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  2. Religious Sisters of Charity - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Sisters of Charity - Wikipedia

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    The Religious Sisters of Charity (or Irish Sisters of Charity), founded by Mary Aikenhead in 1815, were one of the orders involved in the controversial Magdalene laundries. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] References

  4. Magdalene Laundries in Ireland - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Mary Baptist De Lacy - Wikipedia

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    Mary John Baptist De Lacy (born Alicia De Lacy 1 July 1799 - 12 December 1878), was an Irish-born Sister of Charity, and one of the first religious sisters to come to Australia. She was one of five Sisters of Charity who arrived in Sydney in 1838 to serve poor women convicts. She founded and managed the St. Vincent Hospital in Woolloomooloo.

  6. Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Wikipedia

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    The Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, known by its initials BVM, is a Roman Catholic religious institute founded in the United States by Mother Mary Frances Clarke. Its founders were Irish Catholics .

  7. Geraldine Scholastica Gibbons - Wikipedia

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    Both Gibbons and her older sister joined a congregation of five Irish Sisters of Charity at Parramatta, New South Wales. The Archbishop Bede Polding of Sydney was keen to grow the congregation in his archdiocese, waiving the dowries that Gibbons' father was unable to pay on their behalf. This decision later caused conflict between the ...

  8. Catherine Cummins - Wikipedia

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    Catherine Cummins or Mother Mary Polycarp (6 February 1879 – 11 November 1967) was an Irish Sister of Charity nun and founder member of Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital. [ 1 ] Early life

  9. Stanislaus Kennedy - Wikipedia

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    Sister Stanislaus ''Stan'' Kennedy is an Irish nun, social activist, and former member of the Irish Council of State. She was born Treasa Kennedy in 1939 or 1940 near Lispole on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. [1] [2] [3] In 1958 she joined the Religious Sisters of Charity. [2]

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