The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-08-01
Report Of Sc. yihosnts Home.

I. 49,
To the President and Members of the Society of ST. Vim
Gentlemen and Byothets-At the date of our
last annual report, 18th July, fa5e, we mac
sixty-nine boysin the Home fourteen OF them
sleeping on the parior hoor for want o. T 1sla
elsewhere in the house. Forty-fonr boys nave
been admitted during the past year, forty.si 81.
have left-leaving sixty-seven at present IN
the house. Twenty-four of these are sleeping
in twelve beds SO that the house seiiI eoneln-
pcs greatly oyererowded, and we have to re-
fuse daily applications for admission, put
thanks be to God aud our good attentive pny-c
sicians we have had no dangerous cases OF
sickness during the time the house hos been
open. tfas-j p fts+ = itat'
|. Tho Legislature having adjourned without
having made any provision, as was usual n aSr
any Of our orphan asylums, except one for col
oreG children, for which they appropriated M
teen thousand dollars, and our-fn funds gettng
very how, his Grace, the Most Rev Archbishop
of New Orleans, before he left ordered d coiiec-
ton to be taken up in all the churches for the
Home, the proceeds of which have amounted
to about two Thousand dollars. This sum, with
all the other resources, the Directors have cal
culated, will keep the house open to about the
first of December next, and they resolved that
the only Apparent means left them to replenish
the treasury and keep the institution open
until the return of our venerable and Most
Rev. Archbishop, was to hold q Ladies' FAIR
next November and thanks be to good God
who has planted in the heart of woman those
virtues which make her ready to take part IN
every good work, this resource has never yet
failed the orphan or the distressed; for where
mon often fail in charitable works, the ladies
always succeed.
The Very Rev the Vicar General and the
Council of the Society having been consulted,
have approved of this proposal-it now rests
with YOU, brothers, the presidents OF confer
enees, to make this fair great success an
equal space viii be reserved for each confer
ence and we doubt not but the charitable la
dies in each parish, who are ready on all ocea-
sions to respond to the calls of the helpless and
the orphan, will be ready, on your invitation,
to take charge of this good work. The Fair
will open at Odd Fellows Hall, on Camp
street, on Thursday, November H. and follow
ing days. 1t has been our good fortune,
through the kind consideration of Very Rev.
Vicar General Raymond, to obtain brothers
who have taken charge of the institution, and
you will only have to go through the honse to
see what improvements they have already
made. Tomorrow they will take charge of the
classes
l cannot part with our head teacher, Mr.. d.
Murphy without expressing my public thanks
to him, and according him that approval which
think his gentlemanly conduct and profess
sional abilities as first-class teacher fully en-
title him to.
The TreasuIers report, from April 10, shows
an entire income from that date of $2257 10,
and an expenditure of $1652 II, which, inclu-
ding the balance on hand, April 3D. of $462 63,
leaves to-day q balance in the hands of the
Treasurer OF $l061 07, from which must be de-
Quoted about $500 for the cost of the shed.
From this statement you will perceive that
our present visible means for feeding and edu-
eating these interesting little children, whom
you have taken under your protection, and
who, only for YOU, would be in very great dan
ger of losing both soul and body, are very
small indeed; and who, if we only relied upon
ourselves, we would very soon have to aban-
don again, to be cared for at the public ex-
pense, after they bad become outcasts and
criminals. But you, children of ST. Vincent,
know the great results that, through his inter
cession, Almighty God caused TO flow from
much smaller means and We, relying ON the
powerful protection of our blessed patron, who
now that he is in Heaven, will not see any OF
his poor orphans, whom he has entrusted to u.s.
perish for want of either spiritual or temporal
food. but that in his own good time he will be-
seech our blessed Saviour to touch the hearts
of those who believe that whatsoever they win
do for the least of these little ones, Jesus
Christ our Lord, Will accept from them when
they appear before His Judgment seat hav.
ing been done to Himself ....-,s
Yours, ip>Christ and st. Vincent
l. d. P. SEAMAN, President.
New Orleans, Feast of st. Vincent, July 18th
1869.