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Sister Teresa Prendegast

Sr TerseaThe youngest member of the group was Mary Prendegast, native of Victoria, born 1864, and entered 1882.  Known in Perthville as Sr M Bonaventure of the Blessed Sacrament, she was professed in March, 1884, and renewed vows in January, 1887 before she left for Westbury in May. Teresa was a member of the community founded from Westbury at Forth by Francis in May, 1889 and left sometime after that date before she made perpetual vows.

 

 

Source: Sr  J. M. Brady, (2004) Sisters of St. Joseph: the Tasmanian: the foundation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Tasmania 1887-1937. Ph. D Thesis, ACU.