Touched by poverty and unemployment of a great deal of the population of Mechelen and surroundings, monsignor Scheppers founded  a Society of Supplies together with canon Bosmans and a few layman. The members paid a contribution of 0,2 francs  a week and in case of illness they got 1 franc a day for disability.

They also formed a savings-bank  to put up the workers to save in summer so that they could profit from their interests in winter when there was dearth or when they had special expenses.