Two copies of photo showing laboratory and drafting room for house planning and design ...
Image by Cornell University Library
Collection: Human Ecology Historical Photographs
Title: Two copies of photo showing laboratory and drafting room for house planning and design taken by Troy for use in ''Home Economics at Cornell,'' 1920, p.18. In background in front of room are two teachers who appear to be Annette Warner (seated) and Helen Binkerd Young (standing).
Collection #23-2-749, item DD-HD-08
Div. Rare & Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Persistent URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/5wq1
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Two copies of photo showing laboratory and drafting room for house planning and design ...
Image by Cornell University Library
Collection: Human Ecology Historical Photographs
Title: Two copies of photo showing laboratory and drafting room for house planning and design taken by Troy for use in ''Home Economics at Cornell,'' 1920, p.18. In background in front of room are two teachers who appear to be Annette Warner (seated) and Helen Binkerd Young (standing).
Collection #23-2-749, item DD-HD-09
Div. Rare & Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Persistent URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/5wq2
There are no known U.S. copyright restrictions on this image. The digital file is owned by the Cornell University Library which is making it freely available with the request that, when possible, the Library be credited as its source.
c1910 House of Charity, Knowle, Bristol
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In 1879 the Sisters erected their own house and chapel. As the Community increased, so the work developed and grew. In addition to assistance rendered to some of the parishes in Bristol, branch houses were opened at St. Saviour's, Leeds, at Plymouth and Plymp-ton, at Liverpool, Clevedon, and also later at Brighton and in the Metropolis itself. In the year 1887, at the request of Bishop Smythies of Zanzibar, some Sisters were sent to work for a time in the Universities' Mission at Magila in Central Africa.
Meantime, the personal life of the individual Sisters was being developed under the care of the Warden, who included in his plans the provision of a chapel in which the Blessed Sacrament was perpetually reserved, a rare privilege in those early days.
With the closing of the church, the Community had become the centre of the Warden's life. As the years went by the work had grown, and the number of Sisters, together with children under their care, increased, and it was resolved to build another House in a more suitable part of the city, in which at first the children only were housed. For this purpose an admirable site was secured at Knowle, on the outskirts of Bristol, overlooking the city, and, until its later invasion by builders, standing, with its extensive garden, largely alone. The foundation stone of St. Agnes' House, to be erected on this site, was laid in 1890, by Lady Elton of Clevedon Court, Somerset.
The architect chosen was Mr. John D. Sedding, who also designed the churches of Holy Trinity, Upper Chelsea, and of the Holy Redeemer, Clerkenwell. He was one of the Warden's closest friends. The House was a fine building, and was able to accommodate between seventy and eighty persons. It was finished in the spring of 1892, when it was opened by Lady Halifax.
As time went on, the Sisters' original House was becoming increasingly disturbed by the absence of quiet caused by railway developments in the neighbourhood, and in the year 1896 it was decided to establish the Mother House at the new building at Knowle.
This removal was accomplished in the year 1898. Later on, sufficient accommodation was obtained for both the Sisters and fifty children by additional buildings. Mr. Sedding died in 1891. The beautiful chapel was added in 1902, under the care of the late Mr. G. F. Bodley. The building was completed by the addition of an eastern chapel in the year 1909, as a memorial to the Warden. The name of Arthur Ward must always be remembered amongst the few who, after long years of loss, helped to recover to the English Church the Religious Life for women, by the founding of a Community of Sisters of Charity, who now number fifty Professed, in addition to the Noviciate.
During the last sixteen years of his life the Warden continued to minister to the Sisters, and almost to the end he was hearing 2,000 confessions a year, including those of persons resident in the House and of many outside.
During the year 1906 his health began to fail, and in the summer of the following year this became more apparent. In the year 1908 he only preached two or three times, and on Sunday, October 4, he said what proved to be his last Mass in the Sisters' Chapel. On the following day he had a slight stroke, but was sufficiently conscious to receive the last Sacraments. On Friday, October 23, the Eve of St. Raphael's, he passed away at the moment when the Blessing was being given at the end of the Mass for the Dying, which was being celebrated for him in the chapel. On the following Monday, after a Requiem Mass followed by the Absolutions, the Burial Office was said, and the body laid in his mother's grave in Arno's Vale Cemetery. Many of his friends were present, including several priests, notably the Rev. R. M. Benson, Founder of the Society of St. John the Evangelist, Cowley, himself compassed about with marked infirmity, the Rev. Father Congreve, the Vicars of All Saints', Clifton, Knowle, and Bedminster, the Vicar of St. John the Baptist, Bathwick, and others amongst his oldest friends.
The Sisters of Charity established the Convent of Our Lady of Lourdes, Knowle, Bristol in 1937 as a mission centre for the new building estate of Filwood Park. The sisters taught at the local primary school, visited homes and organised guilds and sodalities in the local parishes. The sisters ministries have grown, developed and continued over the past 70 years. Today, the sisters also work closely with the other Christian churches on the estate and with community based projects that work towards alleviating some of the poverty that still exists on the estate. The Sisters are engaged in the Mission of the local Parish Church of Christ the King. Sisters also work in Hospital Chaplaincy in the large City hospital and some City - Wide run projects for vulnerable people.
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