tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17335322.post7046454676471940962..comments2022-03-26T14:12:17.246-07:00Comments on St. John's Orphan Asylum for Boys: Calling all Catholic Homeys from the Philadelphia Archdiocese and beyond!jjbangerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00672379129627687785noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17335322.post-57115807477426127262022-01-03T09:22:18.069-08:002022-01-03T09:22:18.069-08:00What year do you think this was? What year do you think this was? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05137630228371947246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17335322.post-65229760269141143712021-07-04T08:12:28.744-07:002021-07-04T08:12:28.744-07:00My mother and her sisters were victims of ongoing ...My mother and her sisters were victims of ongoing child abuse inflicted by the ‘Nuns’ at the Catholic Home for Destitute Children at 29th and Allegheny. They suffered their entire lives as a result of the unavoidable beatings, being held down and punched repeatedly, being slapped, and constantly shamed. My one aunt never learned to read and write because they kept her out of school to clean and sealed her fate to live with horrific memories and in extreme poverty for the rest of her life. The actions of these Nuns is deplorable and an embarrassment to society - they weren’t saints or gods-fearing, they were devil ridden tyrants. . Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16391315364692502332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17335322.post-29089787386394148002020-09-13T18:35:27.672-07:002020-09-13T18:35:27.672-07:00I was in St. Joseph's home for destitute girl...I was in St. Joseph's home for destitute girls and I am heartbroken by what happened to my sister who were there with me. It's been many years ago but the painful memory of what happened to us remains and I can't let it go. If anyone wants to contact me about information on how others dealt with the trauma of those days I will be grateful. Bernadette Dyer 267 885 5622 or Bernied@att.net Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00982072434315533615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17335322.post-40032070120811180632020-07-19T11:09:47.597-07:002020-07-19T11:09:47.597-07:00Please anyone who has information on children from...Please anyone who has information on children from the 1950s st. Joseph's home for destitute girls Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11069796508134386967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17335322.post-90808118577640524142019-10-10T15:28:49.719-07:002019-10-10T15:28:49.719-07:00The picture on right 3rd boy in looks like my fath...The picture on right 3rd boy in looks like my father when he was younger does anyone know these boys names? It's important to me.Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14049150289117719618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17335322.post-40684399214402162672019-10-06T16:48:07.008-07:002019-10-06T16:48:07.008-07:00Hi Lori. I hope you will contact me. I would love ...Hi Lori. I hope you will contact me. I would love more information about your father's friend, Angel. I believe this boy was beaten to death.<br />My email is cheavill@verizon.net <br />Sincerely,<br />ReginaReginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02035853689709895714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17335322.post-54388431535758047812018-04-13T23:59:56.061-07:002018-04-13T23:59:56.061-07:00My name is Lori Williams. I have sat here and crie...My name is Lori Williams. I have sat here and cried for the past two hours. It's almost 3 am on 4/14/18. My father was Joseph Landman. He was placed in St. Johns I'm unsure of the exact years. Later released to his Aunt Maculata and Uncle John. I am 48 yrs old and have never forgotten the stories my father told me. At times I thought they were exaggerated. It took my father till I was almost 18 to confront his mother, my grandmother, now deceased,to ask why she did that to him. Keeping the other children with her. My father would have nightmares from what he seen. He passed away in 2009, he was 60 years old and never forgot Angel. My father was born in 1949 in Philadelphia, Nazareth Hospital. He was placed very early and was there for awhile. I was thinking about him recently and came across several threads that I could not stop reading...with tears flowing down my face. If anyone knew my father, Joseph Landman, I would love to hear from you. These stories haunted him all his life. My father had a best friend at the home his name was Angel. My father said they both stuck together so they could deal with the horrors that they seen. Angel passed away, supposedly, at the home, because of neglect and abuse. My father said he was murdered. I never pressured him to tell me why he felt he was murdered, I just knew it was from being beat on and he was sick. I had a daughter in 1997, I named her, Angelina, we call her Angel. I did that after talking to my father one night and hearing the abuse he went through. I pray for everyone who has been affected. Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14049150289117719618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17335322.post-32090503331990320352016-12-31T00:21:55.590-08:002016-12-31T00:21:55.590-08:00Poor boys is all I can say Poor boys is all I can say Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12710341922730199328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17335322.post-63222528572208803732016-12-31T00:21:50.285-08:002016-12-31T00:21:50.285-08:00Saint johns was a nightmare to all boys. How could...Saint johns was a nightmare to all boys. How could God allow that. Saint Francis was a good environment for men that supported them. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12710341922730199328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17335322.post-73922420514574972562016-12-31T00:20:30.149-08:002016-12-31T00:20:30.149-08:00Saint johns was a nightmare to all boys. How could...Saint johns was a nightmare to all boys. How could God allow that. Saint Francis was a good environment for men that supported them. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12710341922730199328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17335322.post-73747739868491243182016-12-31T00:15:36.449-08:002016-12-31T00:15:36.449-08:00Poor boys is all I can say Poor boys is all I can say Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12710341922730199328noreply@blogger.com