Typewritten volume with entries ranging from 1983 to 2007. Includes Memorial Cards and newspaper cuttings about members of the Community who have died; celebrations of Sister’s Silver, Golden and Diamond Jubilees; Appointments and Transfers; Plans for a new Primary School; Signing of the Contract for the Secondary School Extension; the celebrations of the Bicentenary of the death of Nano Nagle; Final Profession of Sr. Julie Watson, 28 August 1984; obituaries of deceased Sisters; Youth Year in Listowel 1986 –
Laundry Service for Elderly Citizens; preparation for General Chapter; Final Profession of Sr. Anne O’ Leary, on 23 August 1991; The Family Centre, 1991; Presentation Sisters celebrate 150 years presence in Listowel; newspaper Cuttings; photographs; discernment and consultation re the closure of the Convent and putting the property up for sale; and Tribute in Stone to the Presentation Order, 28 November 2010.
A register of Acts of Profession in the Presentation Convent Listowel.
Sans titreA bound book of poems written by John o’ Brien, published by Angus and Robertson Limited, 89 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, 1921.
Sans titreHandwritten list of books from the Convent Library.
Sans titreHandwritten and typescript annals from Killarney Presentation Community. The Annals which relate the story of the Community since its foundation on 2 October 1793 to its closure on 17 November 2021 form the basis of this series.
Sans titreA typed copy of the Annals from 1970 to 1981.
Sans titreThis series of books of a religious nature give a clear indication of the interest of the Sisters in Religious life as it was lived both within their own congregation and in Australia. Includes the following items: Black covered bound notebook, very old important item – Part of the Rules and Constitutions of the Presentation Order for the convent at Killarney.Handwritten Rule for the community in Killarney by Bishop Francis Moylan, Bishop of Cork, 22 July 1806.
2 hard backed bound notebooks with handwritten Rules.
Constitutions of the Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Victoria, Australia 1915.
Rules and Constitutions of the Institute of the Religious Sisters of the Presentation of the Ever Blessed Virgin Mary, 1809.
Rules and Constitutions of the Institute of the Religious sisterhood of the Presentation of the Ever Blessed Virgin Mary, 1854.
Canonical Legislation concerning Religious 1981.
Regulations of the Presentation Religious Killarney.
Institute of the Religious sisterhood – Constitutions 1809.
Constitutions Diocese of Kerry 1939.
Constitutions 1935.
Provincial Amalgamation of the Nuns of the Presentation Order in the State of Victoria, Australia Report of Conference Supplementary Rules.
Folder
File includes letters from the Mother General, Sr. M. Finbarr O’ Connell, to Communities regarding the changes in the rules pertaining to the daily religious Life of the Sisters during the 1960s.
Includes:
• Correspondence from Healy Bros, Contractors, Tralee, and Reverend Mother regarding works to be done at the schools.
• Bill from Mr Francis Nunan for painting, cleaning, and carpentry work.
• Estimate from Musgrave & Co. Limited, Heating & Ventilating Engineers, for heating the schools.
• Estimates from the following Builders & Contractors for the proposed New Schools and extension at Presentation Convent Killarney; John Hearne & Sons, 4, William Street, Waterford, T. Gallivan, New Street, Killarney, and Patrick Murphy to Messrs Ashlin & Coleman, Architects, Dublin, O’ Neill & O’ Carroll, Main Street, Castleisland, and Jeremiah Galvin, Sneem.
• Correspondence from John A. Wood regarding the construction of the Tennis Courts.
• Tenders, estimates, and bills from King Bros, Builders & Public Works Contractors, New Street, Killarney.
• Secondary School addition cheques cancelled.
• Handwritten notes about the Extension to the Secondary School in 1957.
• Repairs to Schools – Bill and Statement of Account from O’ Leary & Son Building Contractors.
• Bills from the ESB for installing heating systems in the schools.
• Bill from D Ryan & Company, Ltd, Glasheen Road, Cork, for school furniture.
• Correspondence from O’ Neill, O’ Halloran, McLoughlin, Quantity Surveyors, Sheheree, Killarney regarding the Proposed Extension to the Secondary School.
• Specifications of works for Proposed New Play Areas.
Series consists of items related to the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association in Killarney. The registration number of the Centre is 1873.
Sans titreThe full title of the bound volume is Registers and Minute Book of the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association of the Sacred Heart. The registration number attached to the Centre at Presentation Convent Killarney was Reg. No. 1873. It includes date of appointment, name, address, of the Working Council, it gives details of the Probationers and the Pioneers.
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