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Kelly, Irene, Sister, 1913-2011

 Person

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Hebron St. Francis Center-Johns Island, South Carolina

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1172
Abstract In 1979, Sisters Bernadine Jax and Irene Kelly of Rochester, Minnesota were invited through the Catholic Diocese of Charleston to serve the Church on Johns Island and to develop a place and presence where community people could gather. For the following three years (1979-1982), the nuns lived on Johns Island visiting islanders and searching for a location to establish a community center. In May 1982, Sisters Jax and Kelly attended an Ecumentical Ministerial Meeting at Holy...
Dates: 1970, 1982-2011, and undated; Majority of material found in 1983-1988