The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-02-09
Fr. Landry Tells Of Demands On
 Charity Bureau

The annual meeting of the Cath .ic Charities Bureau was held at St.
 .ugustine's hall. Tuesday night, In 1dition to the addresses of the off1-
 CTS Of the local bureau and Fr. M. J.
 udge, director Of the diocesan bu-
 eau, an address on ''The Big Sister
 iovement" which will be found n -esterday's Times, was delivered by Iiss Helen Mccormick. of Brooklyn, ' Y, an assistant district attorney.
 nd an active worker for suffrage in. ne years before the vote was granted
 Rev. John Landry, director of the 5cal bureau, presided He referred o the heavy demands made during he past eighteen months on the 'athoEc Charitable Bureau for ma erial relief. such as food, rent, ;lothing, etc., asserting that normal the bureau expected to spend bout 1 $2, 700 a year on this item, but expended sswherever possible" Fr. Landry said. i've have sought and round the cooperation of other agen- eies, and I wish here publicly to thank for their cooperation the De Partment of Public Charities, the cents hospital. the Bridgeport hospi- taI' the City Court. the Juvenile various Catholic institutions of the diocese Fr. Landry also in the name of the organization thanked the pastors of the various Bridgeport Catholic churches and the parish so- ;ieties, and the individual members of the bureau who had contributed en- coura cement and aid in the efforts to build up the organization.
 Fr Landry asserted that, contrary of relief was the least part of the work of the Charitable Bureau. we use relief" he said, 'as a means to end, the spiritual rejuvenation of the Individual and ha Ih
 The members of the staff of the Bureau, Miss Victoria Larmour Miss Moran, Miss Sullivan. Miss Hassett, Miss Maloney and Miss Troup. came who declared that the fact that the Bureau was in existence at all after the difficulties 1t had to face during the past year was in itself a tribute to them. and asserted they had worked without regard to hours.
 In closing Fr. Landry appealed for continuance of support from the members of the Bureau. stating: "The The public department Of charities has very difficult situation and is obliged to give over to private agen- cles all the cases the private agencies provide for"
 A detailed report of the work of the Bureau for the years 1920 and
 
 secretary. Miss Victoria Larrnour. who declared that the success of the pi- oneer bureau in Bridgeport was large iy instrumenta1 in the establishment or the Diocesan Bureau of Social Agenctes at Hartford, which took it's t1rst director. Fr. Judge, and its first executive secretary, Miss Boylan from the Bridgeport bureau. Miss Larmour told of the conversion of the day nursery established in 1918 to a community center with club roms and otner features. She declared that the ch1ef feature of 1921 was an increase in volume of work in every activity of nhe Bureau, and gave an outline of the work of the Bureau.
 Father Landry in introducing the last speaker, Rev. Mathew J. Judge. !lrector of the diocesan bureau thanked him for the cooperation given the local bureau. Father Judge alluded to Miss McCormack's address as lay sermon, a message from a crusader, commented Father Landry and Miss Larmour and the members of the staff of the Catholic Charitable Bureau of Bridgeport on their show Ing Of the past year. and said that ne tound things going along so much D better since he left Bridgeport that IL was lesson in humility to him. In closing he made an appeal for membership in the Connecticut council of Catholic Women,