The San Francisco call., 1910-12-22
ASYLUM FOR HOMELESS
WILL. BE REBUILT SOON
Sister Superior Sends Letter Thanking the Call and All
Who Aided Unfortunate Orphans

Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum. 1905
Ellis Street. San Francisco, Cal.
Mr.. Charles W. Hornick. General
Manager of The CalI-Dear Sir: For
some time 1 have intended to write to
you, but l would try in vain to express
in words the sentiments of gratitude
which we. the sisters and children of
the orphan asylum. feel toward you and
the members of your staff. who have
labored so earnestly for us during the
last two months.
To our good mayor. who from the
morning of the fire until the present
day has not relaxed his interest in our
behalf; to the officers and members of
the social club. who worked so indie
fatigably and reached such a marvellous
result from the ball given by them; to
the board of education. the fire and
police departments; to the clergy and
our sisters in religion and their pupils:
to the managers of the theaters, the
knights of Columbus. the Hibernians
to the Catholic Ladies aid society, the
st. Vincent de Paul society. the Native
Sons and Daughters, the mothers
clubs. the California club, the Gaelic
dancing club, the Young Ladies' Insti-
tute. the sodalities and the little chill
dren's clubs, and to all the organiza-
tions, great and small, and to each in
dividual donor. from Mr. Flood. with
his generous gift, to the little girls who
are now bringing their toys to the
children, we are deeply grateful and
would be glad to thank each one in
person, if that were possible.
Through the efforts of your good pa
per and the generous response of the
people we have not only been enabled
to provide a temporary shelter for our
dear little ones, but we have been en-
couraged to start the building of the
new asylum.
As soon as the plans. now in the
hands of the architect. Mr. Smith
O'Brien. are perfected and approved by
his grace. Archbishop Riordan. the
building will be erected on the old site
and will be in every sense of the word
Home" for the orphans.
We felt proud of our city when we
laid before our superior, the Very Rev.
j. ]. Sullivan. the long list of donors
clipped from the different issues Of
The Call; and he left for the east last
week, carrying with him a keen ap-
precia ton of the charity of San Fran
cisco, saying on leaving: IT know all
will be well. for leave you with
friends"
Yes, we. and the orphaned child,
have many true friends not only in our
beloved city, but throughout the whole
state of California, as has been proved
during this heavy. trial; and as the
season OF peace and good will" ap-
proaches you and all our benefactors
must certainly experience an extra
share of happiness when you reflect on
your share of the noble work of con-
tributing to the welfare of so many
homeless little ones Surely the good
Master will say to you as he did of
old: Verify, as you have done to the
least of these you have done unto me-.
That your reward may be exceed
ing great" and that the coming year
may bring to each one of you peace.
prosperity and every blessing, is the
sincere wish and daily prayer of the
sisters and children of the orphan asy-
Ium. Very gratefully yours.
SISTER HELENA.
December 10, 1910.