Saturday, August 28, 2021

Sisters of the Good Shepherd II: Provinces of Mt Florence, NY and Philadelphia, PA

Province of Mt Florence, NY:

Villa Loretta:

While this article discusses the Irish Magdalen Laundries, and this monologue developed to portray them, there are many people who attest to good treatment at Mt St Florence/Villa Loretta in the comments:

https://www.newyorkalmanack.com/2015/11/magdalen-new-views-of-girls-in-trouble/


Boston (Roxbury), MA:

https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth-oai:nv936p71v

Moved to Marlborough. New convent built in 2012:

https://patch.com/massachusetts/marlborough/an--new-convent-being-built-for-marlboroughs-sisters-180f6a0f99

then closed:

https://marlborough.wickedlocal.com/news/20180211/sisters-of-good-shepherd-to-close

175/150 Anniversary:

https://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=182240

Madonna Hall now assisted living:

https://countrycommunities.com/about-us.html


Albany, NY:

Now St Anne Institute:

https://stanneinstitute.org/about/


Brooklyn, NY:

Now Good Shepherd Services:

https://goodshepherds.org/about/history/


Hartford, CT:

Albert Sisson House:

http://historicbuildingsct.com/the-albert-sisson-house-1867/

Praise from a former resident:

https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-2000-06-10-0006100873-story.html

Shepherd Park Apartments:

https://www.schochet.com/Portfolio/agentType/View/PropertyID/48/Shepherd-Park-Apartments


Newark, NJ:

Historical photos:

https://m.facebook.com/566560876726951/posts/house-of-the-good-shepherd-for-wayward-girls13th-avenue-between-8th-9th-streets-/2312986352084386/

Collier Youth Services:

https://www.collieryouthservices.org/Aboutus/history


Providence, RI:

House of the Good Shepherd (closed):

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:House_of_the_Good_Shepherd


Springfield, MA:

https://m.facebook.com/spfldhistory/posts/the-house-of-good-shepherd-way-out-on-wilbraham-road/2338829379756587/





Province of Philadelphia, PA:

Actually in Germantown:

https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/7076#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0

https://hiddencityphila.org/2017/02/la-salle-threatens-germantown-landmarks/

(If anyone has an answer to the lady's question in the last comment, please help her out. Thanks). 

Good Shepherd Hall, now headquarters for LaSalle University public safety:

https://www.lasalle.edu/public-safety/


Scranton, PA:

Formerly Lourdesmont:

Postcard of the institution:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/173862048131?redirect=mobile&nma=true&si=%252B0b9HtLxlE80%252Ft6FtnhBCcVbiwc%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557


Scranton School for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing:

(Now occupies the former Lourdesmont building):

http://thescrantonschool.org/


Graves relocated:

https://fox56.com/news/local/seven-more-bodies-found-during-relocation-of-lackawanna-co-cemetery


Vocational Links will be in the last post. 

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