| 1836 | Long
before the Union significant Presentation presence was felt in Manchester.
In 1836 three Sisters from Clonmel,Co.
Tipperary opened the first convent in Lancashire since the reformation.
This was in Livesey Street. They worked in the inner city
of Manchester where some Sisters still work today. In time
they branched out to Buxton, Audenshaw and New Moston. |
| 1919 | Saw
the arrival of more Sisters from ireland, this time to Pickering,
Yorkshire, Where they opened a convent school for war orphans in
1919. This ministry closed in1983. |
| 1919- 1920 |
About the same time, 1919, a group of Irish sisters who were feeling the lack of personnel in India because of the war arrived in Liverpool specifically to encourage young women to go to India to join the Presentation sister in their difficult Madras Mission. The venture was sucessful and as the flow of Sisters increased it was thought advisable to open a larger House for this purpose. The Bishop of Nottingham invited them to open a Catholic school in Derbyshire. In May 1927 a large property in Matlock came on the market. With great faith the Sisters bought it and moved from liverpool to Matlock where they opened a Novitiate and boarding School. After 73 years the school closed as a Catholic Independent Grammar School in July 1990 as a voluntary-aided Parish School for the Catholic of St. Joseph's Parish, Matlock. The Convent building where the boarders lived were converted into a Nursing Home known as the Care Centre. Here the Apostolate of Nursing has been a great boon to some 30 very sick persons of Matlock area. This group was also responsible for founding communities in ryde, Huddersfield and South Kirby. |
| 1953 | This
year began a new phase of growth. Sisters from the Irish Diocese
of Kildare and Loughlin opened a community in
Bicester, Swindon and Acocks Green, while Sisters from Thurles,
Co. Tipperary chose Brockworth
and Corsham for their new beginnings. Kilkenny too
opened a branch house in Deepcar, Sheffield about this time. |
| 1977 | Union
gave impetus to yet more new foundations and since 1977 communities
have been established in
Redditch, Nuneaton, Warsop, Coventry, Nechells, (Birmingham), Sheffield
City and Gorton. With the exception of Pickering
and south Kirby alll these communities are still ministering to
the people today even though the original ministies may have been
exchangedfor ones more relevent to the days needs. In all
there are 122 Sisters and numerous Associates who pray and work
with us in the Spirit of Nano Nagle. |
The ministries carried out in the province ar numerous, and include education, pastoral work, health care, catechetics, spirituality and faith development, work with those on the margins in drug addiction, abusive relationships, etc., catering, homemaking, administration and clerical work. Through the giftedness of each individual the needs of society today are met where possible, and the daily building of God's Kingdom continues in our time.