Welcome to The Sisters of St Louis Ireland

February 16 2011

An obituary for Katey Dougan is to be found in the main members section.

December 2010 January 2011

On December 28 Una Agnew set off for India. She had been invited to give the keynote address at a conference entitled "Mysticism without Bounds 2011" in Bangalore. To read an account of her interesting trip in full click here

November 2010

The latest edition of Seo agus Siud is now available on the member sites.

February 2010

Tea Party in St Louis High School Rathmines

December 2009

St. Louis Schools Network Newsletter (December 2009)
Click here to view this Newsletter (PDF 1.5mb)

November 25 2009

Sisters of St. Louis respond to the Irish Government in the light of the Ryan Report

The Irish Region of the Sisters of St. Louis will contribute a sum of one million euro (€1m) to the State toward the support of former residents of institutions managed by religious. We do this wholeheartedly in the hope that it will help towards the healing of those who were hurt while in care as children.
In making this contribution, we are mindful that it is an acknowledgement of our being part of a harsh regime towards children within Irish society, the Church and St. Louis in the past. Our strong preference is that these monies will be used to help set up a Trust Fund to support former residents.

The Sisters of St. Louis submitted a full Statement of Affairs as requested by the Government, on July 17, 2009. This statement was based on the fact that there are 202 sisters in the Republic of Ireland. Properties owned by the Institute in the Republic have been given an “indicative opinion of value” at €48.3 million. These include residences which are all occupied by Sisters as well as schools and school-related properties which are in use to full capacity. Financial assets amount to €17.8 million, which is committed to the living, welfare and care of our members, the continuation of our education ministries, and our commitments for general ministry and charitable purposes into the future.

We have contributed to the Faoiseamh Counselling Service on an ongoing basis and we will continue to offer support to our past residents who wish it, in so far as we are able.

May 27 2009:

Statement of The Sisters of St. Louis on the publication of the report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse

We, Sisters of St. Louis want to say publicly that we are sorry that children ever suffered while in our care. We accept that we have a responsibility to do all in our power to help in an ongoing way and we will make a contribution. We are also willing to meet with the Taoiseach, if invited. You will understand that we need some time to work out how we can make a meaningful contribution