When Piasecki was three, his father died suddenly at age 39 . Piasecki s mother, Lillian Anna Piasecki, made ends meet by caring for foster children from New York City foundling homes.
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In the words of Quebec's ombudsman, Daniel Jacoby : " Normal children from foundling homes and orphanages ended up in psychiatric institutions along with the mentally handicapped and the mentally ill ."
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She had been left at a foundling home in New York City, and thus, never knew her true parents although monthly sums of money began to arrive mysteriously when she turned two.
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However, the Moscow Foundling Home was unsuccessful, mainly due to extremely high mortality rates, which prevented many of the children from living long enough to develop into the enlightened subjects the state desired.
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In the 18th century, Jean Jacques Rousseau, who philosophized about the innate goodness of man, abandoned five of his infants to foundling homes _ and declared that there was nothing wrong with his actions.
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Twenty years after their foundation in the Diocese of Pittsburgh, the Seton Hill Sisters of Charity, with diocesan approval, partnered with Mrs . Charles Donnelly, wife of a prominent businessman, to initiate a foundling home.
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Against legislation and popular opinion at the time, Suzanne Aubert as leader of the Jerusalem Foundling Home believed strongly that the anonymity of parents was essential to ensuring the safety of both them and their children.
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In the U . S ., this was clearly illustrated by the shift in policy of the New York Foundling Home, an adoption-institution that is among the country's oldest and one that had pioneered sealed records.
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_The ancient Greeks and medieval Europeans abandoned unwanted children in droves, leading to the creation of huge foundling homes that flourished until the 19th century . ( Unfortunately, they were so unsanitary that most babies died .)
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The College name, Penola Catholic College, was chosen because of the strong link of our Broadmeadows campus with Saint Mary MacKillop and the Sisters of St Joseph who established a foundling home on this site in 1901.
