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If I could be of service in any part of the world I would willingly do all in my power. (Nano Nagle)

PRESENTATION SISTERS
AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND
Nau Mai Haere Mai

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We Presentation Sisters belong to an International Congregation. 
We follow in the footsteps of our foundress, Nano Nagle,
​ who dreamed of a more just and compassionate world.
She was conscious 
                     of the cry of the earth 
                                           and of people kept poor. 
The Spirit of Jesus that drew Nano
is the same Spirit that draws us.
We commit ourselves to the values of Jesus and Nano
in the context of our world today.
We hold in trust our resources, finances and properties in solidarity with all of life. 
 Nano: In the face of danger ..........
Drawn into deep contemplation, Nano's life experiences a profound awakening. She was radically changed. Stepping away from and leaving behind the comfortable nest of position and privilege, Nano deliberately moved, in the words of Pope Francis, to the 'peripheries' and 'frontiers' of the Cork of her day. She aligned herself with the 'caravan of the peoples', the poor of the city, who daily trudged its winding lanes and filthy hovels.
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Entering into communion with people who lived in conditions of rampant hunger, disease and ignorance, she spent herself for the poor.
​In Dr Coppinger's
Panegyric in 1774 he wrote:


​             How often have we seen her, after a well spent day,                       
           returning through the  darkness of the night,
           dripping with rain mingled in the bustling crowd,                             
           moving thoughtfully along by the faint
           glimmering of a wretched lantern, withholding from                       
           herself in this manner the necessities of life to administer
            the comforts of it to others.

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Nano became a prophetic, pioneering, courageous, daring voice for people who had long been in the throws of despair and hopelessness, due to intolerable, unjust, and oppressive systems. Now, entirely at the disposal of God alone, she became the Woman of the Lantern, whose words give voice to the voiceless and whose actions beam light into hopeless places. she becomes a wonderful agent of change and transformation for the people of her day and by the enduring power of her inspiration, for our world too.
"Praying our Journey" 
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  • Who We are
  • Nano Nagle
    • Nano Nagle Icon
    • Children
  • Beginnings
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    • Justice
  • Journey into Presentation
    • Friends of Nano
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  • Reflections
  • What's On
    • Past Events and Celebrations
  • Contact