Box Bournemouth 5

Scope and Contents note

The file consists of the brochure of 'The Sanctuary', the project which bought St Joseph's Convalescent Home buildings on its closure, and became a hospice for HIV/Aids patients in 1992, known as Simon of Cyrene Trust; and a news report of the Closure of the Sanctuary in August 1996 due to lack of funds.

Scope and Contents note

The file is comprised of a set of photographs of old St Joseph's Home throughout building stages of the new buildings, the blessing and laying of the stone, and the opening. The photographs are labelled throughout and there are also booklets and photocopies of newspaper cuttings. The contents of the file have come from one album.

Scope and Contents The file is comprised of records from 1896 of sacraments received by patients in St Joseph's Convalescent home; records of Confirmation, and First Communion received in 1901; a prayer card dated from 1905; Linen which has been revered as a relic, touched by the hand of Saint Edmund Arrowsmith; a prayer card showing the grotto at Bournemouth; and a first day cover envelope with a stamp of Venerable Catherine McAuley which was franked on 18 September 1978. The file also includes an...