Presentation Convent (Placentia)

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The Presentation Sisters under Sister Mary de Sales Condren opened their convent in Placentia 4 August 1864. They had been encouraged to come by the then Parish Priest, Rev. Edward Condon. The convent's name, Our Lady of the Angels, is a reminder of Newfoundland's first religious house, a monastery opened at Placentia in 1689 by Franciscan friars from Quebec. The convent is the only stone building left standing in Placentia today. The limestone used in the construction is said to have come from the Fort Frederick redoubt and there is a local oral tradition that other stone used in the structure was taken from the ruins of Governor de Brouillon's house. The majority of the stone is local having been obtained from an old quarry in Placentia probably used by the French.

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