Organisation: Benevolent Society of St. Francis of Neresine .
Description
Benevolent Society of St. Francis of Neresine was founded to help fellow members in need, to preserve their customs, traditions, our way of life and to pass them on to our following generations.
Short history
The Society was established in New York City on the 1st of June 1898 under the name “Benevolent society of Saint Francis" it was later incorporated in 1926 with the name ‘’Benevolent society of Saint Francis of Neresine Inc (a branch of the Society was also established in Nerezine, but given the circumstances after WWII it was discontinued. Only because of Mr. Julijano Sokolic great effort, it was re-established in 2007.)