LEADER 03019nam 2200445 450 001 9910157605103321 005 20230725061438.0 010 $a1-908448-45-8 035 $a(CKB)3710000000506793 035 $a(EBL)1620976 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001670540 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16459904 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001670540 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)15004918 035 $a(PQKB)10514180 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1620976 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000506793 100 $a20180803d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe call of the North $ea history of the Sisters of Mercy, Down and Connor Diocese, Ireland : from the founding to the Mercy Irish National Union, 1854-1994 /$fMarie Duddy 210 1$aBelfast, Northern Ireland :$cUlster Historical Foundation,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (637 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-908448-46-6 327 $aThe 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 327 $a15 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 330 $a 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 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 676 $a255.92 700 $aDuddy$b Marie$01078041 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910157605103321 996 $aThe call of the North$92589590 997 $aUNINA