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Title: Informe del Consejo Particular y las Conferencias de San Vicente de Paúl de Popayán en el año de 1921.
Creator: Arroyo, Miguel J.
Publication Info: Popayán : Imprenta del Departamento, 1921.
Physical Details: 1-16pp. ; 23 x 15 7/10 cms.
Illustrations: Front page.
Physical Condition: Rear wrapper missing, pages are yellowed, but fair-legible.

Summary: A summary of the charitable activities of Popayan's St Vincent de Paul Society in 1921. 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: Report of the special council of Popayán's St Vincent de Paul Society on its (charitable) activities in 1921. - J.L.H.
Numbering Notes: First three pages are not numbered.

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

Type: Pamphlet
Language: Spanish
Format: JPG
PDF - Color
Donor: Helguera, J. León
Collection: Helguera
Institution: Vanderbilt Univesity
Accession Number: P01942
Record Number: 522