First Annual Report of the Ladies’ Association of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul (1852)

First Annual Report of the Ladies’ Association of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul (1852)

1852

Ladies’ Association of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul

First annual report of the Ladies’ Association of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul attached to the Metropolitan Parish of Dublin and instituted for the Spiritual and Temporal Relief of the Sick Poor (presented at Annual Meeting, June 1852). This report includes an account of the origins and progress of the association in its first year, denoting its origins to St. Vincent de Paul. It describes the introduction of the association of St. Vincent de Paul into Ireland, and the introduction of the Ladies’ Association of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul to the Dublin Metropolis. It notes that the first (preliminary) meeting of Ladies was held on 06 June 1851 in the Church of St. Francis Xavier, Dublin; and the first meeting to elect office-bearers was held on 24 June 1851.

The report describes the objectives of the association; the forms of management and membership (honorary & active); the spirit of the association; and the financial resources of the association. It describes statistics regarding membership numbers, donations, visitations to the Sick Poor and attendance of the dying. Several case studies or testimonies are provided, detailing visitations of the Sick Poor. The means for improving the spirit of the association is discussed, and other accessory or accidental works of the association such as monitoring the ‘efforts of Proselytism’; and attendance of Catholic children to Protestant schools. The report is signed by John Curtis, S.J. (President). The report includes a financial statement of donations, subscriptions and expenditure of the association, and lists benefactors. The Appendices provide a public address by the association to the Lord Archbishop of Dublin, Paul Cullen, and a reply by his Grace, Dr Paul Cullen, to the Ladies of the Association of Charity. In the appendix is a letter of solicitation for support, financial contributions, and membership.

Ladies’ Association of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul

20 Lower Dorset Street, Dublin, Ireland

Relief to the Sick Poor

Membership

Administration

Education

Proselytism

Finance

Benefactors

Correspondence

Cullen, Paul (1803-1878)

Aylward, Margaret (1810-1889)

William Powell (68 Thomas Street, Dublin)

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Note: p. 2 and p. 30 are blank pages, and were not digitised as part of this edition.

1 report; 36 pages