Where
it all began
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Mission Together
started as The Society of the
Holy Childhood in 1843. Its aim
was to save the abandoned
children of China. The work with
abandoned children went on until
the missionaries were forced to
leave China in 1948. The
Franciscan nuns who looked after
the children have a museum in
the city of Luxemburg. In the
museum they have photographs of
some of the abandoned children
from early in the 20th century.
Some of these pictures are shown
here.
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This baby
is sleeping in a small basket in
the doorway of the convent where
she was left.
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This picture shows two babies
left at the doorstep.
The picture has been
hand-coloured.
It was taken before colour
photography was available.
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Here are some of the
abandoned babies.
They are being looked after by
some of the
volunteers who helped save the
children.
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