Sisters of St. Louis

The Sisters of St Louis (SSL) is a Roman Catholic religious order of nuns. It traces its origins back to France in 1797. It originally included men as well as women but subsequently became a women-only order.[1] It is a small order with a total of 450 members distributed across branches in Ireland, France, Belgium, United States and Africa.[2]

Sisters of St. Louis
Founder
Louis Marie Eugène Bautain
Religions
Roman Catholicism
Website
www.stlouissisters.org

Ireland
Former St. Louis Convent in Ramsgrange, County Wexford, built in 1912.[3]

The mother house of the order in Ireland was founded in Monaghan in 1859. The second house followed in Bundoran in 1870.[4] The order was involved in the establishment of several schools. These included

However, the order has since withdrawn from involvement in these schools.

References
  1. "Sisters of Saint Louis". Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  2. "Sisters of Saint Louis". Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  3. "Saint Louis's Convent once Saint Catherine's Convent, Ramsgrange, County Wexford". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  4. "Review: GOD WILLS IT!". Clogher Record. Clogher Historical Society. 2 (3): 554–557. 1959. JSTOR 27695496.
  5. "St. Louis Secondary School, Monaghan". Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  6. "St Louis Secondary School, Carrickmacross". Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  7. "St Louis Secondary School, Dundalk". Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  8. Founded on 25 June 1871 as Boarding School for Young Ladies: "Opening of St. Catherine's Convent, Ramsgrange". Freeman's Journal. Dublin. 29 June 1871. p. 3, col. 8.
  9. Opened as Ramsgrange Community School in September 1977: "Whole School Evaluation Report: Ramgsgrange Community School". Department of Education and Skills. 21 June 2007. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
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