Robert Hunter (National Trust) to propagate the formation of a "National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty". In July 1894 the trust was formally inaugurated under the presidency of the Duke of Westminster. At the inaugural meeting Rawnsley declared, to cheering, that the aim was to establish "a great National Gallery of natural pictures". Hunter was appointed chairman of the executive committee. In the same year he was knighted for his services to conservation. Hunter had warned the inaugural meeting that the trust would be on a truly secure footing only if it obtained the permanent status granted by either a
Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill for children from kindergarten to age 12. The Sisters of Charity became a Pontifical Congregation in 1948 and made perpetual vows for the first time the following year. In 1960, the Congregation sent Sisters to Mokpo, Korea, to establish the community's first foreign mission. There are nearly 200 Korean Sisters of Charity ministering in parishes, schools, retreat houses, and daycare centers. Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill The Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill were founded by Sister Aloysia Lowe. She was accompanied by Sisters Blanche O'Keefe, Maria Theresa O'Donnell, Maria Kavanaugh and two novices. In 1809, Elizabeth Ann Seton