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Tuesday 07 March 1961
The foundation stone for the new St Mary's Convent in Wellington was blessed. Sisters took up residence in 1963
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October 12, 1888Mother Mary Clare Dunphy led eight other sisters to Australia from Callan County, Kilkenny in 1888 arriving 12 October. The foundation to Parramatta was the final group of sisters to come to New South Wales from Ireland.
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October 13, 1845Foundation to Mallow, Co Cork from Limerick - M Baptist Purcell
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October 12, 1928Diocesan Normal School, Albany accredited - M Joan of Arc
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October 14, 1845Margaret Garden entered Liverpool Convent - became Sr Mary Bernard.
October 14, 1887Foundation to Casino from Grafton - M de Sanctis Collins
October 14, 1851Foundation to Ballina from Sligo - M de Sales McDonnell
October 13, 1828Georgiana Moore (later M Clare) joined the community at Baggot St as resident worker and governess
Read More October 15, 1878Foundation to Hokitika from Ennis, Co Clare - M Clare Moloney
October 14, 1876Death at Baggot St of M Agnes Whitty, Crimea, Buenos Aires
October 16, 1843Foundation to Sunderland from St Maries of the Isle, Cork - M Aloysius O'Connell
October 15, 1860Foundation to Vicksburg from Baltimore - M de Sales Brown
October 17, 1854Sr Clare Moore led Sisters from Bermondsey to the Crimea.
October 17, 1849Foundation to Derby from Kinsale - Sr Evangelist Benson.
October 17, 1871Opening of the second purpose built convent in Perth – built by the Fenians.’
October 17, 1903Foundation to Coburg from North Melbourne - M Bernard Lyons
October 17, 1897Foundation to Cape Town, South Africa from Strabane - M Teresa Cowley
October 17, 1849Foundation to Derby, England from Kinsale - M Evangelist Benson
October 16, 1864Foundation to Worcester, Massachusetts from New York - M Jerome Shubrick
October 18, 1914Foundation to Cunnamulla from Brisbane - M Scholastica
October 20, 1895Foundation to Range Convent, Rockhampton
October 19, 1924Foundation to Clonbur, Co Galway from Ballinrobe, Co Mayo
October 21, 1798Death of Catherine's mother, Elinor McAuley
October 21, 1876M Gertrude Blake (professed Baggot St) died, Pittsburgh
October 21, 1864Foundation to Omaha, Nebraska from Manchester, New Hampshire - M Ignatius Lynch