The parting wish and appeal of the last Sister of Charity to manage Waterford city’s Sacred Heart Centre for children with learning disabilities is that a new larger premises be provided for its students and staff.
The Sisters of Charity will officially transfer responsibility for the Lady Lane-based developmental pre-school and education centre to the Health Service Executive and Department of Education on April 30.
It will mark the end of an era for the religious order of sisters, who 31 years ago set up the centre in the parlour of their convent. The Centre now educates and provides important health and developmental support to up to 45 children with learning disabilities between the ages of two and 18.
Sr. Elizabeth Sanfey, the last Sister of Charity to work at the Sacred Heart Centre, said they were handing over the reins of responsibility because the order no longer has the personnel to continue running the Centre.
“We are doing this to ensure that a quality service will be available in the future to the children, and we wish to thank all who have been involved with us in the Centre for the past 31 years,” said Sr. Sanfey, who has managed the facility since the retirement of one of its Sr. Imelda Waldron four years ago.
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