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Sisters of Charity
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Cultural formation | Bessie Rayner Parkes | She had become seriously interested in Secularism in 1857. Now, after attending the Congress for the Advancement of Social Science in Dublin in 1861, she became interested in the work of the Irish Sisters of Mercy |
| Occupation | Maria Theresa Longworth | Two years after their initial meeting, MTL
travelled to Constantinople in order to nurse wounded soldiers during the Crimean War. Though she donned the uniform of the French Sisters of Charity
, she did not... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Bessie Rayner Parkes | This work features two founders of religious Orders in Ireland—Mary Aikenhead
of the Sisters of Charity
and Catherine McAuley
of the Mercy Sisters
—as well as Elizabeth Ann Seton
of the USA. |
Timeline
1775: The Irish Presentation Order of nuns was...
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1775
The Irish Presentation
Order of nuns was founded in Dublin, to educate the poor, by Honora ('Nano') Nagle
(who came from Catholic gentry stock in County Cork, and had independent wealth); they opened their...
1831: Catherine McAuley created the Order of the...
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1831
Catherine McAuley
created the Order of the Sisters of Mercy
in Ireland to care for the sick.
Scanlan, Pauline. The Irish Nurse: A Study of Nursing in Ireland. Drumlin, 1991.
58, 63-4
After March 1854: The Irish sisterhoods were asked to serve...
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After March 1854
The Irish sisterhoods were asked to serve as nurses in the Crimean War; the Sisters of Mercy
agreed but the Sisters of Charity
declined.
Scanlan, Pauline. The Irish Nurse: A Study of Nursing in Ireland. Drumlin, 1991.
67-71
1868: The Anglican Sisters of Charity was founded...
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1868
The Anglican Sisters of Charity
was founded in Knowle, Somerset.
Anson, Peter F. The Call of the Cloister: Religious Communities and Kindred Bodies in the Anglican Communion. Editor Campbell, A. W., Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1964.
414
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