Series consists of two profession registers and Chapter book.
Sin títuloHandwritten registry of Professions giving the baptismal and religious names of the Sisters, the parish and diocese which they came from, age, father’s name and date of entry. It also mentions if they were Lay Sisters. The Acts of Profession were signed by the Bishop, the Superior and the Assistant.
Sin títuloHandwritten and typed account of the life of Mother Ita Macken, the First Mother General of the Amalgamated Presentation Congregation in Kerry Diocese.
Sin títuloTypewritten volume with entries ranging from 1983 to 2007. Includes Memorial Cards and newspaper cuttings about members of the Community who have died; celebrations of Sister’s Silver, Golden and Diamond Jubilees; Appointments and Transfers; Plans for a new Primary School; Signing of the Contract for the Secondary School Extension; the celebrations of the Bicentenary of the death of Nano Nagle; Final Profession of Sr. Julie Watson, 28 August 1984; obituaries of deceased Sisters; Youth Year in Listowel 1986 –
Laundry Service for Elderly Citizens; preparation for General Chapter; Final Profession of Sr. Anne O’ Leary, on 23 August 1991; The Family Centre, 1991; Presentation Sisters celebrate 150 years presence in Listowel; newspaper Cuttings; photographs; discernment and consultation re the closure of the Convent and putting the property up for sale; and Tribute in Stone to the Presentation Order, 28 November 2010.
A register of Acts of Profession in the Presentation Convent Listowel.
Sin títuloA bound book of poems written by John o’ Brien, published by Angus and Robertson Limited, 89 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, 1921.
Sin títuloHandwritten list of books from the Convent Library.
Sin títuloHandwritten and typescript annals from Killarney Presentation Community. The Annals which relate the story of the Community since its foundation on 2 October 1793 to its closure on 17 November 2021 form the basis of this series.
Sin títuloA typed copy of the Annals from 1970 to 1981.
Sin títuloThis series of books of a religious nature give a clear indication of the interest of the Sisters in Religious life as it was lived both within their own congregation and in Australia. Includes the following items: Black covered bound notebook, very old important item – Part of the Rules and Constitutions of the Presentation Order for the convent at Killarney.Handwritten Rule for the community in Killarney by Bishop Francis Moylan, Bishop of Cork, 22 July 1806.
2 hard backed bound notebooks with handwritten Rules.
Constitutions of the Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Victoria, Australia 1915.
Rules and Constitutions of the Institute of the Religious Sisters of the Presentation of the Ever Blessed Virgin Mary, 1809.
Rules and Constitutions of the Institute of the Religious sisterhood of the Presentation of the Ever Blessed Virgin Mary, 1854.
Canonical Legislation concerning Religious 1981.
Regulations of the Presentation Religious Killarney.
Institute of the Religious sisterhood – Constitutions 1809.
Constitutions Diocese of Kerry 1939.
Constitutions 1935.
Provincial Amalgamation of the Nuns of the Presentation Order in the State of Victoria, Australia Report of Conference Supplementary Rules.
Folder
File includes letters from the Mother General, Sr. M. Finbarr O’ Connell, to Communities regarding the changes in the rules pertaining to the daily religious Life of the Sisters during the 1960s.