Includes; brief account of the founding of the "Sisters of the Charitable Instruction, called the Sisters of the Scared Heart of Jesus [which became the Presentation]" by Nano Nagle under the authority and direction of Doctor John Butler, Bishop of Cork, names of first Sisters to join the Congregation.

Includes; biography of Nano Nagle and account of her work with the poor, "A sermon preached by the Right Rev[erend] Doctor McCarthy, Coadjutor Bishop of Cork, on the 1st Anniversary of our Venerated Mother Nagle's death" (written by Sister Mary Magdalen de Pazzi Leahy).