Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Baby Making Factory

PHILIPPINES are a religious society of young women, at Rome; so called for their taking St. Phillip de Neri for their protector, they consist of a hundred poor girls who are brought up till they are of age to be married, or becomes nuns, under the direction of some religious women, who teach them to read, write and work; and instruct them in the duties of Christianity. They wear a white veil, and a black cross on their breasts.