“Don’t worry about Jim”
June 19, 201811 November 1918. The community at Our Lady’s Nurses rejoices that the Great War is finally over. It has been…
A voyage to the islands
June 19, 20189 November 1914. Rev. Father Edward (Ted) McGrath msc boards the Moamoa for a three-week cruise of Fiji, Samoa and Tonga.…
The way of the cross
June 19, 20181 November 1911. Co-founder of Our Lady’s Nurses for the Poor, Eileen O’Connor, holds this crucifix as she joyfully experiences…
I will use the pain for him
June 19, 20181 November 1911. On the eve of All Saints Day, 19-year-old Eileen O’Connor lies unconscious at ‘Restwell’ in Beach St,…
Walk over my grave
June 19, 2018November 1914. During their trip to the Pacific Islands, co-founders of Our Lady’s Nurses for the Poor, Eileen O’Connor and…
A future leader
June 19, 201824 January 1915. Agnes (May) McGahey enters Our Lady’s Home, Coogee. May was born at Ryde, NSW, in
The start of a long road
June 19, 201829 October 1901. 20-year-old Ted McGrath arrives at the Society of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart seminary at Kensington,…
Trouble brewing
June 19, 201812 January 1915. Most Rev. Michael Kelly, Archbishop of Sydney, meets with Rev. Father Edward Gell (pictured), the parish priest…
A large and brilliant fete
June 19, 201828 October 1914. Mrs Ada Holman, wife of the NSW Premier, opens a four-day ‘garden fete on a large and…Eileen’s anniversary day
June 19, 201810 January 2018. Year after year, the faithful have quietly come to Our Lady’s Home each year to pray at…
