Forty-Seventh Annual Report of St. Brigid's Orphanage (1903)

Forty-Seventh Annual Report of St. Brigid's Orphanage (1903)

1904

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

Forty-Seventh Annual Report of St. Brigid’s Orphanage (1904). It is submitted by the Sisters 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. Examples of orphan circumstances are depicted. It notes that admissions were mostly for children in danger of losing their Catholic Faith. Protocols for religious instruction and education in general is detailed. The benefits of the boarding-out (foster care) system is discussed; and premiums paid to nurses (foster parents) is noted. Proselytism and Protestant institutions are mentioned. It thanks the clergy, guild associations, and Mr. Steiner for their work in collecting donations. The report discusses the work of the Holy Faith schools. It pays tribute to the work of Margaret Aylward and Fr John Gowan. It explains how Holy Faith Schools are not in receipt of state aid. It details the opening of a new day school in Greystones Co. Wicklow. It provides statistics on attendance; and of children who completed First Communion, and Confirmation. A list of benefactors and donations to St. Brigid’s Orphanage and Holy Faith Schools is listed (including clergymen and guild associations). Several sermons reprinted, including one titled ‘Country Living’ by Fr Alphonsus Kelly O.D.C to aid St. Brigid’s Orphanage where he mentions 'the sisters placed the children in the quiet farmhouses of the country’ and it is reprinted in the Irish Catholic. 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 Little Strand 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

Protestant institutions

Finance

Benefactors

Gowan, John (1817-1897)

Speeches & Resolutions

Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Charity

Aylward, Margaret (1810-1889)

Reports 1885-1906 (Archive Only) (HFA1/O/ES/F/33/SBO-AR-1885-1906)

John F. Fowler (3 Crow Street and 24 Temple Lane, Dublin)

HFA1-O-ES-F-33-SBO-AR47.pdf

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eng

HFA1/O/ES/F/33/SBO-AR47

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

1 report, 75 pages