The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-17
TIE ROSARY MISSION.

Twenty years ago on the first of October, in the
city of New York the Mission of Our Lady of the
Rosary was established for the and protection
of the Irish immigrant girls by Rev. Father Rior-
| dan of happy memory. A little book sent to this
paper reviews a portion of the good work under
taken and carried out by the Rosary mission.
"From July l, 1883, to July /, 1908, S,9eS, O46
persons arrived at the various ports of this coun
! try; 6946,3S3 landed at the port of New York Of
these 565 ,04O were Irish, the males numbering $780,
III and the females 29S332. Now. the average
ages of those Irish immigrants would not exceed
% years. it is safe say that nearly one-haf mil
lion of Irish people of both sexes, the bone and
sinew of their country have landed at the port OF
New York alone since the mission estab-
lished.
"What wonder that thoughtful Irisflmen of
every rank and condition, of every shade OF po-
litcal opinion. having the welfare of Ireland at
heart having their eyes opened to the sad fact
that unless something is done to staunch the bleed
ing wounds the isle of Saints and Scholars" will
be but a memory of the past.
at was generally expected that with the intro
duction of the Land Purchase bill a material re-
duction in the number of immigrants would natur>
ally result; the contrary, however, has been the
case, the following figures show: During the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1903, 24356 Irish peo>
pie arrived at this port, against 1891 for the
year 1902 giving an increase of 5000 more persons
this year than last. Of these 1919 females.
During the last six months 1906 landed, as
against 1885 for a corresponding period of last
year, giving once more an increase of some thou
sands for the present year. Thus, in spite of reso
1uti o,,d vic tba IF
immigration still flows unchecked from the Green
Isle beyond the sea, and the work of the mission
must still keep apace."
The little book explains the plan of taking care
of immigrant girls upon their arrival at New York,
and among other things, says: "Now, often
happens where upward of 5000 or immi>
grants are landed in single day, onehalf per-
haps, hailing from Queenstown or Liverpool, it is
not so easy to find a particular immigrant, as
many of our friends who write us seem to think.
Nor is this all. When the business of the day was
over, after meeting, directing and helping those in
need often with little money-and that not alone
in the case of girls, but also of large number of
young and families we have taken to tie
Home, at State street, and kept, free of charge,
grand total of $4,000 Irish girls There they re-
manned until called for by their friends, sent to
their respective destinations placed in service.
Surely this is splendid record Nave we not just
reason to feel grateful that not of these many
thousand Irish girls failed to reach her dest
nation?"
The Mission of the Rosary is certainly an OBJ
ject to be encouraged and appeals especially to
people of the Irish race in this country 1t has the
approval of eastern archbishops and bishops No
person would miss the two bits which entities the
giver to become member of the Mission of Our
Lady of the Rosary. |