Evening star., 1915-11-20
TO WIDEN SCOPE
Of CHARITY BODY
st. Vincent de Paul Society
to Be Organized Along
National Lines. <
DELEGATES ARE HERE
TO COMPLETE TASK
Sessions Begin at Catholic Univer-
slty This Afternoon-Head.
quarters in This City.

For the purpose of completing the
organization of the St Vincent de Paul
society INTO national body and di-
Fiding it up-into ecclesiastical proviuce,
along the same lines as those of tho
churcb representatives of the body
gathered at the Catholic University at
O'Clock this afternoon. Thomas VI
.hulry of New York has been selected
as president of the new superior couu-
Gil, which will direct the affairs of the
national organization. the headquarters
ior which are to be III this city
He presided at today's session. The
body will remain in session until the
work is finished, probably tomorrow
The following delegates are in att
tendance at the meetings:
John A. Graham of New Orleans,
JACK j. Spalding of Atlanta. Rober.
Bisgs and Joseph W. Brooks of Balti-
more: William H: De Lacy and Thomas
John \: Doyle of Louisville. Louis Fusx
or st Louis. j. Metz. and NJ O'Donnell
OF Dubuque, Richard C. Cannon and
James +. Kennedy of Chicago, NJ p.
Mooney of Cleveland. John c. Nolan OF
st. Paul. John Rea, Edward J. Du M>e
and j: J: Fitzgerald of Philadelphia.
John Guilfoyle of Jersey City, William
u. oBrien of Troy. N. Y: Thomas NJ
Mufrys Michael j. Scanlan. James T.
| Reid, Patrick H. Bird and Edmond 7
Butler of New York. Thomas w. Hynes,
James j. Greene and Hugh D. McGrane
OF Brooklyn, James A. McMurry, j.
Wise. Bernard {. Kelley of Boston, p.
III. Reardon of Hartford.
Those at Opening Session.
The opening session was attended by
Archbishop Hanna of San Francisco.
| BISHOP Shahan. rector of the Catholic
University; Rev. Michael j. Sca-lan,
, supervisor of Catholic charities % Bos-
| ton, and Rev. DIR. William J. KIRBY,
| secretary of the National COME eace
of Catholic Charities.
Mr.. Mulry. president of the new Su-
| perior Council. has been the leading
| figure in the ST. Vincent de Paul So
ciety- for a quarter of a century He
| is president of the Emigrant Industr al
| Savings Bank of New York. a member
! of the state board of charities, is past
president of the National Conference
of Charities and Correction and Of the
New York State Conference of Chart.
| ties.
i Membership Nearly $4,000.
| The new national council will have
jurisdiction over 961 parish confer
| ences in the United States. with total
active membership of 1880 men, who
| are personally and continuously en-
gagged throughout the year in relief
| work = The reports Of these confer
encee for the year 1914. show $4,000
families assisted. 2sS,000 visits to the
homes. Of the poor, 5000 situations Sc
cured for breadwinners of dependent
| families, and an expenditure of ap-
proximately s75O,O00.
Heretofore, the society has been d.
vided into seven independent jurisdic-
| tions in the United States, each report
ing directly to the parent organization
in Paris, France. Hereafter the ne
tire society in this country will be un-
der the Jurisdiction of the superior
council, which will act as the medium
between the society in France and the
society in this country.
| The organization is composed OF
Catholic laymen and is engaged In
works of charity.