03345nam 2200793 a 450 991077882660332120230120031643.00-8232-4026-61-283-42822-997866134282260-8232-4025-80-8232-4024-X10.1515/9780823240258(CKB)2550000000081565(EBL)976987(OCoLC)801363543(SSID)ssj0000599826(PQKBManifestationID)11333730(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000599826(PQKBWorkID)10598602(PQKB)10650570(StDuBDS)EDZ0000054611(Au-PeEL)EBL3239592(CaPaEBR)ebr10530641(CaONFJC)MIL342822(Au-PeEL)EBL4703219(DE-B1597)623931(DE-B1597)9780823240258(MiAaPQ)EBC3239592(MiAaPQ)EBC30251514(Au-PeEL)EBL30251514(MiAaPQ)EBC976987(MiAaPQ)EBC4703219(OCoLC)1301547006(EXLCZ)99255000000008156520110707d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRaised by the Church[electronic resource] growing up in New York City's Catholic orphanages /Edward Rohs and Judith Estrine1st ed.New York Empire State Editions20121 online resource (241 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8232-4022-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.The search for solutions -- New York City in the nineteenth century -- The twentieth century -- The Sisters of Mercy -- My earliest years -- St. Mary of the Angels -- St. John's Home for Boys -- St. Vincent's Home for Boys -- Growing pains -- Alone in the real world -- Inventing another new life -- Milestones -- Reflections.In 1946 Edward Rohs was left by his unwed parents at the Angel Guardian Home to be raised by the Sisters of Mercy. The Sisters hoped that the parents would one day return for him. In time they married and had other children, but Ed's parents never came back for him. And they never signed the legal papers so he could be adopted by another family.Raised by the Church chronicles the extraordinary life of Ed Rohs, a bright, mischievous boy who was raised in five institutions of the Catholic orphanage system in postwar Brooklyn, New York, from infancy in 1946 until he was discharged as an adult in OrphansNew York (State)New YorkBiographyChildrenInstitutional careNew York (State)New YorkOrphanagesNew York (State)New YorkChurch work with orphansCatholic ChurchOrphansChildrenInstitutional careOrphanagesChurch work with orphansCatholic Church.362.73/2BRohs Edward1946-1470952Estrine Judith1470953MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778826603321Raised by the Church3683040UNINA