Twenty-Second Annual Report of St. Brigid's Orphanage (1878)

Twenty-Second Annual Report of St. Brigid's Orphanage (1878)

1878

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

Twenty-Second Annual Report of St. Brigid’s Orphanage (1878) (presented at Annual Meeting, 30 November 1878). It is submitted by the ‘Managers’ of St. Brigid’s Orphanage and Schools of the Holy Faith. The report notes on the death of the Archbishop (Paul Cullen) and discusses his support for the organisation from its infancy. 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. It notes that admittance criteria and applications lodged in a daybook when a child is received and offers thirteen examples. 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 discusses the work of the Holy Faith schools for poor Catholic children. The mission of the schools is noted: 'the schools of the Holy Faith were established to serve as auxiliaries to the orphanage, that is, to do for poor children who have parents what the orphanage does for children who have lost their parents’. Private tuition is also mentioned: ‘a middle school was opened for them in the Convent Clarendon Street, for it is reasonable that those who are able should pay for the education of their children’. The loss of faith throughout Europe is mentioned. It describes support and donations for the cause; noting the support of clergymen and several 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 a description of assistance of the Sisters of the Holy Faith to the Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Charity, in Lower 65 Lower Jervis Street.

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

Cullen, Paul (1803-1878)

Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Charity

Aylward, Margaret (1810-1889)

Reports 1858-1882 (HFA1/O/ES/F/33/SBO-AR-1858-1882)

William Powell (10 Essex Bridge, Dublin)

HFA1-O-ES-F-33-SBO-AR22.pdf

Text

PDF

eng

HFA1/O/ES/F/33/SBO-AR22

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

1 report, 38 pages.