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The Congregational Leadership Team of the Presentation Sisters (Union) share their special message to our global Presentation Family to celebrate the Feast of the Presentation of Mary in the Temple […]
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Catch up with our Sisters’ stories from around the world.
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Catch up with our Sisters’ stories from around the world.
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The Congregational Leadership Team of the Presentation Sisters (Union) share their special message for the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
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The Congregational Leadership Team of the Presentation Sisters (Union) share their special Easter message to our global Presentation family.
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The Congregational Leadership Team of the Presentation Sisters (Union) share their special Christmas message to our global Presentation Family.
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The Congregational Leadership Team of the Presentation Sisters (Union) share their special message to our global Presentation Family to celebrate the Feast of the Presentation of Mary in the Temple […]
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Catch up with our Sisters’ stories from around the world.
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Catch up with our Sisters’ and associates’ stories from around the world.
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Catch up with our Sisters’ stories from around the world.
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The Congregational Leadership Team of the Presentation Sisters (Union) share their special Christmas message to our global Presentation Family.  
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Catch up with our Sisters’ stories from around the world.
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The Congregational Leadership Team of the Presentation Sisters (Union) share their special message to our global Presentation Family to celebrate the Feast of the Presentation of Mary in the Temple […]
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Catch up with our Sisters’ stories from around the world.
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Catch up with our Sisters’ stories from around the world.
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Catch Up with our Sisters’ stories from around the world.  
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Catch Up with Sister’s stories from around the world.
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Catch Up with Our Sisters Around The World    
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In 1997, Pope Saint John Paul II instituted a day for women and men in consecrated life. This global celebration is attached to the Feast of the Presentation of the […]
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Nano Nagle Place, Cork has won the Council of Europe Museum prize 2022. Sr Julie Watson, Congregational Leader accompanied the delegation from Nano Nagle Place to Strasbourg to accept this […]
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Catch up with our Sisters’ stories from around the world    
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Catch up with our Sister’s stories from around the world;  
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Venerable Nano Nagle wrote many letters in her time, the earliest one on record being written in the year 1769. Sr Assumpta O’Neill gives her explanation of this first letter […]
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Embracing Life Embracing life as it unfolds, makes sense to me today. Earlier, the word surrender, letting go etc. remained in my head. I had left Dominica, where I have […]
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Ministry Reflection – Xavier House Xavier House, previously Xavier Convent, the home of our Sisters who lived and worked in the Corner Brook area, opened its doors to a new […]
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3 July 2021 was a memorable day in the history of Sehore Community as five of our young, vibrant Sisters made their Perpetual Profession on this day at Sehore Chapel, […]
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5 September – International Day of Charity Charity, like the notions of volunteerism and philanthropy, provides real social bonding and contributes to the creation of inclusive and more resilient societies. […]
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9 August – International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples There are over 476 million indigenous peoples living in 90 countries across the world, accounting for 6.2 per cent of […]
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                          Mary Hassett, a journalist with the Echo Live speaks to Presentation Sister Jo McCarthy about her work with migrants […]
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Binalbagan Catholic College held its virtual Baccalaureate Mass last June 16, 2021 with the theme, “BCC Graduates, JuSt Solid (Justice, Stewardship, and Solidarity) Amidst the Pandemic”.  With 33 and 237 […]
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A Haven Within A Haven Some nine months ago, it was determined that the Sisters living at Sacred Heart Convent in Fargo, North Dakota, would relocate. One obvious choice was […]
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Fr Stan Swamy was in news ever since 8 October 2020 when he was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and charge sheeted under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, […]
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This summer Nano Nagle Place will launch an exhibition that celebrates the continued use of the site as a convent for 250 years. ‘Changing Habits: 250 Years of Convent Life’ […]
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Sr Stanislaus Kent, pbvm recently celebrated her 100th birthday in Youghal, Co Cork, Ireland. The following article was written by John Walshe and was printed in the East Cork News […]
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Four Novices in India have prepared the following Canticle following their zoom sessions with Sisters Terry Abraham and Brigit Mathew, pbvm as part of the Inter-Unit Virtual Novitiate.     […]
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The 2020 year of ministry in the Parish Community of Our Lady of Fatima, Piccadilly, NL Canada, is mostly an account of our ministry in the midst of the worldwide […]
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The Nano Nagle Pre-School in Spišské Podhradie, located in the East of Slovakia, was founded in 2004. Roma children attend this Pre-School, which is  run by the Municipal authority of […]
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As God’s precious creatures, we have to take our part to honour and care for our common home. This endeavour has been a main concern for years by Binalbagan Catholic […]
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Nano Nagle Place, Cork was alive with history on 9 May 2021 as the Ursuline Sisters celebrated the 250th anniversary of their arrival to Cork. This was the place where […]
