Fourth Annual Report of the Ladies’ Association of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul (1855)

Fourth Annual Report of the Ladies’ Association of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul (1855)

1855

Ladies’ Association of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul

Fourth 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, 21 June 1855). The report 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 report discusses ‘the severity of the winter’ and details the ‘snares of the proselytiser’. Acknowledgement of gifts from St. Mary’s Priory, Princethorp, Great Britain is given. Included is a letter from a priest from a ‘remote part of Ireland’; a letter from Rev. Edward Mc Cabe; and a reply from former Association President, Rev. J. Curtis, S.J. The Council Management is listed. The report includes a financial statement of donations, subscriptions and expenditure of the association, and lists benefactors. 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

McCabe, Edward (1816–1885)

St. Mary’s Priory, Princethorp, Great Britain

Aylward, Margaret (1810-1889)

William Powell (10 Essex Bridge, Dublin)

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Note: p.2 and p. 22 are blank pages, and were not digitised as part of this edition

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