How Did Mary Aikenhead Establish The Sisters Of Charity

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Why did Mary Aikenhead establish the Sisters of Charity? (113 words) Mary Aikenhead is religious, in 1801 she became catholic and went to stay with the O’Brien family in Dublin. Here she witnessed so many people that were poor .She started to get curious about helping the poor. In 1807 she shared her vision of a group of religious women committed to the service of the poor. In 1809 Mary first met Fr Daniel Murray when he visited her to work out their plans for reaching out to the poor. Fr Daniel Murray asked Mary to be become a nun and to be the leader of the sisters of charity. Mary said yes, to Fr Daniel Murray as she was concerned about the poor. Who invited the Sisters of Charity to Australia? …show more content…

Five sisters volunteered and, after a long journey on the Francis Spaight, the arrived in Sydney. In January 1839 the Sisters lived at Parramatta and visited the Factories where many women convicts lived and worked for the government. The Sisters’ main concern was to care of the sick and the poor as well as the woman in jail. The sisters’ of charity were the first woman order to come to Australia. 3) Explain the work of ONE institution established by the Sister of Charity and WHY it was established. (108 words) The educational ministries of the sisters of charity in Ireland and Australia is very significant to the work of this order of woman. Since the arrival of the sisters of charity in New South Wales the sisters of charity have been working with the education of young children. It was not until 1858 that the sisters of charity could open catholic schools for poor children. The sisters opened a hospital and a small school for all the sick and poor. Since that time the sisters have opened infant, primary and high schools across NSW ,Tasmania, Victoria, ACT, Papua New Guinea and Fiji. The sisters have opened 75

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