ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY, DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, 16 March 1911, Page 484

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY, DUNEDIN

The annual meeting of the St. Vincent de Paul Society, St. Joseph’s branch (men’s conference) was held at St. Joseph’s Hall on Sunday evening. The report stated that the conference numbered twenty members, v. ith about eight active members. The work of visiting the boats in port was regularly carried out, and over seventy seamen were induced to go to Mass, and some to their duties, A conference was established at Mornington in September last, which, amongst other duties, carries on the Sunday School in that district. A small library has been established at the Cathedral doors fox : the sale and distribution of Catholic books, Catholic Truth Society’s pamphlets, etc., and is meeting with good support. Various other works have been performed by the members, but the rules of .the society provide against publishing them. Efforts will be made to establish conferences at Roslyn and South Dunedin. The balance-sheet showed the receipts to be £2l and expenditure £l4 10s, leaving a credit of £6 10s. The following officers were elected : —President, Mr. T. J. Hussey ; vicepresidents, Rev. Father Coffey and Mr. P. Sweeney; secretary and treasurer, Mr. Raymond Ward; librarian, Mr. J. McKenzie; auditor, Mr. W. Hannagan.