Sister Genevieve: A Courageous Woman's Triumph in Northern Ireland

by John Rae

Book Overview

Sister Genevieve was headmistress of a large Catholic girls comprehensive in a Republican stronghold on the Falls, in Belfast, from the 1960s to the 1980s. This book is both an inspiring portrait of a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446528242
• ISBN13: 9780446528245
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Warner Books (NY)
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

A very personal look at a Catholic sister in Belfast.

Sister Genevieve, a Daughter of Charity sister, wanted to work with the poorest of the poor. When she was sent to teach at a school in Belfast, Northern Ireland, she didn't initially feel that this was what she felt drawn to do. As time went by, she came to realize how depressed an area West Belfast was. Most of the Catholic families in the area had little or nothing. Often, what they did have was negatively influenced by the Troubles of the 1970s and 1908s. Sister Genevieve's personal strength helped her to run St. Louise's Catholic school, and to turn it into a haven for the girls who went to school there. The school was able to offer them a true education that they would not have been able to get anywhere else.