The Wilmington daily Republican., 1902-03-24
COLLECTION
FOR ORPHANS.

ches in this diocese yesterday the
! annual report OF the orphans collect
ions was made. Accompanying the
report was the following letter from
Bishop Monaghan, which was read to
the various congregations:
1t will be aLfying ito the Rev.
clergy and our faithful people to
know that the colIee etion for the
orphans Of our diocese, taken up in
the fall OF 1901, exceeds not only last
years amount, but aldo that Of any
Of the preceding four years. This
result is due partly % the leeacies
| left to our orphans and included in
the reports of the respective parish
es. But in addition to this pleas ing
! feature Of the report for 1901, 1T will
| be found that in nearly every parish
greater evidences have been given of
zeal on the part of the collectors, and
OF generosity on the part of contrbu.
tors. for the support OF our orphan
children.
The returns from the various
churches are as follows. those not
designated being in Wilmington:
St. Peters Pro.Cathedral, 81. 534.
10; st. Paul's Church, ST, 1862 30: st.
Mary US Church, S9Gs As: Sacred Heart
Church, sos st. Paul's Church,
Delaware City, $40. 90; st. Patric!l's
Church, $52O.O0; st. AIMS Church,
$3.50. Is; st. Peters Church. New
Castle, $205. 90; st. Jpseph's Church,
Henry Clay, sliS.s0; Easton, st.
Joseph's and Dorchester Missions,
Sl04. 1G; St John 's Church, Newark,
$l02. 80: Bohemia aud Mddletown
Missions, slO2.25; Ashland aud
Hockessin, $780, 90; ST. Dennis Chur.
ch, Galena, Nd, $500; St. Charles
Church, Cap. Charles City, Va. S72.
60; st. Hedwigs Church, $4,000:
Dover, Smyrna and Missions, $50. 90:
immaculate Conception Church. Elk
ton $44.: Centreyille and Queenstown,
Md, S4l IS; Chestcr.own and Rock
Hail, Nd. s4O.50; Rigley and Dem
ton, Nd, so 90: Ancient Order Of |
lIibcrnians 800. 90; Friends Of The
Orphans, $50. 90: total, SG,5lG. lG.
We desire TO express our sincere
appreciation of the donation Of 800 |
contributed again this year by the
Ancient Order Of lIibernians. The
amount credited to st. Pau!'s Church,
Wilmington, includes the legacy Of !
Mary Sheridan, who bequeathed $50
to St. Peters Female Orphan Asy-
lum, $50 to St. James Protectory.
The Sacred Heart Church, Whining
ton, receives credit for the legacy OF
$500, left by Zepherine {. Faivrc,
and paid by his executor, Lonis Henry
Faivre, to our orphan girls and boys.
st. Peters Female Orphan Asylum is
indebted to Mrs. A. kcegan of Phila-
deIphia, for a legacy of 500. A be-
quest Of $4OO from the late Rev. =.
Donaghy has been equally divided
between the Female Asylum: and the
Boys Protectory.
These deceased benefactors sha II
share i'll the daily prayers OF our
orphan, children aud the good
sisters who labor so deyotedly or
their welfare.
We are pleased 10 announce that
a long felt want at st. James Pro
iectory has at last been supplied
by the erection of suitable chapel
which is the GIFT Of Miss Eliza An
drewS, Of Baltimore, Nd. as me-
mortal TO her deceased sister, Cath
arine l.. Andrews. This magni-
ticent donation should entitlc the
Miss Andrews tor all time. to the
gratitude and earnest prayers o,
our orphans, and Of the clergy. the
sisters, aud the people Of our cu-
tire diocese. We sincerely trust
that the interest evinced by our
good people in the orphans Of the
diocese, will continue to grow. 1t
cannot fail to bring the choicest
blessings Of Heaven upon us all.
''Ihe poor ye have always with
you," said our Lord. and there is
no falling off IN .he number of the
orphan children committed TO our
keeping year after year, by Low.
ing providence.
Only in our asylums eau these
title ones find the home they have
ost and the love they have missed,
since the hands that helped aud the
learts that loved them became still
n death. God's rev ard a hundred
old will not ce wanting to every
act OF Christian charity extended
o these homeless and helpless chill
lrer. The prayers ascending con.
iuually TO God from their young
md innocent hearts for their bcnc-
actors, will bless and help us IN
'ur daily lives; will strengthen and
encourage us in our last hours on
Earth; and even after death, will
BRING to our souls marcy from God
md eternal rest in our heavenly
,omc. John }. Monaghan,
Bishop OF Wilmington.
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