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The Religious Sisters of Charity or Irish Sisters of Charity is a Roman Catholic religious institute founded by Mary Aikenhead in Ireland on 15 January 1815. Its motto is Caritas Christi urget nos ('The love Christ urges us on'; 2 Corinthians 5:14). The institute has its headquarters in Dublin.
Religious Sisters of Charity; S. St John Ambulance Ireland; Samaritans (charity) The Sick and Indigent Roomkeepers' Society; Sisters of Mercy;
Alicia De Lacy was born on 1 July 1799, in Limerick, Ireland. At age 35, she joined the religious life. She became a novice with the Sisters of Charity at their covent in Dublin on 24 September 1835, and professed her final vows on 25 September 1837. [1] The Congregation of the Sisters of Charity are an order founded by Mary Aikenhead in Dublin ...
[1] [2] [3] In 1958 she joined the Religious Sisters of Charity. [2] Initially based in Kilkenny, Ireland she would in time move to Dublin where she is best known for having founded, in 1985, the charity Focus Ireland, [4] which eventually became the largest voluntary organisation in Ireland other than the Legion of Mary.
Bridget Della Mary Gavin (Mary Ignatia) (1889–1966), Professed Religious of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Augustine (Mayo, Ireland – Ohio, United States) Sarah Agnes Thackaberry (Cecilia) (1909–1969), Professed Religious of the Presentation Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Martyr (Dublin, Ireland – Imo, Nigeria) [ 37 ]
Mother Mary Frances Aikenhead (19 January 1787 – 22 July 1858) was born in Daunt's Square off Grand Parade, Cork, Ireland.Described as one of nursing's greatest leaders, [1] she was the founder of the Catholic religious institute, the Religious Sisters of Charity, the Sisters of Charity of Australia, and of St. Vincent's Hospital in Dublin.
The religious institutes, the Sisters of Mercy, Sisters of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, and Religious Sisters of Charity, have refused demands from the Irish government, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and the UN Committee Against Torture to contribute to the compensation fund for surviving victims, an estimated 600 of ...
Many religious communities have the term Sisters of Charity in their name. Some Sisters of Charity communities refer to the Vincentian tradition alone, or in America to the tradition of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton (whose sisters are also of the Vincentian tradition), but others are unrelated.