FIRST - Society of Saint Vincent de Paul in the United States - St. Louis, Missouri
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The first conference of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul in the United States was held at the "Old Cathedral" in St. Louis in 1845.
Waymark Code: WMJV6
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 07/31/2006
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"While historians are not certain about some details, there is no doubt that
the Society of St. Vincent de Paul was established in St. Louis, Missouri at the
Basilica of St. Louis, King of France, popularly called "The Old Cathedral," in
1845.
Father John Timon, CM, an American Vincentian priest from Pennsylvania, and
later Bishop of Buffalo, New York, was the one who brought copies of the Rule of
the Society of St. Vincent de Paul back from Dublin, Ireland, to St. Louis.
Timon talked to various people about the Society and its wonderful work with the
poor.
Bishop Peter Richard Kenrick, successor of the first Bishop of St. Louis,
Joseph Rosati, CM, asked Father Ambrose Heim to establish the Society of St.
Vincent de Paul and be its Spiritual Advisor. Father Heim was known by all for
his extraordinary zeal and ministry with the poor. He became known as "The
Priest of the Poor."
The first meeting of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in the United States
was held on November 20, 1845, only twelve years after its foundation in Paris.
Nineteen of the most prominent Catholic layment of St. Louis attended. Dr. Moses
Linton was elected President, Bryan Mullanphy, Vice President, Dennis Galvin,
Second Vice President, James Maguire Jr., Secretary, Patrick Ryder, Treasurer,
and Fr. Ambrose Heim, Spiritual Advisor. The Conference was aggregated (formally
recognized) by the Society's International Council in Paris on February 2,
1846." ~ St. Vincent de Paul website
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