The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-09-27
The Daughters of Nano Maggie.

lBrooklyn and New York Catholic Review. Sept. Is
Holy Ireland, now as in the old time
mother of saints and teachers, has just
given to America gift whose value is as o!
things brought from afar. On last Tues
day, September 8, the feast of the Nativity
of the Blessed Virgin, there landed in the
port of New York a colony of Presentation
Nuns who come here to lay the foundation
of new branch of that famous teaching
order which during its first ce1tury-of la
Dor in Ireland, has almost repaired the in
jury to her education which was wrought
by the evil Penal Laws.
A weli-informeti writer in our excellent
Western contemporary, the Cleveland Ca
thotic Universe, showed last week that in
respect to the benefits conferred by Irish
immigration on America there are two
sides. That more commonly put forward,
is that America has given a home and a
living to the exiies of Ireland. That is
undoubtedly the case, but in return the
Irish have done much for America, and the
writer in our contemporary, bringing strong
statistics to support his position, afiirms
that in material wealth alone Ireland has
added to American resources from seven
hundred and fifty millions to q billion dol
lars I!
But if in the matter of bone and sinew
and capital brought by the immigrants
America has gained 30 much from Ireland,
how much has she gained by such imper-
i
"valiant women" who are, as the Scripture
tells us, more valuable than priceless jew
els, who come not alone to do great work
in their own life time, but to lay the fouu-
dation of an order which will perpetaate
in distant ages the traditions and energy
of their own spiritual and educational life
The American people, and above all, our
Catholic brethren may welcome them very
heartily, for they are tower of strength
to the cause of moral and religious educa-
ton.
The improvements which have been
made necessary by the transfer of the girls
schools to the charge of community of
clustered nuns are not yet fully complete,
30 that, on the arrival of the Presentation
Nuns last week, instead of being given i'm
mediate possession of their convent they
were brought in two divisions to the Ursu-
line Convent in Henry street and to the
Sisters of Mercy in Houston street, where
they were received with that Catholic hos
pitality which was due to them as guests
and as sisters of kindred congregations.
It is barely necessary to remind our read
ers that as the Presentation Order is an
ofRshoot of the Ursulines, so the Sisters of
Mercy draw their origin from the Presen-
tation Nuns.
The Presentation Order was founded by
the celebrated Nano Maggie, Cork lady of
q distinguished and wealthy family, who
seem to have been marvellously preserved
during the penal days of Ireland in the
possession of their faith and wealth for the
purpose ofsiding their suffering cOuutrymen
and of helping to restore to Ireland Catholic
education. Her father was Carrot Maggie
of Ballygriffin near Mallow in the county
of Cork. She was born in 1928.
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In 1869 after she had been fifteen years
at work and had put into operation in Cork
five schools for girls, and two for boys,
she thus tells the history of her earlier
work to Miss Fitzsimons of the Ursglne
Convent, Paris;
Z When arrived, 1 kept my design pro