Society Of St Vincent De Paul St John Baptist Conference

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210 N Avenue 21 Los Angeles, CA, 90031-1713

EIN Number: 61-1989654

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Phone: (951) 328-3112

Hours: Closed

Mon - Fri 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM (PDT)

Sat 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM (PDT)

Sun 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM (PDT)

Website: https://saintjohnbaptist.org

Email: info@saintjohnbaptist.org

NTEE Code: P20: Human Service Organizations

MISSION - WHAT WE DO

St John the Baptist SSVP conference was started in 1907 and continues today to serve those who need our help.

SERVICES - HOW WE DO IT

By the middle of the nineteenth century, Uddingston, like most of the other villages and towns in Lanarkshire, was beginning to show the effects of industrialisation; many of the traditional handcrafts and disappeared and workers, who had formerly been employed in weaving or agriculture, were now to be found in smithies or foundries. Besides providing sources of employment for local residents, the new industries were responsible for bringing other workers to the village and an indication of the origin of some of the incomers was to be found in the nickname “Wee Ireland” given to houses adjoining Wilkies Plough Works on the Old Mill Road. These houses, which were opposite the Co-operative, have now been demolished and the site is used as a car park. However, this Irish immigration had brought few Catholics to the village for according to the late Robert McElhinney of Croftbank Crescent there were only about six Catholic families in Uddingston in 1848. In the first half of the century Catholics were more inclined to settle in the Tannochside area where the coal pits provided a ready source of employment. Around 1848 there was a dramatic increase in the Catholic population of Glasgow and its surrounding districts, owing to a large influx of people fleeing the ravages of the Irish Famine, but relatively few of these work-seeking immigrants settled in Uddingston as they were more attracted to places such as Coatbridge or Motherwell where the Industrial Revolution had made greater impact and the opportunities for work were more plentiful. However, the rate of settlement in Uddingston increased rapidly in the second half of the century owing to industrial expansion and the building of two railway links to Glasgow, and it was the latter of these which hastened the demand for commuter villas in the area. The estimated population of Uddingston in 1881 was 3,542 – four times the total of 1850. There is no reference, however, to the number of Catholic residents in the village at that time. In 1843, Uddingston and Tannochside came within the parochial boundaries of the new St Mary’s parish in Hamilton; and so they remained for the next thirty-nine years. Catholics in Uddingston and Tannochside had to walk to Hamilton in all kinds of weather and it will be readily appreciated that attendance at Mass in those days must have been a real test of Faith. With the opening of Holy Family Parish, Mossend, in 1868 and St Mary’s, Coatbridge, in 1874, the Catholics in Tannochside had a choice of nearer churches whilst those in the village were still obliged to make the long walk to Hamilton.

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