The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, January 1865
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The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, January 1865
Catholic Church -- Ireland -- Periodicals; Catholic Church -- Periodicals
The Report of St. Brigid's Orphanage, mentioned at the head of this
notice, gives most interesting details regarding this new method of
propagating the errors of Luther and Calvin. This document, though
brief, is most worthy of the perusal of every Catholic. It describes
the activity and perfidy of the proselytisers, and it shows that they
have immense resources, even hundreds of thousands of pounds per
annum, at their disposal. The zeal of those men and their sacrifices
in a bad cause, must be a reproach to Catholics, if they are not ready
to stand forth and exert themselves in defence of the Holy Catholic
and Apostolical Church, out of which there is no salvation.
The Association of St. Brigid in the few years of its existence has
saved a large number of children from the fangs of proselytism. It has
been able to perform so great a work of charity because its funds,
though small, are managed with great economy. No expense is incurred
for buildings, or for the rent of houses, or for a staff of masters
and mistresses. The ladies who manage the orphanage receive no
remuneration, but give their services for the love of God. The poor
orphans are sent to the country, and placed under the care of honest
and religious families, who, for five or six pounds for each per
annum, bring them up in the humble manner in which the peasants of
Ireland are accustomed to live. In this way the orphans acquire that
love for God, and that spirit of religion, for which this country is
distinguished, and, at the same time, they become strong and vigorous
like the other inhabitants of the country, and are prepared to bear
the hardships to which persons of their class are generally exposed in
life. Were those children educated in large orphanages and in the
smoky air of the city, they would perhaps be weak and delicate,
incapable of bearing hard work, and likely to fail in the day of
trial.
The education of the orphans of St. Brigid is not overlooked by the
managers. They require the nurses not only to teach the children by
word and example, but also to send them to good schools, where they
learn reading, and writing, the catechism, and all that is necessary
for persons in their sphere of life. Some of the ladies of the
association call them together from time to time for examination, and
considerable premiums are awarded to the families in which the
children are found to have made the greatest progress. In this way
great emulation is excited, and a considerable progress in knowledge
is secured.
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