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Dominican Order of Nuns at Waratah, NSW - Sr Catarina Heffernan - 16 Aug 1989
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SummaryInterview by Raelee Caswell in 1989 with Sister Catarina Heffernan about the Dominican Order of Nuns (at Rosary Convent Waratah).
The Dominican Order of Nuns established a convent in West Maitland in 1867, this was a two storey building in Grant Street. The nuns took over education of the Catholic children at St John's school located across the road.
In Newcastle the Star of the Sea Convent was established in 1873, and in 1888 another convent was set up in Waratah for education of deaf children.
Sister Catarina entered the order in 1939 at age 18. She had Dominican associations as her mother and two sisters had been educated at Maitland, and two of her great aunts were Dominican nuns.
She discusses the changes Dominican Order of Nuns and institution in Newcastle and Maitland, teaching arrangements, and the decline in nuns at the convent in the 1970s.
SubjectHeffernan, Catarina Dominican Order of NunsEducationSt John SchoolRosary Convent WaratahPersonCaswell,RaeleeHeffernan, Catarina Interview logDate Created16th August 1989Location[1] IdentifierA6964(ii)_Heffernan
The Dominican Order of Nuns established a convent in West Maitland in 1867, this was a two storey building in Grant Street. The nuns took over education of the Catholic children at St John's school located across the road.
In Newcastle the Star of the Sea Convent was established in 1873, and in 1888 another convent was set up in Waratah for education of deaf children.
Sister Catarina entered the order in 1939 at age 18. She had Dominican associations as her mother and two sisters had been educated at Maitland, and two of her great aunts were Dominican nuns.
She discusses the changes Dominican Order of Nuns and institution in Newcastle and Maitland, teaching arrangements, and the decline in nuns at the convent in the 1970s.
SubjectHeffernan, Catarina Dominican Order of NunsEducationSt John SchoolRosary Convent WaratahPersonCaswell,RaeleeHeffernan, Catarina Interview logDate Created16th August 1989Location[1] IdentifierA6964(ii)_Heffernanloading google map....
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