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Title: Informe del Consejo Particular y las Conferencias de San Vicente de Paul de Popayán en el año de 1922
Creator: Arroyo, J. Miguel
Publication Info: Popayán : Imprenta del Departamento, 1922.
Physical Details: 15 pp. ; 24 x 16 cms
Physical Condition: Good.

Summary: A summary of the charitable activities of Popayan's St Vincent de Paul Society in 1922. Mentions the funding of schools, and nursing homes.
Historical Notes: The Conference of Saint Vincent de Paul was founded in Paris, in 1833. From there, the Conference expanded its charitable mission throughout the world. A branch of the Conference was established in Bogota in 1857, and another in Medellín in 1882. [Paola Andrea Morales Mendoza, “Sociedad de beneficencia San Vicente de Paúl en Medellín (Antioquia, Colombia), 1890-1930”, Historelo 3, no. 6 (July-December, 2011)] This pamphlet pertains to the Conference's activities in yet another Colombian city, Popayán.
Donor Notes: None - J.L.H.

Subject(s): Colombia -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Catholic Church -- Colombia -- 20th century

Type: Pamphlet
Language: Spanish
Format: JPG
PDF - Color
Donor: J. León Helguera
Collection: Helguera
Institution: Vanderbilt university
Accession Number: P03036
Record Number: 506