She was born Margaret Ann (AKA as Sister Mary Francis Clare) parent of Dr. Samuel (1795-unknown) and Mrs Sarah Stoney Cusack (1802-1854). Her brother Dr Samuel Cusack Jr(1830-1869) In 1858, she received the catholic church and entered a Catholic order, the poor Clares, Newry, county Down in Ireland. She organized a famine relief fund that gained her fame as the "Nun of Kenmare." In 1884, she founded a new religious congregation, St. Joseph's Sisters of Peace, whose mission is to promote peace in the church, the family, and the world. Mother Margaret was finally invited to establish the new religious congregation in the Diocese of Nottingham; so she left Ireland for good in 1884. In 1885, Bishop Bagshawe of Nottingham sent Margaret to the US in order to raise money for her foundation as well as to promote her work. Whilst there, she was invited to establish a community in the Diocese of Newark, United State of America.
She was born Margaret Ann (AKA as Sister Mary Francis Clare) parent of Dr. Samuel (1795-unknown) and Mrs Sarah Stoney Cusack (1802-1854). Her brother Dr Samuel Cusack Jr(1830-1869) In 1858, she received the catholic church and entered a Catholic order, the poor Clares, Newry, county Down in Ireland. She organized a famine relief fund that gained her fame as the "Nun of Kenmare." In 1884, she founded a new religious congregation, St. Joseph's Sisters of Peace, whose mission is to promote peace in the church, the family, and the world. Mother Margaret was finally invited to establish the new religious congregation in the Diocese of Nottingham; so she left Ireland for good in 1884. In 1885, Bishop Bagshawe of Nottingham sent Margaret to the US in order to raise money for her foundation as well as to promote her work. Whilst there, she was invited to establish a community in the Diocese of Newark, United State of America.
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