SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT OF PAUL

New Zealand Tablet, Volume V, Issue 245, 11 January 1878, Page 15

SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT OF PAUL

A branch of this inestimable society has been established in Wellington. With a view towards furthering its extension throughout the colonies, we publish the following letters :— General Council, Rue dc Fnrstenberg, G, Paris. a " & ' ep ' ' Dear Sir and Brother, — I am extremely happy to be able to renew with you the correspondence opened up by you in Glasgow, but too soon Wen off ; and W.IS pleasure that I learn from you that you have STJi * a i Cou±e . ren< r e . of Sfc - Vincent of Paul in Wellington. It is the' »K ttat has existed in that distant land, and our Council is overjbyed at the happy news of its foundation. Though unacquainted with certain details, which we pray you to furnish us by filling up the printed sheet herewith enclosed, the Geneial Council, in its Session of the 3rd inst., has aggregated the Conference of Wellington to the Society of St. Vincent of Paul ; and it affords me great satisfaction to make this announcement to you' in sending enclosed the printed Letter of Aggregation. m* f no «^g jour zeal, I need not recommend you to make every cttoit to advance the new -Conference conformably to rule— to meet every week, to visit the poor frequently, to celebrate the Feasts of the bociety ma suitable mi nner, to read from time to time the rale as well as the monthly report of our Association, of which an English StefuVto PU ou Dublin * Wl>itC OftGn *° US> aad We Bhall * e <* Some time ago a Conference was formed in Melbourne but we 25i2 w « m " P - * U l d yy ° U not ' with the stance oT the g o6d Man^ Fathers re-estabhsh it, and found new Conferences in Sydney and the other chief cities of Australia ? It is much to be feared that the Masomc lodges are very numerous in those cities. Why should eSgy? 7 ' S th ° Se lodgeS 358 them in zeal a^ Awaiting the pleasure of having a letter from you soon a^ain accept, dear sir and brother, the expression of my sincere attachment and be assured we shall remember you in our prayers. Ad. Baudon, The President of the Conference o£ Wellington. rresident General -