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Devin-Adair Co.
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English
Pages
467

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Memoirs of the Pittsburgh Sisters of Mercy
1918, Devin-Adair Co.
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Table of Contents

CONTENTS
Decretum. (Latin Text) ix
Decree. (English Text of Latin Decretum) x
Introduction xi
CHAPTERS
I. Beginnings op the Order of Mercy in Pittsburgh 1
II. First Convent of Mercy in the United States 16
III. The New School, Nucleus of St. Xavier's Academy 28
IV. Beginning of the Present Mercy Hospital 40
V. St. Aloysius Academy 70
VI. Formal Opening of St. Xavier's Academy 90
VII. Headquarters of the Community 107
VIII. Effects of Division of Diocese 115
IX. Golden Jubilee of the Order of Mercy 132
X. Several Schools Opened by the Community 156
XI. The Founders of the Order of Mercy in the United States 170
XII. Sister M. Isidore Fisher, Sister M. Flavia Byrne, and "Mother Liguori" McCaffry 185
XIII. Death of Bishop O'Connor 201
XIV. Golden Jubilee of St. Xavier's 228
XV. The Sisters of Mercy in the Civil War 254
XVI. Golden Jubilee of Mother M. Stanislaus Fennessy 274
XVII. Death of Mother M. Elizabeth Strange 294
XVIII. A Memorable Year in the Order 310
XIX. Our Bishop, Right Rev. J. F. Regis Canevin 322
XX. Golden Jubilee of Bishop Phelan 330
XXI. Dedication of St. Paul's Cathedral, Pittsburgh 353
XXII. Golden Jubilee of Mother M. Sebastian Gillespie 371
XXIII. Various Items of Interest 394
XXIV. Brief Obituaries 418
XXV. Golden Jubilee Greetings 434
Note of Thanks 457
Appendix 459
ILLUSTRATIONS
Our Lady of Mercy Frontispiece
Mother Catherine McAuley ix
Pope Gregory XVI 8
Mother Catherine McAuley 8
Archbishop Murray 8
Rev. Mother P. Warde 8
Sister M. Elisabeth Strange 8
Sister M. Josephine Cullen 8
Sister M. Veronica McDarby 8
Arch-abbot Wimmer, O.S.B 11
Rt Rev. Tobias Mullen, D.D 11
Rt Rev. William Quarter, D.D 11
Rt. Rev. James O'Connor, D.D 11
Rt Rev. Michael Domenec, D.D 11
The First St. Xavier's Academy at St. Vincent's 29
St. Paul's Orphan Asylum, Idlewood, Pa. 36
First Mercy Hospital in U. S., Opened Jan. 1, 1847 40
Mercy Hospital, Stevenson Street 40
Mercy Hospital Chapel 41
Mercy Hospital, Locust Street 43
Magee Pathological Institute 43
Mercy Hospital Wing, to be completed in 1918 44
Mother M. Xavier Tiernan 52
St. Mary's Convent of Mercy, Webster Avenue 55
St Xavier's after the Purchase of the Boyd Farm in 1855 92
St Xavier's Chapel, finished in 1866 96
St Xavier's Cemetery 97
Addition to St. Xavier's, erected in 1852 107
Great Fire at St Xavier's, Feb. 1, 1868 109
St Xavier's after the Fire 109
St Xavier's after the Completion of the North Wing, 1889 117
Rt. Rev. M. O'Connor, D.D 132
Rev. M. O'Connor, SJ 132
Rev. Jerome Kearney 204
Golden Jubilee of Mother M. Elizabeth Strange, 1842-1892 206
Mother M. Elizabeth Strange 207
Sister M. Mechtlides O'Connell 207
Sister M. Liguori McCaffry 207
Mt. Mercy — Main Entrance 224
Mt. Mercy — Hall, Second Floor 225
St. Anthony Park 227
St. Xavier's Golden Jubilee, 1845- 1895 228
Mary Kuhn 239
Sister M. Eulalia de Ham 315
Rt. Rev. J. F. Regis Canevin, D.D 322
Rt. Rev. Richard Phelan, D.D 330
Mother M. Sebastian Gillespie 371
St. Mary's Convent of Mercy (Mother House) and Mt. Mercy Academy 381
Mother M. Regina Cosgrave 385
Sister M. Neri Bowen 387
Mother M. Gertrude Doyle 418
Sister M. Agnes McCaffry 423
Sister M. Eulalia de Ham 423
Mother Ursula Crawford 423
Sister M. Hilda Gallagher 423
Sister M. di Pazzi Russell 423
Sister M. Antonio Gallagher 437

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Library of Congress
BX4484.P6 S5

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 467 p., [37] leaves of plates :
Number of pages
467

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OL16538136M
Internet Archive
MemoirsOfThePittsburghSistersOfMercy
LCCN
18004938
OCLC/WorldCat
609193718

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