Fifth Annual Report of St. Brigid's Orphanage (1861)

Fifth Annual Report of St. Brigid's Orphanage (1861)

1861-11

Ladies’ Association of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul; St. Brigid's Orphanage

Fifth Annual Report of St. Brigid’s Orphanage (1861) - in association with the Ladies’ Association of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul (presented at Annual Meeting, 20 November 1861). The report opens with reprinted letters from the Lord Archbishop of Dublin, Paul Cullen, addressed to the Ladies’ Association of Charity remarking on their great work; and a letter from the Archbishop of Armagh, Joseph Dixon to Margaret Aylward with a blessing from Pope Pius IX. It notes the appointment of a Rev. Father John Gowan as Director. The report announces the establishment of St. Brigid’s Orphanage as an Association and provides an account of the ‘Rules and Privileges of St. Brigid’s Association’. The report addresses the needs for establishing a ‘poor school’ to counteract the attendance of Catholic children in Protestant schools. It notes the establishment of a school room; and documents the aims of the school. It details the number of orphans; the schooling of orphans; and the rearing of orphans. Examples of orphan circumstances are depicted. The boarding-out (foster care) system is described; and premiums paid to nurses (foster parents) is discussed. The report details support and donations for the cause. Proselytism is briefly mentioned. A list of benefactors and donations to St. Brigid’s Orphanage is listed (including clergymen and guild associations). In the appendix is a letter of solicitation for support, donations and subscriptions.

St. Brigid's Orphanage

46 Eccles Street, Dublin, Ireland

St. Brigid's Association

Rules & Privileges

Gowan, John (1817-1897)

Orphan statistics

Boarding-out system

Nurses (foster parents)

Education

St. Brigid's schools

Proselytism

Finance

Benefactors

Correspondence

Cullen, Paul (1803-1878)

Dixon, Joseph (1806-1866)

Pope Pius IX (1792-1878)

Ladies’ Association of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul

Aylward, Margaret (1810-1889)

Reports 1857-1878 (HFA1-O-ES-F-33-SBO-AR-1857-1878)

William Powell (10 Essex Bridge, Dublin)

HFA1-O-ES-F-33-SBO-AR05.pdf

Text

book section

PDF

eng

HFA1/O/ES/F/33/SBO-AR05

Sisters of the Holy Faith Congregational Archives, Aylward House, Holy Faith Convent, Glasnevin, Dublin 11

1 report, 36 pages