The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-08-19
Annual Report of St. vincent's Home for Destitute
Boys.

At the last general meeting of the society o
st. Vincent de Paul. the following report wa
read
Mr.. Precedent aud brethren Of the Society o.
81. IHceHt de PduL AT he date of onr last Au
nnal report, July lat 1876 We had IS bovs In
having been admitted and 81 having LETT dur.
ing the year. On the Sd of June 26 boy made
their First Communion in the Chapel at the
Home, aud confirmed in st. Joseph'l
Church two weeks after. 1t was q very edify-
ing sight to the friends of the poor boys TO
sec so many of them approaching the Holy
Table Nine of these boys were taken home
after Confirmation.
You will no doubt be surprised at the small
| number of boys at Present in the Home, the
number being lees now than what it has been
for the last ten years. This has not arisen
because there no boys who want adms-
| slon, for the number of applications by poor
persons to get destitute boys admitted were
| never more numerous than at present; but
their applications have to be refused on &C.
count of want of funds. The Conference ces, we
! believe are doing all they cAn or all that their
| income will permit, and we trust in Almighty
| God that some plan will be devised to increase
| the income Of the Conferences and of the Home,
80 that more destitute boys can be admitted
gratis.
| Ny Brethren do not think nat this is an un-
| necessary OF supeI hnous work, that might be
given up and abandOued without doing much
ltJnry to the rising generation or to Catholic
society 10 was never more necessary than it 10
at present. Hundreds. aye, thousands of des-
tltnte boys are going 10 destruction every day,
not only here, but sll over the United States
and In Europe Asia and Africa, every where
Catholic associations and charitable societies
are called upon by the ecclesiastical authori-
ties to assist in saving the poor, deserted
destitute Catholic boy" 1 read to you at last
meeting portion of address by Father
Burke TO q society in Dublin. l have come
across, in London paper, an address to the
charitable people of Eugsbd by the Rev.
Lord Archibald Donglas, 70 assist him In
maintaining the 81. VIGoents Home for deati
tote Catholic boys in LoUdon 80 that efforts
are continually making all over the Christian
world to provide for, aud to protect and cd
GcAte destitute Catholic boys.
II you think that our Society cannot accom- |
pllsh this work alone this should not be q |
cause of dlscouragement, but should be great |
iuducemenJ TO some of our vigorous young |
mem bers TO organize an association outside Of |
our SocIety, to cooperate with us in this holy |
work. This is done in New York, Boston, Lon
don, Glasgow. Doblln, Calcutta, Algiers, aud
many othes places, and why not try it herei
l proposed IL twelve Years ago, but the Council
thought We could accomplish this great work
ourselves. We have tried it for eleven
y yesTs, and although We have done @ great deal
We have not been able to accomplish the whole
work proposed, which was: To provide
home gratis, for the most needy OF our poor
boys, and to teach tle4n trades.
am now getting too old to continBe to tnke
an active part in the undertaking, bat hope
some OF The younger members will be induced
10 go win the holy work until it is &c com
JIsshed. Rtco!ecJ wnat l want, ard what
Iope 70 live TO see, Is nleaus provided 10 main
am poor boys graJis, and teach tUelh trades
IuIs WAS tho original design OF Chos, who
opened aud had the Htst Charge of the Home,
-! OF " AoEi are Lo% Cead except Gir. hCCAf- |
rey aud myself, and am sorry ho over reeign- !
III his place GU the BO6Id, for ! kpO 10 one
,etter htted at present than uImsrlf To carry l.
'oI the original design of tie Society iu open
ng the Home.
We have AZ present as many, II not more I
'AyIng boys than We ever have had aud our ,
income for the Home, lucIudInH what Is paid by !
conferences i0r boys, 10 nov nearly IeuHI to our
Monthly eXpenaes but what We wHnL 10 fonds
o support the large numb Of euuTely desti-
ute boys, including those now paid for from q
be treasures of the Conferences, WHO are
nocking At the doors of all the priests IN the I
ity, be ESinE Of them to send them to the q
lone. Ine priests generally send them to the v
Tome or TO tDe Vicar General, and at last they
re sent to NE, and have to put Lueu Cd with d
ne of these cireulars,' and they leave, very &
fIep, with the threat that they will take the t
oy to the Protestant asylum d
BY brethren, We want means to keep the q
.ome full of boys without any drain on tho C
'easurles of the Conferences. o
ID. p. SCASLAN, President.
. The circular alluded to here lie the following; 4
the Board Of Directors Of the Home bV
erEymen and otherb. with dAtIonS 10 have :.
he Home is authorized TO ADMIT children Rrstis
S I" ths roiss o spe a. I1nS SaS~ CSry'Isnes
illdrsn and send them the Home. where tGsy VII =
II there not Already . Conference an CO
parish and thete are AGy boys needing sl
Gu TO induce lev Of the Charitable lAy of Jour
ld Beard Directors simply govern provide o
= the saPport Of tie Home. a
- -. x scAELAN, President N
Ada1l9 yHAKr. Treasurer. ~
4filRt lldeal8s KKEBAGnAs, Secretary" Je
Levy REosheEs wiIl Esnove from $50 AEsga- Z, p
- SsresG Nktee fr anf cro aonseaNentfv sscri. =.