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HER DEATH A LOSS TO IRELAND
Passing of Mother Godfrey, only sister of Frank Godfrey, mourned
The death of Mother Mary Dympna Godfrey, only sister of Frank Godfrey of Honolulu, which occurred at the Presentation Convent, Lixnaw, Kerry, Ireland, is reported in the Cork Examiner of June 8 in the following editorial obiturary, under the caption: "Death of an Eminent Nun". The Examiner says:
"The many friends of the Presentation Convent, Lixnaw, County of Kerry, will deeply sympathize with it on the irreparable loss it has sustained in the death of one of its nuns and founders - Mother Mary Dympna Godfrey. An Anglo-Norman on the father's side, as her name indicates (her father was a near relative of our William Godfrey, Bart., of Kilcoleman Abbey, Co. Kerry), and a Celt on the mother's. Mother Dympna presented that best of race amalgams so fruitful of great men and noble women in our history.
"Mother Dympna was born in 1851, and educated in that Alma Mater of so many distinguished nuns, the Loretto Convent, Fermoy. In 1871, she took the veil in the Presentation Convent, Castleisland. On founding a branch of the Order in Lixnaw, she was one of the exceedingly able and zealous nuns to whom was entrusted the work of the foundation. From 1877 till her death, she remained in Lixnaw, and the almost miraculous growth and success of the community there is very largely due to her ability, resourcefulness and labors.
"It was with the object of helping this foundation along that she took up her pen and essayed the author, compiler, and translator. She was well equipped for the work she undertook, for she had a deep knowledge of French and English, and was widely read in history. The following are among the books which she published and some have already gone into several editions: "The Martyrs of Castlefedards (sic)", "a Gem from the Diamond Mines," "The Postulant and Novice," "Life of the Blessed Benedict Joseph Labre" - all translations from the French; "Presentation Manuel, " "Sprays of Shamrock," "Maxims of St. Catherine of Sienna," "Stepping Stones to Irish History," "The O'Connell Reader" (a class book for schools); and several small, devotional works. It was from the proceeds of the sale of these books that much of the money to build the present fine Convent House in Lixnaw came.
"As a teacher she ranked very high, but like the wise and good woman which she was she addressed herself far more to the making of character than to the winning of prizes. She was Mother Superior of the Lixnaw Convent for three years, and Mother Assistant for upwards of thirty. By her death her Order loses one of the greatest nuns, and Ireland one of her best and greatest and most patriotic daughters. "
(Published in The Pacific Commercial Advertiser, July 10, 1914, Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, U.S.A.)
Genealogy
photo taken by Reilly (#46933368)
And her an her family are 8 th Geneations
Of stonemason .
HER DEATH A LOSS TO IRELAND
Passing of Mother Godfrey, only sister of Frank Godfrey, mourned
The death of Mother Mary Dympna Godfrey, only sister of Frank Godfrey of Honolulu, which occurred at the Presentation Convent, Lixnaw, Kerry, Ireland, is reported in the Cork Examiner of June 8 in the following editorial obiturary, under the caption: "Death of an Eminent Nun". The Examiner says:
"The many friends of the Presentation Convent, Lixnaw, County of Kerry, will deeply sympathize with it on the irreparable loss it has sustained in the death of one of its nuns and founders - Mother Mary Dympna Godfrey. An Anglo-Norman on the father's side, as her name indicates (her father was a near relative of our William Godfrey, Bart., of Kilcoleman Abbey, Co. Kerry), and a Celt on the mother's. Mother Dympna presented that best of race amalgams so fruitful of great men and noble women in our history.
"Mother Dympna was born in 1851, and educated in that Alma Mater of so many distinguished nuns, the Loretto Convent, Fermoy. In 1871, she took the veil in the Presentation Convent, Castleisland. On founding a branch of the Order in Lixnaw, she was one of the exceedingly able and zealous nuns to whom was entrusted the work of the foundation. From 1877 till her death, she remained in Lixnaw, and the almost miraculous growth and success of the community there is very largely due to her ability, resourcefulness and labors.
"It was with the object of helping this foundation along that she took up her pen and essayed the author, compiler, and translator. She was well equipped for the work she undertook, for she had a deep knowledge of French and English, and was widely read in history. The following are among the books which she published and some have already gone into several editions: "The Martyrs of Castlefedards (sic)", "a Gem from the Diamond Mines," "The Postulant and Novice," "Life of the Blessed Benedict Joseph Labre" - all translations from the French; "Presentation Manuel, " "Sprays of Shamrock," "Maxims of St. Catherine of Sienna," "Stepping Stones to Irish History," "The O'Connell Reader" (a class book for schools); and several small, devotional works. It was from the proceeds of the sale of these books that much of the money to build the present fine Convent House in Lixnaw came.
"As a teacher she ranked very high, but like the wise and good woman which she was she addressed herself far more to the making of character than to the winning of prizes. She was Mother Superior of the Lixnaw Convent for three years, and Mother Assistant for upwards of thirty. By her death her Order loses one of the greatest nuns, and Ireland one of her best and greatest and most patriotic daughters. "
(Published in The Pacific Commercial Advertiser, July 10, 1914, Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, U.S.A.)
