A Móra Ferenc Múzeum Évkönyve: Studia Historica 3. (Szeged, 2000)

PÁL József: A Szent Vince Szeretet Egyesület tevékenysége Szegeden és Újszegeden

IRODALOM Belvárosi Plébánia Levéltára Irgalmas nővérek Központja kiadása 1920 Szent Vince Szeretethölgyei Egyesületének alapszabályai és ügyrendje KÁRPÁTI Pál CM 1933 Szent Vince a szeretet apostola. Bp. MOLNÁR Sándorné dr. SZOLNOKI Erzsébet 1991 Halálfogytiglan életre ítélve. Bp. Móravárosi Plébánia, História domus PUSKELY Mária 1990 Szerzetesek. Bp. Szeged-Csanád egyházmegye Püspöki Levéltára Szegedi Friss Újság Szegedi Új Nemzedék Újszegedi Plébánia, História domus JÓZSEF PÁL THE ACTIVITIES OF THE SAINT VINCENT BENEVOLENT SOCIETY IN SZEGED The name after which the organisation was called was Saint Vincent of Paul (1581-1660), a French pastor, who founded the first benevolent group in Chatillon, France, in 1617. The first benevolent society in Hungary was established much later - in 1918, in the central house of the professed sisters in Budapest. It came to Szeged in 1920, and found home in the Benevolent House operated by the professed sisters in Móraváros (Berlini Blvd. 11.) The founding regulation defined the goal of the organisation as the care, and the bodily and spiritual support of the poor, especially the impoverished sick. Only women could become full pledged members of the society. At the beginning, the members of the organisation in Szeged came from all parts of the city, and extended their activities over the entire area of Szeged. After the foundation of the New Szeged (1926) and Somogytelep (1937) societies, the range of its activities was somewhat narrowed, and became focused mainly on the vicinity of the parish of Móraváros. However, they still participated in the support of the poor of Petőfitelep and aided the local branch organisation there as well. The members of the organisation carried out an extensive range of spiritual activities and charity: agape and aid connected to church holidays, agape and aid not related to church holidays, and special aid formed the various activities of the group. The basis for the various deeds of charity was established from creative events Qiterary nights, mass entertainment, tea afternoons), self-sacrificing work (work afternoons, collections) and personal financial contributions.