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Saturday 08 September 1990
Star of the Sea, Seatoun, Wellington opens as a House of Prayer - Sisters Mary Rae and Philippa Dowling
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Sisters of Mercy came to Kansas City, MIssouri, USA in 1887, and came to St. James's Parish in 1904
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Foundation to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania for Pittsburgh - M Regina Cosgrave
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Foundation to Castletownbere, Co Cork from Killarney
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Catherine McAuley, Mary Anne Doyle and Elizabeth Harley began novitiate at Georges Hill Presentation Convent
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Foundation to Kansas City from Louisville, Kentucky - M Agnes Dunne
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Opening of St Joseph's School, Swanage
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Foundation to Mobile, Alabama from New Orleans
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Foundation to Big Rapids from Michigan
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Death of M Catherine McAuley, Willie's daughter, Kyneton, Victoria, Australia
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Catherine Home for homeless women, Adelaide, South Australia - A Gregory
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Opening of Aiseiri Alcoholic Treatment Centre, Cahir - Eileen Fahey
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Foundation to Carmichael, California from Tralee, Co Kerry
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Foundation to Gurteen, Co Sligo from Swinford, Co Mayo
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Death of M Bernard Maguire, Foundress of Longford
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First Native American mission in Maine, Indian Island, Old Town - M Frances Warde
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Foundation to British Columbia, Canada
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Day care centre for homeless men, Adelaide, South Australia – Janet Mead
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Death of M Aloysius O'Driscoll, Foundress of Gunnedah, New South Wales
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Foundation to Eyrecourt, Galway
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Founding of College Misericordia, Dallas
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Greenbush Community became independent of NY - M Vincent Sweetman
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M Cecilia Marmion died Baggot St