Mary Aikenhead

Mother Mary Frances Aikenhead (19 January 1787 – 22 July 1858) was a nun who was the founder of the Catholic religious institute, the Religious Sisters of Charity, the Sisters of Charity of Australia, and of St. Vincent's Hospital in Dublin. Quotes Let us take care of every illusion of false zeal or false love of our own institute. Both are intended for the same great end of promoting the glory of our Heavenly Father and the good of the poor. We cannot promote either if charity does not reign in our hearts. All other feelings merge in self; and miserable earthly preference for self will banish the divine spirit from us. Let us remember that no effort of human exertion could succeed in forming their institute if God had not assisted; and should we presume to wish His favours to be confined only to ourselves? Historic Nuns (1898) External links Category:1787 births Category:Catholics from Ireland Category:Christian nuns Category:1858 births