Operator, Randwick 908
June 19, 2018Telephones have been pivotal to the work of Our Lady’s Nurses for the Poor from the outset. This L
A difficult childhood
June 19, 201811 April 1881. Our Lady’s Nurses for the Poor co-founder, Rev. Father Edward (Ted) McGrath, is b
A doubly precious locket
June 19, 2018Co-founder of Our Lady’s Nurses for the Poor, Rev. Father Edward McGrath msc, became close friends with the Burns family…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 thoughts on compassion
June 19, 2018“The cause of poverty is nothing to do with you; you don’t ask questions you help the poor.”
A cherished painting
June 19, 201810 April 1920. Knowing that her health is fading, Eileen O’Connor commissions a portrait of herselA ‘Protestant English officer’
June 19, 201816 June 1921. The Catholic Press reports that co-founder of Our Lady’s Nurses for the Poor, Rev. Father Edward McGrath…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…
“At times I have dreamed of Our Lord”
June 19, 201827 October 1911. Mrs Annie O’Connor and her four children move from ‘St Elmo’ in Neptune St, Coogee, to the…
