The monasteries, magdalen asylums and reformatory schools of Our Lady of Charity in Ireland, 1853-1973 / Jacinta Prunty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prunty, Jacinta, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poor--Ireland--History--20th century--Sources.

Poor.

Charities--Ireland--History.

Charities.

Monasteries--Ireland--History.

Monasteries.

History.

Ireland.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

616 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Our Lady of Charity in Ireland, 1853-1973

Place of Publication:

Dublin : Columba Press, 2017.

Summary:

Based on archival records held in Dublin, Caen, Angers and Rome, this book deals with the magdalen asylums, reformatories, industrial schools, hostels and 'family group homes' run by the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity in Ireland, as well as the convents themselves. It spans the period from the sisters' arrival in Dublin (from Paris) in 1853 through to the modernisation of the 1970s. It offers a fuller understanding or magdalen laundries and certified schools in Irish social history the context of their creation, re-modelling and replacement over time, and the commitment of these sisters to the care of women, girls and children pushed to the margins of society. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 'Notre Monastère de Dublin': Founders, Friends and Vicissitudes, 1853-57 57

2 The 'Magdalen Rescue and Reform' Movement, and the Tradition of Notre Dame de Charité du Refuge 93

3 From Drumcondra Road to High Park 1857-1903, the Making of a Model Monastery and Refuge in the Tradition of John Eudes 131

4 The Juvenile Reform Movement and the Establishment of St Joseph's Reformatory School, High Park, 1859-1927 173

5 The Industrial School System, the Children Act 1908 and the Post-independence Regulation of Certified Schools: St Joseph's School, Whitehall, 1927-52 203

6 The Remaking of Gloucester Street Magdalen Asylum and Convent as a Monastery and Refuge of Our Lady of Charity, 1887-1949 261

7 Upheavals Internationally in the First Institute Founded by John Eudes and the Role of the OLC Monastery of Caen, 1902-49 313

8 Foundation and Early Decades of St Anne's Reformatory School and Monastery, Kilmacud, 1944-70 367

9 Hostels and Other Initiatives for Teenagers at High Park, Sean MacDermott Street and St Anne's, Kilmacud, 1950-72 405

10 The OLC Monastery of the Grange and the Development of the 'Family Group Home' System, 1956-70 433

11 The Irish Federation of OLC Monasteries 1948, the Centenary of High Park 1953 and the Modernising of St Mary's Refuge, 1952-73 453

12 Introducing 'Modern Methods' to Sean MacDermott Street (Gloucester Street) Convent and Magdalen Asylum, 1949-73 499

13 Vatican II and the Renewal of Religious Life: The Aggiornamento General Chapter of Our Lady of Charity 1969 and the Irish Federal Chapter of 1973 533.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 587-603) and index.

ISBN:

9781782183228

1782183221

OCLC:

1006418705

Publisher Number:

99973631331