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Illustrations 1 Irish-born biological sisters, Sisters Mary Monica, Mary Leo, Mary Catherine, and Mary Gabriel Fanning 11 2 Biological sisters, Sisters Mary Francis Xavier McGirr, founder of the Ottawa Community, 1859, and Mary Vincent McGirr, one of the original five sisters to begin the Chicago Foundation 16 3 Sister Mary Xavier Ryan, St. Joseph School, Janesville, Wisconsin, 1871–72 52 4 Saint Xavier Academy school bus, Sister M. Innocentia Powers, and school children, 1945–50 75 5 Saint Xavier Academy/Sisters of Mercy Novitiate Chapel, 49th and Cottage Grove, Chicago 80 6 First group of women to enter the Sisters of Mercy after amalgamation: Postulant group 1929 89 7 Postulants and novices: Sisters Patrick Anne (Cathleen) Cahill and Peter Marie (Nancy) Ponzi 96 8 Queen of Martyrs Reception Ceremony, Band/Class of 1959 97 9 Novices and postulants at a picnic at the new Sisters of Mercy Novitiate 99 10 Sisters Evangeline McSloy and Norella Hartnett 100 11 Silver Jubilee 1957, Saint Xavier College 106 12 St. James Grade School, Sister Faculty, 1957 126 13 Habit change, 1966: Sister Mary Dominic Merwick (old habit) and Sister Mary Alexis (Ruth) Mutchler (new habit) 137 14 Old and new habits, White 1966: Sisters Mary Fausta Vorwerk and Mary Eamon O’Malley in Dispensary 138 15 Blessing of the New Habit, Mercy Hospital Chapel, June 1966 139 x | Illustrations 16 Mother Mary Huberta McCarthy, 1965 141 17 The Letter, 1967 147 18 Mother Paulita Morris, 1969 150 19 Mother Regina Cunningham, Mother General, 1954–59 151 20 Community-owned home, Robert St., Aurora, 1980 182 21 Eleanor Holdgrafer, Family Nurse Practitioner, Iowa, 1976–88 193 22 Rally to End Deportation: Institute Chapter 2011, Saint Xavier University Campus 203 23 Campion McGuire, Principal, Christ the King School, 1980–93 220 24 Paulette O’Connell, Nurse Educator, Mercy Hospital Diabetic Education Center, 1986–90 230 25 June Anselme, Mercy Hospital Patient Community Services, 1991 231 26 Rosemary McManus, Pastoral Care Visitor, Mercy Hospital, Iowa City, visits children and their families, 1980 233 27 Jubilee, 2012, Sixty-Year Celebrants 250 ...

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