The Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum for Boys was erected in 1856, at a cost of $25,000. Last year some necessary improvements were made at an expense of $5,000. The loss, ...

Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum--Interesting Exhibition. Share full article. June 21, 1866. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from June 21, 1866, Page 8 ...

For decades, unwed mothers in Italy were pressured to give up children born out of wedlock. Thousands were sent to America.

Four women, all now in their 80s or 90s, have one thing in common: Their lives all intersected at the old German Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum on Dodge Street in ...

The former St. Francis Orphan Asylum in Orwigsburg is reopening as a retreat center for youth and a multipurpose facility for all ages. The Allentown Diocese conducted a $1.2-million renovation pro… ...

And spend they do – thousands of dollars – to aid in the erection of a new addition to St. John’s Orphan Asylum, just south of and adjoining St. John’s Catholic Church on John Street.

ST. MARY'S ORPHAN ASYLUM FOR FEMALES admitted its first child on Christmas Day, 1851, and sheltered homeless girls for 43 years. Bp. AMADEUS RAPPE founded the home, staffed by the Daughters of the ...