Resources – PBVM

"The Almighty is all sufficient" - Nano Nagle

"It is a good sign of our future success that we should meet with crosses in the beginning" - Nano Nagle

"There is no greater happiness in the world than to be in Union" - Nano Nagle

"I am confident that the great God will direct you to what is most to His glory" - Nano Nagle

"We must leave it to the Almighty; He will do everything for the best in it" - Nano Nagle

"The Almighty makes use of the weakest means to bring about His works" - Nano Nagle

"I hope the increase of the charities you get, will enable you to daily add to the good you do" - Nano Nagle

"Love one another as you have hitherto done" - Nano Nagle

"The best works meet with the greatest crosses" - Nano Nagle

"God is all we need His divine hand will support us always" - Nano Nagle

"If I could be of any service in saving souls in any part of the globe I would willingly do all in my power" - Nano Nagle

"By degrees with the assistance of God we may do a great deal" - Nano Nagle

"You see it has pleased the Almighty to make me succeed" - Nano Nagle

"We do not know what is best for us, so we ought to accept what God sends us" - Nano Nagle

"Whoever we live with we must expect to have something to suffer as this world is not to be our paradise" - Nano Nagle

"Spend yourselves for the poor" - Nano Nagle

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There are many wonderful resources available about Nano Nagle and Presentation Sisters.

Whether you are working on a project for school, or just looking to learn more, you will find various kinds of resources in each of the below tabs.

250th Anniversary

The 250th Anniversary logo was developed by the 250th Anniversary Committee which consists of Presentation Sisters and People from across the world. Click the image to download the Logo.

You can download the PDF version of the logo here

The song, Take Your Flame, for the launch of the 250th Anniversary was written by Sr Miriam Martin PBVM and arranged by Ian Callanan.

You can access the song, the instrumental version of the song, along with the sheet music by clicking here

The 250th Anniversary song Rise O People was written by the International Presentation Association and is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial (CC BY-NC) licence. It may be used, shared, and adapted freely for non-commercial purposes in keeping with the Presentation mission, with credit to the International Presentation Association.” You can download the song here You can download the lyrics here You can download the chords here You can download the musical scores by clicking the links: Guitar Key C ; Instrumental Key C ; Piano and Vocal Key C Sr Cecilia Molloy PBVM, wrote a song We Go Forward, to celebrate the 250th Anniversary. The song is sung by Karen O'Neill. You can download the song here and you can download the music here

250th Anniversary Activity Guide - A guide for various activities that your Unit, Congregation, community or family can do in celebration of the Presentation Congregations 250th Anniversary! Click here to download the Activity Guide.

The Sisters in the Garden of Oneness share the reflection they prepared for their ritual they held on 24 December 2025. You can download the ritual here The International Friends of Nano launched an interactive Digital Book, Nano's Lantern - A Light for the World. You can download the book here Commissioned by: Friends of Nano International. Digital Creator: Carol Sohail Bhatti, Friend of Nano. Content: Sr Paula Delahunty PBVM. Digital Publication: March 2026. Song: Written by Sr Paula Delahunty, sung by the children of St Bonaventure’s School Chamber Choir, St John’s, Newfoundland under the direction of Brenda Gatherall. Used with kind permission of the above parties. Most Rev. Bishop William Crean celebrated the special Eucharistic Liturgy held in the Church of St Nicholas, Killavullen, Co Cork on 26 April 2026. He has kindly shared his Homily here

Resource Texts have been created to make Nano Nagle and the Story of the Founding of the Presentation Congregation more widely known across the globe. You can access them by clicking here

To honour our 250 year sacred story the Sisters in the Garden of Oneness, Zambia invited some of our Sisters to share some poems. This booklet is a harvest of those poems written by our Presentation Sisters from across the Globe. We also have poems written by our co-workers Aisling Moran, Monasterevin and Raphael Olympio, Cork Migrant Center. We are very grateful to them for sharing their poems in this little booklet. Click the image to download the booklet.