Raised by the Church : Growing up in New York City's Catholic Orphanages /

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In 1946 Edward Rohs was left by his unwed parents at the Angel Guardian Home to be raised by the Sisters of Mercy. The Sisters hoped that the parents would one day return for him. In time they married and had other children, but Ed's parents never came back for him. And they never signed the le...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rohs, Edward
Otros Autores: Estrine, Judith
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Fordham University Press, 2011.
Temas:
Rohs, Edward, > 1946-
Orphans > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
Children > Institutional care > New York (State) > New York.
Orphanages > New York (State) > New York.
Church work with orphans > Catholic Church.
Rohs, Edward, 1946-
Social Science.
Orphelinats > New York (État) > New York.
Pastorale des orphelins > Église catholique.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Personal Memoirs.
Children > Institutional care
Church work with orphans > Catholic Church
Orphanages
Orphans
New York (State) > New York
Biographies
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • pt. 1. Orphans in America. The Search for Solutions
  • New York City in the Nineteenth Century
  • The Twentieth Century
  • pt. II. Raised by the Church. The Sisters of Mercy: A Tale of Two Cities
  • My Earliest Years
  • St. Mary of the Angel
  • pt. III. Homes for Boys. St. John's Home for Boys
  • St. Vincent's Home for Boys
  • Growing Pains
  • pt. IV. On My Own. Alone in the Real World
  • Inventing Another New Life
  • Milestones
  • Reflections
  • Postscript: September 11, 2001
  • Appendix A. Vinnie Boys in the World
  • Appendix B. The Foundling Hospital
  • Appendix C . Suggested Reading
  • Index.

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