Re: St. Mary's Home/Orphanage-New Bedford, Mass 1955-1956
hi ,my name is Cathy and my sister does not wish to give her name . I always remembered the girls being on one side and the boys on the other, so I dont know any of the boys. Could you give me the address to Saint Marys. Thank you.
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Re: St. Mary's Home/Orphanage-New Bedford, Mass 1955-1956
hi, what year where you there? the home is located on kempton st. in new bedford. it is now a rehap center from what i understand. went by there just to look last mos. while on vacation, my wife was curious i hadnt been back there since i left in 1970. it still has a comanding, scary look, would have loved to go inside, but settled for a walk around the outside, the walled just seemed so much lower than i remembered.
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Re: St. Mary's Home/Orphanage-New Bedford, Mass 1955-1956
The Director of St. Mary's Home in 1960 was Father John F. Hogan. He might have been there in the mid- to late 1950's as well. He was later appointed to head the St. Julie Billiart Parish, adjacent to West New Bedford, in the early 1970s. He passed away on August 7, 1986.
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Re: St. Mary's Home/Orphanage-New Bedford, Mass 1955-1956
i was also there in 1962, was sent there from miami after arriving from cuba, my name gilbert fernandez padron, aka "gil"
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