The Society is to promote due love and reverence for the Holy Name of God and Jesus Christ, and to suppress blasphemy, perjury, profanity, unlawful swearing, improper language, and, to prevent those vices in others. The Holy Name Society had its origin in the Council of Lyons, 1274, which prescribed that the faithful should have a special devotion to the Holy Name of Jesus. We here at Holy Trinity Church have a special devotion to the Holy Name of Jesus since our inception in 1946.