peter, st. Vincent de Paul, and st. Francis de
Sales did not report, the latter having sus-
pended its meetings by request of the pastor
and most of the members having been trans
ferred to the Conference of ST. John the
Baptist
From the reports of the nine Conferences Of
the parishes of ST. Patrick. st. Mary (Arci-
bishcp's) st. Joseph, Annunciation, st. Ann,
st. John the Baptist, ST. Theresa st. Alphon-
sHs, and st. Michael, We make the following
summary:
Members April 1913
Rcsigi ed .urnr ouar,er. 70
or 61eS 4o, iin Tnns quarter %
Average attendance. ........ ...... IA
Number of subscribers TO funds ...........: 81
Added TO roll during quarter. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ~
~ DropPed during quarter. II
Number of persons comprising these families 3Cs
Tie 81 subscribers reported above, are dis |
trth ntn fxllo
l Annunciation, 1s; st. Ann, 80; St. John,
le5 st. Aiphonsus, St. Michael, /. These |
Subscribers are charitable persons of either
sex, who choose the Conferences as the almon-
ers of their aims, thus securing the bestowal
Of these upon deserving persons only and win
ming for themselves the valuable indulgences
givon by the different Popes to all who gre
affiliated with the Society.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Balance in Treasures April I.......s 379 "a
SSoHections at meetings during quarter $3.50 "a
CciIsStions in esnron ' e 10 10
uther sources. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 81 90
AHA. 49,. MAR ,,,r,n, ,,,u, sI459 3
Balances June 30th. sls4 A.
Reports were then read by the Presidents of
the special works of the Society. OF these we
shall only mention that of st. Vincents Boys
Home, Bienville street. April 10Th, there were
93 boys in the Home, and on the LIST of July,
79-the decrease being caused by sickness in
the institution. Two of the boys died, the
others have recovered, and the health of the
Inmates is now good. During the year the
Home has given shelter, sustenance and educa-
tion to an average of ninety boys, at o monthly
cost of IS so each, exclusive of doctors fees, in
n II
be borne in mind also that the Home building
belongs to tho Society. The report further
says:
We have applications every week for the ad
mission of boys from parishes where there
no Conferences, and in ordinary times, per-
haps, the Society could bear the whole burden
of the support of all the boys that present
themselves with murmur or complaint but
ut present we find it very difficult to do so.
Parish priests and charitable laymen can, by
establishing new Con ferences in parishes where
there are none, provide the means for taking
care of the destitute boys of their parish For
one dollar per week (the Society providing the
balnrc"> they can have u destitute boy edu-
Gated, pa detected and nleit,taiued who without
this SMALL assistance, :fiTSy become an outcast
and be lost to the Chures and to society.
Father Raymond then$ briefly addressed the
members, exhorting them to perseverance, and
impressing on them the necessity of attending
all the meetings of the Society, that their zeal
might be kept alive and their works promptly
and efficiently done He said that works of
charity were most pleasing to God aud cited
st. Vincent, the apostle of charity, as an ex-
ample worthy of imitation. He said that he
was surprised to see frsm the reports that only
one Conference est. Joseph's) had as many as
80 members, rs certainly in every parish there
were more than sixty good, practical, male
Catholics. Some of the Conference.-The less
than twenty members and one had only seven.
He concluded by promising to assist tho So
cety to the extent of his influence and ability.
The meeting then adjourned.
The balance of :heir summer goods will be
Rold below by LerY Bros $50 Mnrn rinn s,rnn,