Sacred Heart Convent,Galle History, Highlights of the European Sisters Era

Sacred Heart Convent Galle History, Highlights of the European Sisters Era Get link Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Other Apps January 30, 2023 Sacred Heart Convent Galle History, Highlights of  the European Sisters Era (Sisters of Charity of Jesus & Mary) The Background In Nov. 1895, the Rt. Rev. Dr. Joseph Van Reeth S. J. from Belgium arrived in Galle to take up duties as the Roman Catholic Bishop of Galle with 3 other Fathers & 1 Brother, who was a Jesuit Architect/Builder. One of his first endeavours was to set up a School & in due course it became St. Aloysius College , Galle. Bishop Van Reeth's sister, Rev. Mother Mary Bernadette, was, at this time, the Mother Superior of the  St. Joseph's Hospital for women, run by the Sisters of Charity of Jesus & Mary (SCJM), in Ghent, Belgium. (Many years later she herself was elected Superior General of the SCJM.) At the same time, R...