The Sisters of Mercy, Parramatta Congregation are an order of Catholic nuns who were responsible for the administration of St Brigid’s Girls’ Home, Ryde, 1898-1978 and St Michael’s Home, Baulkham Hills, 1902-83. The Sisters of Mercy ran also ran St Michael’s Family Centre, on the site of the old children’s home. In 2012 they announced…
The Sisters of Mercy, North Sydney Congregation, is a Catholic order of nuns established in Sydney 1865. They were responsible for the administration of St Carthage’s College for Young Ladies (1907-1931), St Catherine’s Home, Brooklyn (1931-1990) and Waitara Foundling Home (later known as Our Lady of Mercy Home from 1898 to 1977. It also ran…
The Sisters of Mercy, Gunnedah Congregation was a Catholic religious order of women who arrived in Gunnedah in 1887 from Singleton. The sisters were responsible for the administration of St Patrick’s Orphanage (later called St Patrick’s Home and St Patrick’s Homes) Armidale. In 2011, the Sisters of Mercy, Gunnedah Congregation was dissolved and merged with…
The Sisters of Mercy, Grafton Congregation, a Catholic religious order of women from England and Ireland, was established in 1884. The sisters were responsible for the administration of St Joseph’s Cowper Incorporated, Grafton formerly known as Cowper Orphanage and St Joseph’s Cowper Children’s Home. In 2011, the Sisters of Mercy, Grafton Congregation was dissolved and…
The Sisters of Mercy, Goulburn Congregation, a Catholic religious order of women from Ireland, was established in 1859. In 1907 the Sisters of Mercy started to consolidate the number of congregations across Australia and amalgamated Goulburn with the congregations in Albury (1868) and Yass (1875). The Sisters were responsible for the administration of several children’s…
The Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth are a religious order of women. The order was founded in 1875. The Sisters ran the Holy Family Children’s Home from 1956-1985. (Please note that this order is different to the Sisters of Nazareth who ran children’s institutions in Victoria, Western Australia and Queensland.)
First known as the Good Shepherd Sisters, the Sisters of the Good Samaritan were founded by Archbishop Polding in the House of the Good Shepherd, Pitt Street, Sydney on 2 February 1857. They were the first institute of religious women founded in Australia. In 1866 the Sisters changed their name to the Congregation of the…
The Marist Brothers is a Catholic congregation that states its mission is the Christian education of young people, particularly those most neglected. The Marist Brothers ran St Vincent’s Boys Home from 1898. The Marist Brothers had a monastery next to the Mittagong Cottage Homes and Mittagong Farm Home, and provided spiritual guidance to Catholic state…
The Daughters of Our Lady of Compassion ran St Anne’s Home of Compassion at Broken Hill from 1941 until 1984, until they withdrew from the home. In 2013 the Sisters of Compassion were based in New Zealand.
The Sisters of Mercy, Bathurst Congregation, a Catholic religious order of women from Ireland, was established in 1867. The Sisters were responsible for the administration of two children’s homes owned by the Catholic Diocese of Bathurst: St Joseph’s Orphanage, Bathurst which operated from 1867 to 1975; and Croagh Patrick Orphanage, Orange which they were responsible…
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