Filmed in 1952, a film by Bert Mocogni. A look at the Poor Sisters of Nazareth and their charitable work at Nazareth House in Kilmarnock that operated for around a 100 years up to the 1980s.
Despite its good work, the House and the Sisters later became associated with child abuse and "unorthodox" methods of discipline following a number of inquiries.
Contents (timings may need to be adjusted)
00:44 Convent of the Poor Sisters of Nazareth, Kilmarnock. gvs convent building and grounds; photograph of foundress, Mother St. Basil, who established eight houses before her death in 1878
01:31 Sister Theresa at door
01:38 gvs chapel during service; girls file in; hymns, views of statuetry
05:28 pri...