Background
VAUGHAN, Bernard was born on August 20, 1847. Son of Colonel Vaughan of Courtrield, Herefordshire, and brother of late Cardinal B. Vaughan.
VAUGHAN, Bernard was born on August 20, 1847. Son of Colonel Vaughan of Courtrield, Herefordshire, and brother of late Cardinal B. Vaughan.
Stonyhurst. As a professed Father of the Society of Jesus for 18 years, took an active and conspicuous part in the religious and civic life of Manchester.
After which he came to London (1901) to Farm Street, W. Is known as an energetic worker among the poor at Westminster and in the East End. Has organised particularly successful concerts and bazaars for erection of clubs for working class.
As a preacher and lecturer known on the Continent as well as in England. His sermons on The Sins of Society in 1906 drew large audiences. So too his Lenten course, The Sins of Society gauged by the Passion of Christ, 1907, and last season’s course entitled, Why believe in Christ and Christianity? 1907.
Cathedral preacher at Eucharistic Congress, Montreal, 1910.
Society of Jesus (Jesuit).