Women of Faith: The Chicago Sisters of Mercy and the Evolution of a Religious Community

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Index Agatha O’Brien Ministry Fund, 239 Aikenhead, Mary, 2 amalgamation, 5, 8, 13 Vatican push for, 43–44, 67–73 apostolate, 9, 131, 136, 183–96, 215, 218, 222, 238, 326n78, 333 lay, 93 racial, 122, 191, 314–15n73 renewal of, 133–34, 140, 302n20, 313n59 See also ministry Associates, Mercy, 247–49, 260–61 Brides of Christ, 17, 21. See also Divine Spouse; Heavenly Spouse care of women (homes for women), 61–64, 117, 286n32. See also House of Mercy: Chicago; House of Mercy: Dublin; St. Catherine Residence; St. Clara Home; Patricia Club Catholic Action, 93, 110–13 Catholic Youth Organization (CYO), 93 charism, 2, 4–5, 9, 31, 44–45, 73, 107, 183, 198, 206, 208, 209–11, 219, 221, 223–24, 237, 240, 246, 262, 333 and associates, 248, 260 new articulation of “Statement of Charism,” 165, 185, 192–94, 204, 214–18, 250, 306n7, 321–22n52 and sponsorship, 225–26. See also sponsorship Vatican II and rediscovery of founding charism, 155, 160 and women’s ordination, 240. See also women’s ordination Christian Family Movement (CFM), 93 Civil War (U.S.), Sisters of Mercy and, 35, 37 Clancy, Bernardine (Nora Mary), RSM, 70, 82, 89–90 Code of Canon Law (1917), 44, 67, 85, 259, 281n62, 288n50, 290n17 Cody, Archbishop John, 145 community living, 9, 34, 127, 128, 154–55 experimentation in, 165–83 See also community-owned homes community-owned homes, 178–83 Condon, Brigid (Virginia Mary), RSM, 285n24, 315n79, 325n74 Cunningham, Regina (Mary Agnes), RSM, 133, 149–52, 155, 171, 304n42 Deshon, George, 22–23 Dives in Misericordia, 212, 215 Divine Spouse, 41 352 | Index Donnellan, Josephine (Brigid Anne), RSM, 42, 285n24 education parish schools, 9, 51–61, 80–81, 86–87, 101, 108, 118, 122–27; and retrenchment, 169, 187–92 secondary. See Mercy High School: Chicago; Mercy High School: Milwaukee; Saint Xavier Academy ; Mercy Secondary Education Association; Siena High School (Chicago) of sisters. See Sister Formation Conference (movement) Evangelica Testifi catio, 159, 305n57 Fanning Sisters Mary Catherine (Mary), 11, 24, 29–31, 32, 35, 43 Mary Gabriel (Helena), 29 Mary Leo (Annie), 11, 29 Mary Monica (Kathleen), 11, 29 feminism, 7, 130, 160, 210, 245 Fitzsimmons, Dolores (Catherine), RSM, 24 Flanagan, Evangelist (Agnes), RSM, 82 Flatley, Therese (Katherine), RSM, 86–87 formation, religious, 23–24, 30–42, 81, 88–91, 95–100, 102, 108–9, 116, 165, 175–76, 242, 245–46 Gaudium et Spes, 133 Granger, Genevieve (Sophia), RSM, 55, 284n17 Greene, Augustine (Jane Teresa), RSM, 82 habits, 9, 15, 21, 38–39, 76, 79, 289n2 after amalgamation, 83–84, 96 modified habit, 136–38, 140, 302n21, 302–3n23 and Vatican II, 128–29 white nursing habit, 137, 295n7 Hartman, Carmelita (Marie Estelle), RSM, 71, 82, 83, 89–90 Heavenly Spouse, 35 Hennessy, Archbishop John, 285n23, 287n42 Holcomb, Evangelist (Lydia), RSM, 53 House of Mercy Chicago (formerly House of Providence), 63, 269 Dublin, 62 Johnson, Mary Borromeo (Eliza), RSM, 57, 65–66, 228, 257, 285n24, 287n42 Martin, Mary Baptist (Catherine), RSM and Mary Evangelist (Mary Ann), RSM, 57 McAuley, Catherine, RSM, 1–3, 6–7, 253 and care of women, 59, 61–62 and education, 59 and Familiar Instructions, 40, 210, and health care, 118 and intent for Sisters of Mercy, 33–34, 47–48, 85, 184–85, 211, 214–16, 245 and Maxims, 210, 317–18n11 spirit or legacy in America (see also charism), 3–5, 24, 31–32, 35, 44, 45, 48–49, 130, 201, 205–206, 209–211, 225–226, 253, 258, McCarthy, Huberta (Mary Katherine), RSM, 123, 125, 127, 141–43, 145 Index | 353 McGinnity, Cecelia (Agnes), RSM, 82 McGirr, John, 18 McGirr, Mary Francis Xavier (Catherine ), RSM, 15–19, 24–27 McGirr, Mary Vincent (Mary Ann), RSM, 15–19, 24–27 McGirr, Patrick, 18 McGuire, Gertrude (Catherine), 38, 55–56, 280n49 McNicholas, Archbishop John T., 81 McSloy, Evangeline (Joan Agnes), RSM, 94–95, 97–100, 197 Mercy High School Chicago, 13, 122–23, 320n43 Milwaukee, 13, 59, 61, 149 Mercy Hospitals Chicago, 12, 25, 76, 118, 120, 185, 192–93, 227, 269 Davenport, 12, 66–67, 103, 195; decision to sell, 227–228, 269 Iowa City, 12, 43, 66–67, 84, 195, 227–28, 233, 247, 269 Janesville, 12, 67, 77, 118, 120, 269, 323n59 Marshalltown (St. Thomas Mercy Hospital), 67, 109, 118–20, 269, 297n23 Mercy Secondary Education Association , 226 Mercyville Sanatorium/Hospital, 76–77, 108, 269, 287–88n43 Messmer, Archbishop...