Twenty-Ninth Annual Report of St. Brigid's Orphanage (1885)

Twenty-Ninth Annual Report of St. Brigid's Orphanage (1885)

1886-03

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

Twenty-Ninth Annual Report of St. Brigid’s Orphanage (1885) (presented at Annual Meeting, March 1886). It is submitted by the ‘Managers’ of St. Brigid’s Orphanage and Schools of the Holy Faith. 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 is discussed and premiums paid to nurses (foster parents) is noted. Protocols for religious instruction and education in general is detailed. The report discusses the work of the Holy Faith schools. It notes its position for not accepting state aid, and not putting the schools under the National Board. They note the approval of the late Archbishop Paul Cullen and Pope Pius IX with this decision from its infancy. State education is discussed, as a danger to the Catholic faith. Inspiration is drawn from the work of Mother Margaret Hallahan. 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; 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

Cullen, Paul (1803-1878)

Pope Pius IX (1792-1878)

Mother Margaret Hallahan (1803 -1868)

Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Charity

Aylward, Margaret (1810-1889)

St. Brigid’s Orphanage Annual Reports 1880-1991 (HFA1/O/ES/F/33/SBO-AR-1880-1891)

William Powell (22 Parliament Street, Dublin)

HFA1-O-ES-F-33-SBO-AR29.pdf

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HFA1/O/ES/F/33/SBO-AR29

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

Date of publication is 1886, but report is for yearend 1885

1 report, 36 pages