Providence provides : Brigidine Sisters in the NSW Province / Janice Garaty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garaty, Janice.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brigidine Sisters (Vic.).

Mission of the church.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sydney : UNSW Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Revealing the story of the Brigidine Sisters in the New South Wales Province, this evocative history details how, in 1883, the first six Irish-born nuns arrived in Coonamble in central west New South Wales. It goes on to tell, since then, how generations of Brigidine Sisters have set up schools and other ministries in Australia and New Zealand, and have dealt with educational, social, and religious challenges.

Contents:

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Author's notes; Acknowledgments; 1. Soft green fields to black soil plains; 2. Expanding horizons; 3. Novices and a sea change; 4. A golden period; 5. Brisbane beckons; 6. Boom times in the sunshine state; 7. The country houses are challenged; 8. St Brigid's Sisters go west; 9. New demands in the country houses; 10. Difficult decisions in Sydney; 11. New directions; Afterword: Into the new century; Appendix I: Sisters who celebrated the Brigidine Bicentenary 2007; Appendix II: Brigidine Sisters - engagement in education; Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781742246307

1742246303

OCLC:

813384967