Mary Aikenhead
Videos
Mother Mary Frances Aikenhead was born in Daunt's Square off Grand Parade, Cork, Ireland. Described as one of nursing's greatest leaders, she was the founder of the Catholic religious institute, the R
Mary Aikenhead (ca. 1807)
Mother Mary Augustine
Bar Convent
Videos
The Bar Convent Living Heritage Centre, at Micklegate Bar, York, England, established in 1686, is the oldest surviving Catholic convent in the British Isles. The laws of England at this time prohibite
Mary Aikenhead
…said that he would bring a French order to Ireland if Aikenhead would lead it. To prepare for this task she became a novice from 1812 to 1815 in the Convent of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin at Micklegate Bar, York. She there assumed the name she kept until death, Sister Mary Augustine, though always known to the world as "Mrs. Aikenhead…
Bar Convent Exterior
Detail on the centre of the chapel dome
Exterior view of the Bar Convent on Blossom Street