Eleventh Annual Report of St. Brigid's Orphanage (1867)

Eleventh Annual Report of St. Brigid's Orphanage (1867)

1867

St. Brigid's Orphanage

Eleventh Annual Report of St. Brigid’s Orphanage (1867) (presented at Annual Meeting, 11 Dec 1867). It is submitted by the ‘Managers’ of St. Brigid’s Orphanage. The report provides an overview of the reasons (due to the famine and poverty) for the development of the Ladies’ Association of Charity, and St. Brigid’s Orphanage. The report examines Proselytism with reference to some Protestant institutions (orphanages, schools, etc.). It details the number of orphans; reunification of orphans with parents; orphan adoptions; orphan apprenticeships; the schooling of orphans; and the rearing of orphans. Examples of orphan circumstances are depicted. The benefits of the boarding-out (foster care) system is discussed. The success of the St. Brigid schools is described; and also noted as being under the umbrella of the Sisterhood of the Holy Faith. Schools are administered without government aid. The Meeting of St. Bridget’s Orphanage is documented, with detailed speeches and resolutions. The report intermingles Protestant indoctrination and the benefits of a Catholic education. Several speeches and resolutions from the annual meeting are printed in the report. 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. Also, in the appendix is an extract of a pamphlet published by his Lordship the Bishop of Southwark and is presented to St. Brigid’s Orphanage, titled ‘Practical Direction and Suggestions as to Appointed Testamentary Guardian.’

St. Brigid's Orphanage

46 Eccles Street, Dublin, Ireland

Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland

Orphan statistics

Boarding-out system

Education

Holy Faith schools

Sisters of the Holy Faith

Proselytism

Finance

Benefactors

Speeches & Resolutions

Ladies’ Association of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul

Aylward, Margaret (1810-1889)

Single booklet: Eleventh Annual Report of St. Brigid's Orphanage (1867)

William Powell (10 Essex Bridge, Dublin)

HFA1-O-ES-F-33-SBO-AR11.pdf

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HFA1/O/ES/F/33/SBO-AR11

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

This report is a stand-alone report

1 report, 50 pages