Fifteenth Annual Report of St. Brigid's Orphanage (1871)

Fifteenth Annual Report of St. Brigid's Orphanage (1871)

1872

Sister of the Holy Faith; St. Brigid's Orphanage

Fifteenth Annual Report of St. Brigid’s Orphanage (1871). It is submitted by the ‘Managers’ of St. Brigid’s Orphanage. The report 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, alongside parent testimonies. Several letters from parents are addressed to Margaret Aylward. The boarding-out (foster care) system and premiums paid to nurses (foster parents) is discussed. Protocol for religious instruction and education in general is detailed. The report discusses the work of the Holy Faith schools and notes ten schools in operation, with thirty-seven Holy Faith members. It also notes the occupation of a house in Clarendon Street as a school and residence for the Sisters of Holy Faith. It reiterates their objections to accepting state funding and in maintaining their position of providing schools for Catholic children only. It also discusses plans to establish village schools in county parishes. It describes support and donations for the cause, noting the support of the clergy and guild associations. A list of benefactors and donations to St. Brigid’s Orphanage and Holy Faith Schools 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 kindly 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

Nurses (foster parents)

Education

Holy Faith schools

Sisters of the Holy Faith

Proselytism

Finance

Benefactors

Correspondence

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-AR15.pdf

Text

book section

PDF

eng

HFA1/O/ES/F/33/SBO-AR15

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

1 report, 40 pages