In memory of three Daughters of Charity who have died recently:
Sister Florence Edward Kearney – Died at St. Louise House, Albany, NY February 19, 2013; 81 years of age, 60 years of vocation
Sister Marie Yetter – Died at Villa St. Michael, Emmitsburg, MD, February 23, 2013; 94 years of age, 76 years of vocation
Sister Rose Anthony D’Alfonso – Died at Our Lady of Wisdom Healthcare Center, New Orleans, LA; February 25, 2013. 90 years of age, 59 years of vocation
May they rest in peace!
Filed under Announcements, Deceased Sisters
(Image of Marillac Provincial House used with permission of the Daughters of Charity Provincial Archives)
March is Women’s History Month; March 15 is the feast day of St. Louise de Marillac, co-founder of the Daughters of Charity and namesake of the Province of St. Louise. During the month of March we will feature ministries named for Louise and items from our collection connected with her.
Seen here is an artist’s rendering of Marillac Provincial House in St. Louis by Barnett, Haynes, and Barnett, the original architects. The building was completed in 1916 and served as the headquarters for the former St. Louis Province until 1999 when it was sold to the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Though many additions were made to the building over the years, the beautiful facade seen in this image still exists, virtually unchanged. Father James J. Sullivan, first provincial director for the former St. Louis Province, placed the Provincial House under the patronage of Louise de Marillac in 1914, at the building’s groundbreaking. St. Louis’ was the first Daughter of Charity provincial house to be named for Louise de Marillac.
The building, still known as Marillac Provincial House, now serves as classrooms, office space, and residence hall space for the Pierre Laclede Honors College at UM-St. Louis; the Provincial House chapel is used for concerts, lectures, and Sunday Mass for the university’s Newman Center.
Filed under Louise de Marillac, Ministries
(Photo used with permission of Alex Ames)
The collections of the Provincial Archives are a rich source for research in many subjects. On Friday, we welcomed Alex Ames a graduate student from the University of Delaware, Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, whose research focused on curriculum at St. Joseph’s Academy in the 1820s, in particular the embroidery made by the students there. A few of the embroideries from our collection can be seen in the photo. Alex is seen here taking a digital picture from an early ledger of St. Joseph’s Academy.
Filed under Announcements, St. Joseph's Academy
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