The
Sisters of the Presentation, San Francisco, trace their history from
the
five founding sisters who came from Ireland at the request of Bishop
Joseph Alemany in 1854. They came to teach Irish immigrants pouring into
California
as a result of the Gold Rush and California becoming a state.
The
Sisters of the Presentation were founded in Cork, Ireland in 1775 by Nano
Nagle and now serve the people of God throughout the world.