Orphan Train: The Catholic Edition. Just like any other orphan train book, with a Catholic twist. The parish priest doesn't want them going on the train because "those people are just trying to make Protestants of you." The girls believe their mother is with the Blessed Virgin, waiting for them to eventually join her. A few members of their new Protestant community believe the girls are heathens who have been raised in darkness, and tell them so. In all of these stories the children overcome being orphaned, poor, and relocated into strange families; in this story all of that is present with the added religious tension. The issue is addressed but never really resolved, although the girls learn to ignore the persecution.
Orphan Train: The Catholic Edition. Just like any other orphan train book, with a Catholic twist. The parish priest doesn't want them going on the train because "those people are just trying to make Protestants of you." The girls believe their mother is with the Blessed Virgin, waiting for them to eventually join her. A few members of their new Protestant community believe the girls are heathens who have been raised in darkness, and tell them so. In all of these stories the children overcome being orphaned, poor, and relocated into strange families; in this story all of that is present with the added religious tension. The issue is addressed but never really resolved, although the girls learn to ignore the persecution.
