Nineteenth Annual Report of St. Brigid's Orphanage (1875)

Nineteenth Annual Report of St. Brigid's Orphanage (1875)

1876-02

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

Nineteenth Annual Report of St. Brigid’s Orphanage (1875) (presented at Annual Meeting, 06 February 1876). It is submitted by the ‘Managers’ of St. Brigid’s Orphanage. The Rev. Father Gowan read the report. 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. The boarding-out (foster care) system and premiums paid to nurses (foster parents) is discussed. Protocols for religious instruction and education in general is detailed. The report intermingles Protestant indoctrination and the benefits of a Catholic education. The report examines the causes of Proselytism. The report discusses the work of the Holy Faith schools of which ten are in operation for poor Catholic children. These schools are not in receipt of state aid. It notes the start of a lending library. Several speeches and resolutions from the annual meeting are printed in the report. 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 a description of assistance by the Sisters of the Holy Faith to the Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen Of Charity, in Lower 65 Lower Jervis Street; and 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

Speeches & Resolutions

Gowan, John (1817-1897)

Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Charity

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-AR19.pdf

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eng

HFA1/O/ES/F/33/SBO-AR19

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

1 report, 54 pages