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Autore |
Duddy Marie |
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The call of the North : a history of the Sisters of Mercy, Down and Connor Diocese, Ireland : from the founding to the Mercy Irish National Union, 1854-1994 / / Marie Duddy |
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Belfast, Northern Ireland : , : Ulster Historical Foundation, , 2010 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (637 p.) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The call of the North; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Abbreviations; 1 Beginnings; 2 The early days; 3 Saint Paul's Convent Of Mercy, Crumlin Road; 4 The works of mercy - penitentiary and orphanage; 5 Early missionary expansion; 6 The Belfast Mercy community and education; 7 Visitation: the care of the sick and destitute; 8 Taking root; 9 Downpatrick foundation, 1855-70; 10 Downpatrick, 1870-1911; 11 Further growth; 12 The Mater Infirmorum Hospital; 13 Counting the blessings; 14 Into the twentieth century |
15 The new Mater Infirmorum Hospital and the expansion of healthcare, 1900-50s16 The Mercy community, 1920s-40s; 17 World War II and the post-war years; 18 Abbeyville: origins to 1953; 19 Bangor 1930s-60s; 20 Centenary of foundation; 21 The 1960s: a decade of expansion; 22 The 1970s: ferment and change; 23 The Mater Infirmorum Hospital - a new era: 1960s-90s; 24 The Downpatrick Mercy community in the twentieth century; 25 Down and Connor Mercy Diocesan Union; 26 New horizons - the diaspora; 27 End of an era; Epilogue; Appendices; Bibliography; Index |
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The Sisters of Mercy arrived in Belfast from Dublin in 1854 at a time when, in the wake of the devastating Famine, the town's industrial growth was beginning to present the range of social problems that would become all-too-common. From the outset, the Sisters threw themselves into the educational and social work for which they would |
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soon become renowned. They concerned themselves primarily with the care of females, particularly their education as a means of helping them escape from overpowering poverty. Thousands of children and young people have looked back in later life with gratitude at |
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