Catherine McAuley 09.02.21

Catherine McAuley's Life

Today kakapo class has been learning some facts about Catherine McAuley, on how she took care of the poor children and women. When Catherine McAuley was 5 years old her father passed away because he was very sick. She was left with her siblings and mother. When Catherine McAuley got older her mother died because she was very ill. Then later on her sister died cause she was sick in her death bed. She opened up a big house for the sick and homeless people.

She taught the children education and she helped the women get jobs so they could have their own family. She provided the people with clothes and food. She went to France to learn how to teach large numbers of children.

Catherine McAuley opened up the house on Bogget St in Ireland where all the rich people lived, so that the rich people would notice the homeless people. The name of the house was called the House of Mercy. Her brother and sister were Protestants like their mother but Catherine McAuley was very Catholic like her father. She died at the age of 63 and the date that she died on was the 11 of November 1841.