Presentation Order
Genealogy
photo taken by Reilly (#46933368)
And her an her family are 8 th Geneations
Of stonemason .
HER DEATH A LOSS TO IRELAND
Passing of Mother Godfrey, only sister of Frank Godfrey, mourned
The death of Mother Mary Dympna Godfrey, only sister of Frank Godfrey of Honolulu, which occurred at the Presentation Convent, Lixnaw, Kerry, Ireland, is reported in the Cork Examiner of June 8 in the following editorial obiturary, under the caption: "Death of an Eminent Nun". The Examiner says:
"The many friends of the Presentation Convent, Lixnaw, County of Kerry, will deeply sympathize with it on the irreparable loss it has sustained in the death of one of its nuns and founders - Mother Mary Dympna Godfrey. An Anglo-Norman on the father's side, as her name indicates (her father was a near relative of our William Godfrey, Bart., of Kilcoleman Abbey, Co. Kerry), and a Celt on the mother's. Mother Dympna presented that best of race amalgams so fruitful of great men and noble women in our history.
"Mother Dympna was born in 1851, and educated in that Alma Mater of so many distinguished nuns, the Loretto Convent, Fermoy. In 1871, she took the veil in the Presentation Convent, Castleisland. On founding a branch of the Order in Lixnaw, she was one of the exceedingly able and zealous nuns to whom was entrusted the work of the foundation. From 1877 till her death, she remained in Lixnaw, and the almost miraculous growth and success of the community there is very largely due to her ability, resourcefulness and labors.
"It was with the object of helping this foundation along that she took up her pen and essayed the author, compiler, and translator. She was well equipped for the work she undertook, for she had a deep knowledge of French and English, and was widely read in history. The following are among the books which she published and some have already gone into several editions: "The Martyrs of Castlefedards (sic)", "a Gem from the Diamond Mines," "The Postulant and Novice," "Life of the Blessed Benedict Joseph Labre" - all translations from the French; "Presentation Manuel, " "Sprays of Shamrock," "Maxims of St. Catherine of Sienna," "Stepping Stones to Irish History," "The O'Connell Reader" (a class book for schools); and several small, devotional works. It was from the proceeds of the sale of these books that much of the money to build the present fine Convent House in Lixnaw came.
"As a teacher she ranked very high, but like the wise and good woman which she was she addressed herself far more to the making of character than to the winning of prizes. She was Mother Superior of the Lixnaw Convent for three years, and Mother Assistant for upwards of thirty. By her death her Order loses one of the greatest nuns, and Ireland one of her best and greatest and most patriotic daughters. "
(Published in The Pacific Commercial Advertiser, July 10, 1914, Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, U.S.A.)
Genealogy
photo taken by Reilly (#46933368)
And her an her family are 8 th Geneations
Of stonemason .
HER DEATH A LOSS TO IRELAND
Passing of Mother Godfrey, only sister of Frank Godfrey, mourned
The death of Mother Mary Dympna Godfrey, only sister of Frank Godfrey of Honolulu, which occurred at the Presentation Convent, Lixnaw, Kerry, Ireland, is reported in the Cork Examiner of June 8 in the following editorial obiturary, under the caption: "Death of an Eminent Nun". The Examiner says:
"The many friends of the Presentation Convent, Lixnaw, County of Kerry, will deeply sympathize with it on the irreparable loss it has sustained in the death of one of its nuns and founders - Mother Mary Dympna Godfrey. An Anglo-Norman on the father's side, as her name indicates (her father was a near relative of our William Godfrey, Bart., of Kilcoleman Abbey, Co. Kerry), and a Celt on the mother's. Mother Dympna presented that best of race amalgams so fruitful of great men and noble women in our history.
"Mother Dympna was born in 1851, and educated in that Alma Mater of so many distinguished nuns, the Loretto Convent, Fermoy. In 1871, she took the veil in the Presentation Convent, Castleisland. On founding a branch of the Order in Lixnaw, she was one of the exceedingly able and zealous nuns to whom was entrusted the work of the foundation. From 1877 till her death, she remained in Lixnaw, and the almost miraculous growth and success of the community there is very largely due to her ability, resourcefulness and labors.
"It was with the object of helping this foundation along that she took up her pen and essayed the author, compiler, and translator. She was well equipped for the work she undertook, for she had a deep knowledge of French and English, and was widely read in history. The following are among the books which she published and some have already gone into several editions: "The Martyrs of Castlefedards (sic)", "a Gem from the Diamond Mines," "The Postulant and Novice," "Life of the Blessed Benedict Joseph Labre" - all translations from the French; "Presentation Manuel, " "Sprays of Shamrock," "Maxims of St. Catherine of Sienna," "Stepping Stones to Irish History," "The O'Connell Reader" (a class book for schools); and several small, devotional works. It was from the proceeds of the sale of these books that much of the money to build the present fine Convent House in Lixnaw came.
"As a teacher she ranked very high, but like the wise and good woman which she was she addressed herself far more to the making of character than to the winning of prizes. She was Mother Superior of the Lixnaw Convent for three years, and Mother Assistant for upwards of thirty. By her death her Order loses one of the greatest nuns, and Ireland one of her best and greatest and most patriotic daughters. "
(Published in The Pacific Commercial Advertiser, July 10, 1914, Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, U.S.A.)
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