The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-10-22

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WHAT THEY ARE DOING IN THIS CITY
NOBLE CHARITY AND A NOBLE BAND OF
woMEN--A CHANCs FOR THE G HARiTA-
BILE. 1854 sft4
Probably there IL not one IN ten persons
who lend an attentive ear af all times an9
everywhere to everything bad that 10 s s:,l
Of New York city, who 70 aware H .oa ALL ss
it's bad side. New York, In certain re-
spects, may not be just what great many
people would like to have 1t, but she mas
charitable heart, and her citizens were
never yet known to turn their backs upon
a real deserving charity.
1t is all very wen for doubters to tax
about how necessary it is for every chari-
table institution to have as its founders
men of means and plenty. and that IL Is
bosh and nonsense to talk about an inst,tu
ton starting with the only hope OF lts nnat
success being founded on the generosity VI
the general public, but experience mas
proven that Providence has a watcnIai Syo
over every thing that concerns the wenale
Of the poor and the humble, who are az
little children in the sight of Him thas
watches over MA all. Look at the founo-
ling Hospital, for instance. The good o,s.
ter ssone, full of enthusiasm over the ioea
she had Of laying firmly the i Sonorsa in
ages in tile long hereafter, where aoan,
doned little ones would be gathered in and
cared for, and nurtured to good deeds and
morality, single handed, took her little
house on Twelfth street few years ago.
niture-nothing. She appealed to the
charity Of the public, aud to-day there is an
asvium in the city that has robbed fiends
like Rozenweig Of many . "subject" and
prevented q Thousand murders. What
proved the success of the asylum was that
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to the world at large; but it often happens
that in big city like ours many charity
is left, poverty stricken, to work its way
alone and often perishes for want OF assist
ance from those who would readily give IL
did they know of it's existence. just such
a charity is that Of the Little sisters OF she
Poor, who over q year ago established
home in this city for the purpose Of coming
to the aid of aged males and females who
might be too poor and helpless to take care
of themselves. Everybody who is at al!
conversapt with the details Of the late civil
az to what the Little Sisters of the Poor
are. When the Communists tore down
every emblem of religion they could lay
their hands on, pillaged churches, muir
dered priests and shot nuns down by the
wholesale, there was one order they re-
Sisters Of the Poor" and no wonder; Tor
there was, probably, not a single Com
munist who had not. directly or Indirectly,
some way or other, been benefited by the
Sisters The object the founder of the
order had in view years ago Is SUN ,ts
aged. Religion has NO demarcation line
with the Sisters. All who are too poor te
help themselves, and have NO relations t.
help them, are sought out by them, be they
:. Jew, Methodist, Presby terian, Catholic, o.
, what not, and everything is done to maxi
|. . their last days comfortable.
y The Sisters depend solely upon tn
: their mission here, as they always hav
: done in Europe. They have no money o
9 their own, but they go out every day il
g regular details, and, not to. put too fine
: point on it, become "beggars" about tow
2 for the sake of those for whom they sacri
+ their mission In this city, they occupied
- house in Thirty fourth street, but they ar
;, now located in three tenement houses, MOI
. 345, 347, and $40 West Thirty-secon
:. street, for which they pay $4,000 yea
is rent, which sum they are obliged to be
. work in driblings Of dollars and cents. Liz
. . all great charities, the institution in Thil
n ty-secopd street began on very sma
" basis. Fathers Donnelly and Prall an
y MacDowall, nephew of the late lamentc
t, DR.. Cummings, of st. Stephens Charcl
~ when the Sisters first took possession, an
have continued to do all in their power, fl
i, it ever since, but, of course, one parish
Is Is this kind without outside aid. - A
at idea of the poverty of the Sisters w vi"
be the fact that they had for long time to e.
g. their meals-or what they called the
i'd meals-without any table to put the
ly plates on. To tell the truth they had l
=, plates, and determined to do tho best the
d :. could without them. They, at meal tim
on seated themselves on the floor around
We cloth also spread upon the floor, and up'
~, which their scanty food was laid, and r
III turned thanks to God that they had,
b least, a roof over their heads, and had be-
10. granted the grace to come to the aid of
ar few helpless poor.
,ly A visit to the house on Thirty-secoi
rk street will well repay the visitor. At pr.
ne emit there are thirty six old men and sixt
Of fonr old women in the institution, who a
lot very comfortably cared tor without rega
IRE to their religion or nationality. Ever
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