Presentation Sisters
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The Presentation Sisters (also known as the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary) are a Roman Catholic religious order, founded in Ireland by Nano Nagle in 1775. In the past, the Sisters dedicated their time to creating schools that would help to educate young people, especially young ladies. Most of these schools are still in operation and can be found all over the world.
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[edit] Organisation
Communities of Presentation Sisters exist throughout the world. However, historical and legal factors caused these communities to develop and operate as autonomous groups. A large proportion of these communities are today more closely united within the Union of the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blesed Virgin Mary, created by Papal decree July 19, 1976.[1] Today, more than 1,600 sisters pursue ministries in education and relief of the poor on every continent.
[edit] Schools of the Presentation Sisters (incomplete)
Nano Nagle is quoted to have said of these Schools:
| “ | I can assure you my schools are beginning to be of service to a great many parts of the world... I often think they will not bring me to heaven as I only take delight and pleasure in them. | ” |
[edit] Australia
- Iona Presentation College [1], Perth, Western Australia
- Presentation College Windsor [2], Windsor, Victoria
- St. Mary's College [3], Hobart, Tasmania
- St Rita's College [4], Clayfield, Queensland
- St. Ursula's College [5], Yeppoon, Queensland
- Star of the Sea College [6], Gardenvale, Victoria
- Nagle College [7], Bairnsdale, Victoria
- Mary Immaculate College, Sutherland (merged into the former Christian Bothers College)
- Holy Cross Convent, Daylesford, Victoria (Now, The Convent Gallery)
[edit] Ireland
- Haywood Community School [8], Portlaoise, County Laois
- Nagle Community College, Cork
- Our Lady's College, Greenhills [9], Drogheda
- Presentation College, Carlow [10]
- Presentation Primary School [11], Kilkenny
- Presentation Secondary School [12], Galway
- Presentation Secondary School [13], Kildare
- Rockford Manor [14], Blackrock, County Dublin
- Scoil Iosaif Naofa [15], Mountmellick, County Laois
- Scoil Mhuire [16], Clane, County Kildare
