Rose Mary O'Hagan op (1858 - 1918)

Born 1 May 1858 in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Died 1 Jun 1918 at age 60 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Rose was a Dominican Nun.

Rose was born in 1858.^[1]

Rose joined the Dominican convent on 21 November 1878 and took the name Sr Mary Imelda.

Rose died 1 June 1918. ^[2] Her Obituary read: Obituary

SISTER M. IMELDA O'HAGAN, O.S.D.

On Saturday, June 1, at 'Santa Sabina,' Strathfield, Sister Mary Imelda O'Hagan passed away at the age of 60 years, fortified by the rites of Holy Church and surrounded by her sisters in religion. The later years of her life were spent in great suffering, which she bore with saintly fortitude though almost to the end she took some slight share in the work of teaching which she loved so well. Her kindly manner, intellectual gifts and fine scholarship made her an ideal teacher, and far and wide to-day throughout the State the good seed sown so wiseiy by Sister M. Imelda in the various convents of the Order is bearing fruit a hundredfold. When the Dominican nuns came to Sydney under the patronage of his Eminence the late Cardinal Moran, she was one of the four Sisters sent to Strathfield from the mother-house, West Maitland; and those who came under the inspiriting and ennobling influence of Sister M. Imelda in the early days of 'Santa Sabina' not only regarded her attainments' with admiration, but looked upon her as an illustration of all that is so fine in a religious of the grand old Order of -Truth.' Her daily lesson ever was 'Onward, upward and rejoice.'

The, Office of the Dead was chanted and a Requiem Mass celebrated in the convent chapel on Monday at 10 a.m. His Lordship Dr. Dwyer (Bishop of Maitknd) presided. The celebrant of the Mass was Rev. Fr. W. Hayden, assisted by Rev. Fathers T. Phelan «b 1 R. Loneragan. There were also present Right Rev. Monsign or O'Haran, Very Rev. Father P. Byrne, P.P., Very Rev. Father P. Cullen, C.M.,V the Very Rev. Father C. Treacy, C.SS.R., Rev. Fathers J. Donnelly, CM., P. Sheehy, T. Barlow, P.P., M. . Rohan, P.P., P. Baugh, L. Murphy, S.J., P. Meany, F. M'Dermott, F. Power. M.S.H., P. Drohan, J. P. Considine, J. Sherin, R. Woulfe, D. Byrne, M. Tansey, -P. Fogarty, J. Kelly. Dr. Dwyer, assisted by Very Rev. Father P. Byrne, officiated at the graveside, in the presence of many pupils and friends of the community. The present pupils of 'Santa Sabiina' sang the 'Ave Maria' before the grave was closed. — R.LP. ^[3]

Research Notes

Rose's father was a master mariner name Captain William O'Hagan , his wife was Rose.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: New South Wales BDM Registration: OHAGAN ROSE M 9953/1858 Father: WILLIAM Mother: ROSE District: NEWCASTLE
2. ↑ Death: New South Wales BDM Registration: O'HAGAN ROSE 5612/1918 Father: WILLIAM Mother: ROSE District: BURWOOD
3. ↑ Obituary (1918, June 13). Freeman's Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1932), p. 20. Retrieved February 7, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article116773379