St. Louis Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from St. Louis Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 3 Perhaps of all the charitable organizations of to-day none is so well known and so widespread as that of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. Founded upon principles of charity laid down by the illustrious Saint whose name it bears, as a kind messenger, it has brought and is still bringing help and succor to the needy of every color and creed throughout the world. Far back in the sixteenth century there was born in Pouy, Gascony, France, Vincent de Paul, whose charity and love of the poor has counfounded the world. Led on by a true love of God which is best evinced in the love of neighbor, he devoted his best endeavors to the service of the needy and the afflicted. Calling about him bands of noble men and women he formed them into Conferences and, through them, collected and distributed the necessaries of life to the starving thousands of Paris and its surrounding regions. It is his principles and spirit that have guided the Catholic Charities since his time. It was not, however, until May, 1833, that the organization that bears the name of St. Vincent de Paul was founded and elevated to its present high standing and efficiency. Frederick Ozanam, a brilliant young lawyer and author in Paris, called about him seven of his youthful companions and formulated plans for the organization of a society whose object should be to administer to the wants of the poor and thereby answer the taunts of an irreligious world which was proclaiming the death of the Christian spirit of charity. The rules then formulated upon the principles of St. Vincent are those by which our Conferences are governed today. The society quickly gained in membership, new Conferences were erected, so that today it can claim over two hundred thousand members, and there is scarcely a country upon the globe whose poor do not feel its kind and benevolent influence. Just twelve years after the inauguration of this noble work, Mr. Bryan Mullanphy returned from his studies in Paris, full of enthusiasm for the achievements of the society in France, called together a few of the prominent Catholic laymen of St. Louis, and in the little school-house attached to the Cathedral, - a building destroyed in the great fire of 1849 - established the first council of the St. Vincent de Paul Society in America. In the minutes of this meeting we read that Mr. Mullanphy presided, an election of officers took place. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.