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3 May – World Press Freedom Day This year’s World Press Freedom Day theme “Information as a Public Good” serves as a call to affirm the importance of cherishing information […]
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The following article, by Jake Whitman, Cynthia McFadden and Rich Schapiro highlights the very real and often dangerous work religious Sisters around the world do to fight against child trafficking. […]
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The journey from birth to death is learning through life’s events, relationships, struggles, successes and sensitivity. As a woman engaged with women from all walks of life, I have been […]
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A Moment of Contemplation for the World Day of Prayer for Vocations… “It is the joy of simplicity, the joy experienced daily by those who care for what truly matters: […]
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Alexa Vellanoweth is an alumni of St Bonaventure Catholic School located in Huntington Beach, CA and was taught by the Presentation Sisters. In 2017, Alexa and her mother were dropping […]
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The Congregational Leadership Team have prepared a special Easter message they would like to share with the Presentation Family worldwide.   To view the message, please click here   Wishing […]
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Two Presentation Sisters in Taita, New Zealand share their stories of the celebrations of 70 years of Presentation Presence in New Zealand. At a special Mass in honour of the […]
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Sr Claude Meagher, pbvm sadly passed away at Presentation Convent, Hospital on 23 February 2021. Sr Claude is remembered as being one of a kind and is remembered with great […]
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1 March – World Day of Zero Discrimination On Zero Discrimination Day this year (download brochure), UNAIDS is highlighting the urgent need to take action to end the inequalities surrounding […]
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There is some greatness in each of us but sometimes it cannot fully emerge unless we are tried and tested by adversity.  Covid-19, the unprecedented adversity, posed many challenges and […]
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I would like to offer a personal reflection on my experience of hearing the whisper of my own “yes” as I stepped onto a path that was certainly not a […]
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In 2017 Sr Marcela Cruz was asked to become Executive Director of Fundacion Tierra Nueva. This was for five years duration – the work of which is transforming lives in […]
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Do You Want to Fast this Lent? In the words of Pope Francis: Fast from hurting words and say kind words Fast from sadness and be filled with gratitude Fast from anger and […]
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In celebration of St Brigid’s Day yesterday, 1 February, the Irish Ambassador to the Holy See hosted a webinar “Women of Strength and Faith”. Among the four speakers, Presentation Sister, Anne […]
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1 February – Feast Day of St Brigid We celebrate the Feast Day of St Brigid on 1 February, which also marks the beginning of Spring. St Brigid was born […]
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Nano of Watts This portrait of Nano of Watts was painted by Erandi Raygoza, a 19 year old, first generation college student in our neighbourhood. It was a Christmas gift to us […]
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Nano Nagle Birthplace is offering two new programs: Pondering on life, based on Jan Richardson’s writings on Sanctuary, invites us to imagine what Sanctuary might mean for us. Generally, it implies a time […]
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We are in the eighth month of lockdown at Colachel (South India) and have begun our mission again towards Maternal and Child Care. As a community, we addressed various needs […]
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Did anyone ever imagine at the beginning of 2020 A virus will turn the world upside down An invisible enemy would invade nations without weapons Destroy systems that intelligent humans […]
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A meaningful life is not being rich, being popular, being highly educated or being perfect. It’s about being real, being humble, being able to share ourselves and touch the lives […]
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You take from us the mounds of darkness we bury inside of us and make from them a night of stars where we can see your Son.  (Presentation Day Novena […]
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‘FINDING NANO – The Life and Legacy of Nano Nagle’, produced by Ruth Hayes. Ruth is a producer and director of audio documentary and drama as well as a performer. […]
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The Congregational Leadership Team of the Presentation Sisters (Union) extend warm greetings to all Presentation Sisters, Friends of Nano, Associates and Co-Workers all over the world.  May the true spirit […]
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4 January – World Braille Day World Braille Day, celebrated since 2019, is observed to raise awareness of the importance of Braille as a means of communication in the full […]
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The images of thousands of migrant labourers with families returning to their native villages during the lockdown are still fresh in our memories. They walked thousands of kilometres in the […]
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New Community at Nano Nagle Place, Cork, Ireland Recently Sister Sheila Reen from the US Unit moved to Ireland to join Nano Nagle Place where Sister Mary Kealy, also from […]
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Tom, a member of the Friends of Nano Meditation Group, Dungarvan shared the following experience… I was walking the Cunnigar about 5.30pm yesterday evening. Everything was dead still…the dog could […]
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It was with great sadness and a huge sense of loss that the news of the untimely death of Sr Anne Coffey reached us. With St Paul who exhorts us […]
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1 December – World AIDS Day Health is a human right. Health must be a top investment priority to achieve universal health coverage. On this World AIDS Day let us […]
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It was in the Summer of 1988 that I was assigned to the Community in Youghal, as a member and leader, anxious yet joyful at the prospect of experiencing the […]
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On 14 November ‘Joti Prub’ was celebrated in Tando Allahyar parish. What is special about this celebration? Let us start by the meaning of these words. Joti or jot means feast in Kutchi […]
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