Protectory
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A protectory was a Catholic institution for the shelter and training of the young, designed to afford neglected or abandoned children shelter, food, raiment and the rudiments of an education in religi
New York Catholic Protectory, Bronx, New York (circa. 1897)
View of St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys c. early 1900s
New York Catholic Protectory
Martin John Spalding
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Martin John Spalding was an American Catholic prelate who served as archbishop of Baltimore from 1864 to 1872. He previously served as bishop of Louisville from 1850 to 1864. He advocated aid for free
Protectory
…Archdiocese of Baltimore. The school served as both an orphanage and boarding school for boys, teaching them life and labor skills. At the time, Archbishop Martin Spalding pointed out the need for such a school, and enlisted the aid of the Xaverian Brothers to assist in running the school for the Archdiocese. As attendance…
Archbishop Spalding
Cathedral of the Assumption, Louisville, Kentucky (2007)
Bloody Monday election riots of 1855, Louisville, Kentucky (1922)
First Vatican Council, Rome (1873)