Father Bernard Vaughan

Father Bernard Vaughan

Image Details

Title Father Bernard Vaughan
Reference Number STH0008822
Photographer Unknown
Town or Village Torquay
Date 1920
Original Format Black and white photograph
Period The 1920s
Copyright South Tyneside Libraries
Further Information Father Bernard Vaughan
He was born at Herefordshire. He was educated at Stonyhurst, and became a member of the Society of Jesus. His uncle was also a Jesuit, Richard Vaughan SJ, who went on design Sacred Heart Church in Edinburgh.
For 18 years he took a conspicuous part in the religious and civic life of Manchester, particularly as priest at the Holy Name Church, Manchester. In 1901 went to London, where he worked among the poor of Westminster and in the East End. His sermons on "The Sins of Society" in 1906 attracted large audiences. He preached at Montreal in 1910, traveled in Canada, the United States, and Alaska, and lectured in China, Japan, Italy, and France.

World War I
In 1915 he became chaplain to Catholic troops of the British expeditionary army on the Continent.