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The Los Angeles Orphans’ Asylum

Posted on November 7, 2011February 17, 2022Author Paul SpitzzeriPosted in UncategorizedLeave a Reply

In 1856, the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, a society of apostolic life for Roman Catholic nuns founded by St. Vincent de Paul and St. Louise de Marillac in 1633 to serve the poor, took possession of the Los Angeles house of Benjamin D. Wilson, early mayor of Los Angeles, later state…

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