Documento 1/4/1/8 - International correspondence of Presentation Sisters 1859 - 1979.

74 pages

Includes; letter in French to Rev. Mother, dated 1859; letter from Luke Keating to Rev. Mother and Sir, dated 8 September 1874; letter from P. Paola Molinari, S. J. Rome, dated 4 December 1973, giving details of his arrival; five letters from Sr. Gabriel, Presentation Convent, Clayfield, Enderley Road, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia dated January 1964 to December 1965, to Mother de Sales; expressing concern about the lack of vocations, changes in government regulations concerning schools, changing the religious habit in different countries; the chapters and amalgamations; letter from Sr. Gabriel Hogan, from New Guinea, telling of life on the missions there and adapting the religious habit; letter from Fr. Michael Green in Rome to Rev. Mother, dated 24 October 1964, concerning the direction of the tabernacle and the seating in the chapel; letter from Michael Magner to Rev. Mother, dated 3 October 1963, concerning the sale of the land in Ballygriffin; letter from M. Bernard Ryan, Matlock to Rev. Mother M. de Sales Gleeson, 1966, authorizing her to act as Delegate to accept the vows of Sr. Mary Killian Cusson; letter to Sr. Rosario, dated 20 August 1979, mentions the visit to Ireland and seeing the relics of Nano; letter from Margaret George and Eileen Bendeich, New South Wales, to Mother de Sales and Community, recounting all their connections with the Presentation Sisters for generations; letter to His Excellency, The Most Rev. John Panico, J. U. D. Apostolic Delegate to Australia, concerning the seven groups of Presentation Sisters in Australia seeking a common rule; letter from Sr. M. Patrick Rupert, from California to Rev. Mother Benignus, dated 24 October 1952, mentions making corrections in previous documents; letter from Sr. M. Dorothea, New York, to Sister, dated 31 May 1966; letter from Mother M. Antonine, Sacred Heart Convent, Fargo, North Dakota, U.S.A., to Mother de Sales, dated 18 November 1964, giving details of their ministries in schools, a children’s home and small hospitals, and co-operation among different groups of Presentation Sisters; letter from Sr. M. Camillus, Sacred Heart Convent, Fargo, North Dakota 58102, to Mother M. Agnes, dated 12 November 1972, mentions the publications on Nano Nagle; letter from Sister Brigid Kavanagh, Sacred Heart Convent, Fargo, North Dakota, to Mother de Sales, dated 3 January 1979, tells her about her study of Nano Nagle for her research paper and requests help in obtaining access to primary sources as soon as possible; letter from Sr. Brigid Kavanagh, Sacred heart Convent, Fargo, North Dakota, to Sr. Rosario, dated 27 September 1979, thanking her for her help with the research; copy of a letter from Sr. M. Josephine, Powell Lombard Street, California, to – dated, 5 October 1901, expressing concern that some Sisters are not following the intentions of Nano Nagle and telling of the large number of poor children they are helping; letter from M. Dominic Cunningham, St. Michael’s Presentation Convent, Croydon, undated claiming that Nano Nagle taught her great -grandmother and photo of group also included; letter from Sr. Regina Vickers, St. John’s Newfoundland, to Sister Superior, undated, ordering books; letter from M.M. Joseph, The McKennan Hospital, Sioux Falls, to Mother and Sisters, dated 8 January 1912; three letters from Helen Clayton, Wimbledon Park, London, to Sr. Rosario, dated between July 1979 and September 1979, thanking her for her help and hospitality; letter from Sr. M. Berchmans, St. Mary’s, Presentation Convent, Lismore, Australia, to Rev. Mother, dated 8 September 1951; and letter from Sr. Ann Mary, St. Mary’s, Presentation Convent, Lismore, Australia, to Mother de Sales, dated 30 June 1975, concerning the updating of the Constitutions.