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The Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, known by its initials BVM, is a Roman Catholic religious institute founded in the United States by Mother Mary Frances Clarke. Its founders were Irish Catholics. The BVM currently works in twenty-five U.S. states and three foreign countries.
The Loretto is a multipurpose venue in the Westport neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri. It was adapted from a former girls' academy known as Loretto Academy, dedicated in 1904 [2] as a "boarding and day school for girls." [3] It is named after the Sisters of Loretto, who established a presence in Kansas City in 1899. [4]
St. Michael Parish School (West 32nd Street at Ninth Avenue) – Operated from 1870 to 1971; staffed by the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. St. Monica Parish School (416 East 80th Street) – Operated from 1883 to 1974; staffed by the Sisters of Charity (1883–1944) and the Sisters of St. Francis (1944–1974).
Other communities who assisted the sick and wounded include: the Sisters of St. Joseph, Carmelites, Dominican Order, Ursulines, Sisters of Mercy, Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy, Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, and the Congregation of Divine Providence. [18]
Founder of Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy: Blessed Valentinus Paquay: 1828: Tongeren, Belgium: 1905: Hasselt, Belgium: Priest of the Order of Friars Minor: Blessed Małgorzata Szewczyk: 1828: Khmelnytskyi, Galicia and Lodomeria: 1905: Aleksandrów, Poland: Foundress of Daughters of the Sorrowful Mother of God Ezekiel ...
Many other groups called Sisters of Charity have also founded and operate educational institutions, hospitals and orphanages: A Sister of Charity of Jesus and Mary (ca. 1900) Sisters of Charity of Australia; Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary; Sisters of Charity of Montreal (also known as Grey Nuns)
Katherine, 10, and Sheila, 12, lived with their parents and two brothers in Kensington, a tightly-knit, upper-middle-class town in Maryland. After breakfast on March 25, 1975, the girls left for ...
Ann Louise Gilligan – Irish Roman Catholic feminist theologian married to Senator Katherine Zappone; was a nun before leaving to pursue an academic career; Jacqueline Grennan Wexler (born Jean Marie Grennan; August 2, 1926 – January 19, 2012), commonly known as Sister J, was an American Roman Catholic religious sister who rose to prominence when she, as President of Webster College, strove ...