Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-25
HONOR CHARITY'S
GREATEST PATRON
Catholics Observe Third Quar-
terIy Festival, Feast of st.
Vincent de Paul
BISHOP DELIVERS ADDRESS
Meeting AdjournS Out of Respect
to the Late Rev. Jos.
Barron
BISHOP DELIVERS ADDRESS

The third quarterly festival of the
year, the feast of st. Vincent de Paul,
universal patron of charity, was OBJ
served at ST. Andrews church, Pasa-
dena, yesterday. Sixty representatives
from the cathedral, st. Joseph-s, 81.
Vincent's, st. Thomas, Sacred Heart,
st, Mary's and st. Patrick's attended
mass which was celebrated at $3.50 a.
m. by the pastor, Rev. William E.
Quinlan, and received holy commun-
ion.
After the services the women of the
parish served breakfast. The thlrd
quarterly meeting of the year was then
called to order by Hon. H {. Dillon
president of the cathedral conference,
who in the absence of President Z. Z.
Desmond and Vice President j, p. De-
lany, presided. The opening prayers
were said by Rev. Father Quinlan. The
spiritual reading WIS taken from the
book of rules and given by B. j. Nc
Conville of st. Andrews of Pasadena.
The minutes of the last quarterly
meeting were read and approved, after
which the quarterly reports OF the
work done by the various conferences
were read by the secretary. Remarks
were then made by the president OF
each conference commenting upon the
work accomplished in each district.
Especially noteworthy was the large
conference for the care of tuberculosis
patients as shown by the report or
G, Bertonneau. President Dillon then
introduced Rt.- Rev. Thomas j. Con-
atty, bishop of the diocese of Los An
geles and Monterey, who honored the
meeting with his presence. The bishop
prefaced his address by regretting the
absence OF President c. c. Desmond,
who he said was on his way home and
was much benefited by his recent trip.
In the course of his remarks the bishop
spoke of the recent death of Rev.
Joseph Barron of st. Marys parish,
one of the pioneers in the sacred cause
of charity under the auspices of ST.
Vincent de Paul in this city. and re-
ferred to his successor, Rev. Joseph
McManus, as a great advocate of the
poor and all that pertains to their vel
fare Paul Mccormick supplemented
the remarks of the bishop by paying
a high tribute to the work of the Pasa-
dena branch of the society. He thanked
Rev. Father Quinlan for his words of
praise and encouragement and thanked
the women of the parish for their
share in the entertainment of the Yis-
itors. A committee consisting of j. o.
Sullivan, J. w. Bullas and f. T. Muir
ply was appointed to prepare resolu-
tions upon the death of Rev. Father
Joseph Barron.
ID. f. mclaughlin IN Dendl1 OF 81
Thomas conference invited the society
to hold the next quarterly meeting at
st. Thomas church, Los Angeles,
which invitation was accepted. Rev.
Cassian TritZ, o. It. M, pastor OF st.
Joseph's church, next addressed the
meeting. Father Tritz said that the
life of a parish was shown by its
works and that no greater proof of
activity was needed than the records of
the conferences of St Vincent de Paul.
The lay apostolate of the church,
whose members are actuated with no
other reward than the thought of
doing good to their less fortunate
brothers, is doing a great and needed
work Joseph Mesmer urged great
er efficiency of organization and more
systematic methods for the extension
of the work. The meeting adjourned
out of respect to Rev. Joseph Barron,
the late spiritual director of st. Mary's
conference.