Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-22
HOUSE OF GOOD SHEPHERD,
Institution fin Hartford Dedicated
 By Bishop,

Institution fin Hartford Dedicated
 By Bishop.
 Hartford, May 22.-The House of the Good Shepherd, No ITO Sisson ave- nue, was solemnly dedicated by Rt Rev Michael Tierney, bishop of Hart ford, yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The ceremony was attended by a large number of the Roman Catholic clergy of the state. Among those present wre: Very Rev John Synnott, V. o., president of St Thomas's seminary, Hartford: Rev !. D, Coyle, New Ha- ven; Rev Q A. McElroy,- Derby; Rev T. S. Duggan, East Hartford; Rev B. A. Flannery, Hazardville; Rev Joseph Zebris, New Britain; Rev Dr R, E. Fitzgerald, Rev M. F. McAuliffe, Rev J. G. Murray, Rev E. M. Hayes, Rev J. F. McGuane, Rev F. A. Jordan, Rev J. F. Trapeau, Hartford.
 The new institution is fin charge of the Sisters Of the Good Shepherd, who arrived in Hartford five months ago for the purpose of establishing home for women and girls who are in- competent to provide for their own moral and social welfare Tn view of the present agitation for the establish ment of a reformatory in this state, the work of these sisters possesses a special interest for all who desire to see introduced into the state a sys- tenn of discipline that is beneficial and effective in it's treatment of the way ward, The House of the Good Shep- herd Is open to women and girls of any creed. The inmates, upon entering, are assigned to whatever class their pre- vtous career may have suited them. The class of the ''penitents" includes women who have already made their hves bane to society and to them selves. The preservation" class em- braces young girls who have begun to snow lack of ,self-control and are in danger Of rendering their lives dfsas- trous socially and morally. The class or homeless children" is designed +o provide for those children who may he exposed to perverse influence on ac- count of neglect or abandonment.
 The members of each class are suh- iected to discipline in which are com bined three elements, moral, fntelie(t- ual and industrial Each class Is en- tirely independent and its members are so segregated that the application of the moral intellectual and industrial training is adapted to the dispositions and circumstances of the subject. No fee IS exacted for the support and care Of the inmates. The sisters mrst de- pend upon their own resources and upon the assistance of the charitable in order to meet the expenses of the in- st1tutton. The home that has just been opened in Hartford is limited in Its capacity and it will rely upon the cooperation of this community for its development
 The first home of it's kind was oper- ed by John Endes in 1641. Since that period the work has constantly devel- oped, until at present thousands of sis ters aer occupied in the various Houses of the Good Shepherd in all parts of the world, The most important houses in the vicinity of Hartford are the home in New York city. where there are 700 inmates, the house in Brooklyn containing 800. and the home in Bos- ton which harbors 400 1t is the de sian of the sisters to render every pos sible service that may tend % acIaim the wayward and uplift the sa'cn