The congregation was incorporated June 6,1855, and George S. Robbins, Edwin D. Morgan and .lames E. Ellis were its first trustees.

Catholic Institutions -- The Protectory, etc. -- Within the limits of the town of Westchester, on its western border and near the Harlem and Port Chester Railroad Station, is the New York Catholic Protectory. It grew out of the solicitude of a number of laymen and clergy of the church for the welfare of the street gamins of the great city. Projects previously mooted by the Society of St. Vincent proved barren of results because of the lack of funds, but in the latter part of 1862 a meeting of prominent gentlemen in the parochial residence of the Church of the Annunciation, Manhattanville, then in charge of the late Rev. John Breen, resolved upon taking practical

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steps, and, as an earnest of their intentions, subscribeii , in sums of $5000, $2r)00 and $2000, enough money lo assure the financial success of the undertaking. Dr. Levi Siliiuian Ives, formerly Protestant Episcopal bishop of North Carolina, who was converted to Catholicity in 18o2, volunteered his services for the supervision and guidance of the institution. Rev. Brother Patrick, of the Order of Christian Brothers, tendered the services of that order for its immediate management, whereu[)on Archbishop Hughes gave his approval of the work and set upon it the seal of his official authoritv.

On January 2, 1803, a number of the twenty-five gentlemen selected by the archbishop presented the " Articles of Organization of the Society for the Protection of Destitute Ciiildren." February 11th another meeting was held at the residence of Rev. Monsignor Quinn, then rector of St. Peter's Church, New York City, who was participating most zealously in the project, and with whom for two years Dr. Ives was in daily consultation.