Aberdeen Presentation Sisters Working to Digitize Records

Posted by admin on Apr 27, 2012

When Sister Kathleen Bierne received a recent call, she was surprised to hear that it was a former student of hers. “She said, ‘I don’t remember you, but my mother does.’ And I had this image of a hovering mother over my shoulder,” Bierne said with a laugh.

Bierne’s student had used sister search on the Presentation Sisters’ website to get in touch with her. It was added in 2008 as a part of a larger move by the convent to create a stronger digital presence. The sisters have about 120 years of archives.

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