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The Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home (also known as St Mary's Mother and Baby Home, or locally simply as The Home) [1] that operated between 1925 and 1961 in the town of Tuam, County Galway, Ireland, was a maternity home for unmarried mothers and their children. The Home was run by the Bon Secours Sisters, a religious order of Catholic nuns ...
Catholic religious order. Headquarters. France. Website. bonsecours .org. The Congregation of the Sisters of Bon Secours is an international Roman Catholic women's religious congregation for nursing ( gardes malades ), whose declared mission is to care for those who are sick and dying. It was founded by Josephine Potel in 1824, in Paris, France.
Coordinates: 53.676430°N 7.299739°W. The Castlepollard Mother & Baby Home (also known as the Sacred Hearts Home) [1] that operated between 1935 and 1971 in the town of Castlepollard, County Westmeath, Ireland, was a maternity home for unmarried mothers and their children in the former Kinturk Demesne or Manor previously owned by the 'Old ...
It was included in an investigation by the Irish government following the discovery of hundreds of bodies at Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, County Galway. The Home was run by Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, a religious order of Catholic nuns. The home was one of the largest in Ireland, with 9,768 women and 8,938 ...
St. Mary's Hospital is a private, non-for-profit hospital in the west end of Richmond, Virginia. It is a 391-bed hospital and serves the Central Virginia community and beyond. St. Mary's is affiliated with the Bon Secours Richmond Health System and the Sisters of Bon Secours .
In 1919, the Sisters of Bon Secours constructed and opened a hospital on the site, their first in the United States, at 2000 West Baltimore Street. The Grace Medical Center continues to flourish today; it is an important part of the modern neighborhood in old West Baltimore, which retains the name of "Steuart Hill".
Mass grave at the Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home, Tuam, Galway View of the mass grave at the Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home, Tuam, County Galway. The Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation (officially the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related matters) was a judicial commission of investigation, established in 2015 by the Irish government to ...
The Congregation of the Sisters of Bon Secours was established in 1824 in Paris, France. Their particular apostolate was providing in-home care for the sick and dying. In 1881, the sisters came to Baltimore at the request of James Cardinal Gibbons. They founded their first hospital in Baltimore in 1919. By 1980, they had founded or managed ...