Wray Castle Wray Castle. The house was built in 1840 for a retired [Liverpolitan] surgeon, James Dawson, who built it along with the neighbouring Wray Church using his wife's fortune. After Dawson's death in 1875 the estate was inherited by his fifteen year old nephew, Edward Preston Rawnsley. In 1877 Edward's cousin, Hardwicke Rawnsley, took up the appointment of vicar of Wray Church. To protect the countryside from damaging development, Hardwicke Rawnsley, building on an idea propounded by John Ruskin, conceived of a National Trust that could buy and preserve places of natural beauty and historic interest for the nation. The house
Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill for children from kindergarten to age 12. The Sisters of Charity became a Pontifical Congregation in 1948 and made perpetual vows for the first time the following year. In 1960, the Congregation sent Sisters to Mokpo, Korea, to establish the community's first foreign mission. There are nearly 200 Korean Sisters of Charity ministering in parishes, schools, retreat houses, and daycare centers. Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill The Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill were founded by Sister Aloysia Lowe. She was accompanied by Sisters Blanche O'Keefe, Maria Theresa O'Donnell, Maria Kavanaugh and two novices. In 1809, Elizabeth Ann Seton