ENNano Nagle writing to Miss Fitzsimons
Description
Letter from Nano Nagle to Miss [Eleanor] Fitzsimons. Nagle reflects on herself and believes she has many faults. She compares the former novice mistress in the Ursuline monastery in Paris to the mustard seed in the Gospel, and expresses hope that the Cork foundation will succeed with her at the helm. She reports on sending boys to the West Indies on missionary work and mentions that the children are brought up to be fond of instructing. She also assures Miss Fitzsimons that she knows that she will take diligent care of the young ladies (novices) and requests her to convey her compliments to the superior, novice mistress, former novice mistress, and young ladies. Nagle tells Fitzsimons that she does not feel fatigue in relation to the school and requests the novice not to be uneasy about her physical health, though she does suffer a great deal in mind.
Metadata:
title: Nano Nagle writing to Miss Fitzsimons
Type of resource: [{"@value"=>"dctypes:Text"}]
published: [{"@value"=>"Cork, Ireland"}]
created: 1770
Date details: The date of the letter is missing, the inferred date is early 1770.
Location of original: Presentation Sisters Congregational Archive, Nano Nagle Place, Douglas Street, Cork.
Ownership/custodial history: Originally housed in the archive of the Ursuline Convent, Blackrock, Cork, this letter was gifted to the Irish Presentation Sisters on the occasion of the tercentenary of the birth of Nano Nagle.
Credits: Images courtesy of Presentation Sisters Congregational Archive, Nano Nagle Place, Douglas Street, Cork, and Ursuline Convent, Blackrock, Cork.
Keywords: Nano Nagle, Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Jansenism, Ursuline Sisters, County Cork, Cork city, Presentation Sisters, Sisters of Charitable Instruction of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, nuns, education in Ireland, Catholicism, Penal Laws.
permalink: doi:10.7925/drs1.ucdlib_153350
topic-LCSH: [{"@value"=>"Education"}, {"@value"=>"Nuns"}, {"@value"=>"Dissenters, Religious"}, {"@value"=>"Legal status, laws, etc."}]
genre: letter
Metadata:
title: Nano Nagle writing to Miss Fitzsimons
Type of resource: [{"@value"=>"dctypes:Text"}]
published: [{"@value"=>"Cork, Ireland"}]
created: 1770
Date details: The date of the letter is missing, the inferred date is early 1770.
Location of original: Presentation Sisters Congregational Archive, Nano Nagle Place, Douglas Street, Cork.
Ownership/custodial history: Originally housed in the archive of the Ursuline Convent, Blackrock, Cork, this letter was gifted to the Irish Presentation Sisters on the occasion of the tercentenary of the birth of Nano Nagle.
Credits: Images courtesy of Presentation Sisters Congregational Archive, Nano Nagle Place, Douglas Street, Cork, and Ursuline Convent, Blackrock, Cork.
Keywords: Nano Nagle, Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Jansenism, Ursuline Sisters, County Cork, Cork city, Presentation Sisters, Sisters of Charitable Instruction of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, nuns, education in Ireland, Catholicism, Penal Laws.
permalink: doi:10.7925/drs1.ucdlib_153350
topic-LCSH: [{"@value"=>"Education"}, {"@value"=>"Nuns"}, {"@value"=>"Dissenters, Religious"}, {"@value"=>"Legal status, laws, etc."}]
genre: letter
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