Sister Agnes - Of the Convent Nossa Senhora de Bom Sucesso Lisbon
In nearby Belem stands the convent of Nossa Senhora de Bom Sucesso, home for the past 360 years to Irish Dominican nuns who now run their substantial premises as a school. "They're involved in everything and do lots of social work," according to Patricia O Connell, although she notes that the house has no young recruits, which imperils the future of the Irish link. Four of them reside there now one of which is Sr Agnes above who is in her nineties. My own aunt Sr Thomas Kennedy spent over 80 years in this convent, she died in 2003 in her 99th year.
Sister Agnes - Of the Convent Nossa Senhora de Bom Sucesso Lisbon
In nearby Belem stands the convent of Nossa Senhora de Bom Sucesso, home for the past 360 years to Irish Dominican nuns who now run their substantial premises as a school. "They're involved in everything and do lots of social work," according to Patricia O Connell, although she notes that the house has no young recruits, which imperils the future of the Irish link. Four of them reside there now one of which is Sr Agnes above who is in her nineties. My own aunt Sr Thomas Kennedy spent over 80 years in this convent, she died in 2003 in her 99th year.