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With a group of the English members, she set up a school for young women, first at St. Martin's Lane, then at Hammersmith. In England, she wore secular garb, and was known as Mrs. Long. [ 8 ] From this community, she founded Bar Convent in York in 1677 at the invitation of Sir Thomas Gascoigne .
The Sisters of Life have two convents in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and several convents in New York, United States: St. Paul the Apostle Convent, Sacred Heart of Jesus Convent, St. Barnabas Convent and St. Frances de Chantal Convent, where over 120 sisters live in community.
St. Joseph's College School (St. Joseph's College, SJCS, or St. Joe's, more colloquially known as St. Joe's Wellesley), originally known as St. Joseph's Academy for Young Ladies is a girls' Catholic high school in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada operated by the Toronto Catholic District School Board, formerly the Metropolitan Separate School Board in which the school is a member since 1987.
The Abbey also fundraises every year for Loretto schools overseas and for charities in need. In 2007, for instance, $25,000 was raised for Loreto St. Vincent's Primary School in Darjeeling. $10,000 was raised for the new Loreto school is South Sudan in 2012. Proceeds from events like dances and civies day go towards the annual charity. [8]
Poles Convent, Ware, Hertfordshire (closed in 1986; merged with St Edmund's College) St Joseph's Convent, Hartlepool (now English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College) Upton Hall School, Upton, Merseyside; Hollies Convent FCJ School, Manchester. Founded 1853, closed in 1985. Stella Maris Convent, Broadstairs; St. Victoire's Convent, Hackney ...
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The school is operated by the Toronto Catholic District School Board, formerly the Metropolitan Separate School Board. The institution was founded by the Loretto Sisters ( Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary ) in 1915, whose founder (Blessed Mary Ward ) advocated for excellent education for young women so that they might "do great things".
While negotiating its purchase, she rented Bulloch Castle, opposite Bulloch Harbour, where she operated a small boarding and day school from 1841 until 1843. In 1842 she succeeded in buying the site at Dalkey. [1] Ball was her own architect and her castellated building of Dalkey granite was opened as a boarding and day school on 17 August 1843.