Saturday, September 18, 2021

Sisters of Mercy III: Omaha; Worcester; Portland; Nashville; Davenport; New Orleans; Harrisburg; Louisville; Erie/Titusville; Janesville

 Omaha, NE:

College of St Mary Campus Ministry:

https://www.csm.edu/student-life/campus-ministry

Motherhouse is next to campus. 


Worcester, MA:

Tells of the jubilarians and the location plaque. 

https://catholicfreepress.org/news/mercy-sisters-follow-path-of-forebears

Another article:

https://catholicfreepress.org/news/mercy-sisters-touched-many

Nazareth Home for Boys:

http://www.mcauleynazareth.org/page8.html


Portland, ME:

Building shown in Dehey:

Now The Motherhouse at Baxter Woods senior housing:

https://motherhouse.avestahousing.org/photogallery.aspx


Nashville, TN:

Building shown in Dehey:

St Bernard Academy:

https://www.stbernardacademy.org/about/our-history


Davenport, IA:

The Beginning of Mercy blog entry:

https://blogs.davenportlibrary.com/sc/2014/12/04/the-beginning-of-mercy/

Interactive timeline, Genesis Health (includes videos!):

https://www.genesishealth.com/about/timeline/

St Elizabeth's Mental Ward Fire:

https://www.fireengineering.com/leadership/second-major-hospital-fire-takes-forty-one-lives/#gref


New Orleans, LA:

History:

https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/health_fitness/article_2ad802f8-66fb-58a1-82be-2d83b9886893.html

Celebrated 150 Years in NOLA:

https://clarionherald.org/news/sisters-of-mercy-celebrate-150-years-in-new-orleans

15  Closed Hospitals:

https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/health_fitness/article_2ad802f8-66fb-58a1-82be-2d83b9886893.html

St Margaret at Mercy:

https://www.myneworleans.com/acts-of-mercy/


Harrisburg, PA:

Postcard of one of their convents:

https://www.cardcow.com/505232/sisters-mercy-convent-marilay-north-streets-harrisburg-pennsylvania/

Marycrest Convent:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/65359853@N00/18547463404

150 Years in Harrisburg:

https://www.hbgdiocese.org/sisters-of-mercy-mark-150-years-in-diocese-of-harrisburg/


Louisville, KY:

150 Years of Service in 2019:

https://therecordnewspaper.org/sisters-of-mercy-mark-150-years-of-service/

First called to be nurses at the Mariner's Hospital:

http://www.marinehospital.org/nurses.htm

Mercy Academy:

https://www.mercyacademy.com/faith-service/sisters-of-mercy

Old Mercy Academy razed:

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/neighborhoods/2016/03/31/old-mercy-academy-going-going-gone/82462002/

Assumption High School:

https://www.ahsrockets.org/faith/


Erie/Titusville, PA:

Building shown in Dehey:

Mercyhurst University's O'Neil Tower:

(Second photo down):

http://thankyouterry.blogspot.com/2012/12/penn-state-mercyhurst-photo-gallery.html

The building shown in Dehey was an architectural proposal for the college. The founding sister didn't want to spend that much money on the tower. 

Motherhouse sold to Mercyhurst University:

https://www.erienewsnow.com/story/43637973/sisters-of-mercy-motherhouse-sold-to-mercyhurst-university


Janesville, WI:

Now Mercyhealth:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercyhealth


Vocational Link at end of last post. 


Sisters of Mercy II: Sacramento; Rochester; Cincinnati; Manchester; Buffalo; Ottawa; Vicksburg; Philadelphia; Albany; Macon

Sacramento, CA:

https://www.mercyworld.org/newsroom/sisters-of-mercy-auburn-california-celebrate-150-years-188/

Motherhouse renovation:

https://www.blackbirdassoc.com/portfolio-items/sisters-of-mercy-auburn-motherhouse-expansion-and-renovation/


Rochester, NY:

Motherhouse:

http://dorchurches.com/rsm

160 years in 2017:

https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2017/06/02/sisters-mercy-celebrate-160-years-rochester-27-year-old-latest-join/364853001/

Our Lady of Mercy School for Young Women:

History:

https://www.mercyhs.com/about/life-changing/history/

Virtual Tour:

https://247virtualtours.com/272-our-lady-of-mercy-school-for-young-women-virtual-tour-tour


Cincinnati, OH:

Former motherhouse:

https://digital.cincinnatilibrary.org/digital/collection/p16998coll6/id/1045/

McAuley Convent:

https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=124804977574428


Manchester, NH:

Former Novitiate of the Sisters of Mercy:

https://windhamnhhistory.org/tag/sisters-of-mercy/

Searles Castle:

https://atthecastle.com/history


Buffalo, NY:

Virtual tour of Mt Mercy Academy. Turn 180 degrees, and see the motherhouse:

https://tourmkr.com/F1jezY4co0/14134158p&247.20h&84.97t


Ottawa, IL:

St Xavier Academy:

http://www.illinoishsglorydays.com/id193.html


Vicksburg, MS:

Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation:

Includes stage used in "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"

http://www.southernculture.org/ 


Philadelphia, PA:

Some kind of Convent blueprints:

https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/pj_display.cfm/82728

Motherhouse:

https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/convents/sisters-of-mercy-convent-merion-pa/

Two schools are on the same property as the motherhouse: Waldron Mercy Academy, and Merion-Mercy Academy. 


Albany, NY:

Maria College history:

https://mariacollege.edu/about-maria/history

Jubilarians:

https://www.timesunion.com/tuplus-local/article/Sisters-of-Mercy-in-Albany-celebrate-70-50-years-10616808.php


Macon, GA:

Mount DeSales Academy:

(Stands on site of original convent and boarding school):

https://www.mountdesales.net/about/our-history/


Vocational Link at end of last post. 

Sisters of Mercy I: Pittsburgh; New York City; Chicago; Providence; Little Rock; Hartford; Burlingame; Baltimore; Brooklyn; Webster Groves

Catherine McAuley and her companions were social workers in Ireland. After being orphaned, Catherine had worked as a maid to a rich couple. Upon their deaths, Catherine inherited their fortune. She put the funds to good use, working among the poor. The house on Baggot Street in Dublin was purpose-built for works of mercy, basically on a convent floorplan. 

Her local archbishop liked what he saw, and asked Catherine and her companions if they were attracted to becoming a religious congregation. They were, and set out to write down what they had been doing.  The archbishop asked the Presentation Sisters to host the Founder's Novitiate:

https://presentationsistersne.ie/ne-locations/dublin-georges-hill/

Photos of the former Convent:

https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/50070310/focus-ireland-georges-hill-halston-street-dublin-7-dublin

"The Walking Sisters" were called such because they interacted with society.  For more history:

https://www.sistersofmercy.org/about-us/our-history-mercy-heritage-center/

There is also a video regarding the Sisters of Mercy habit, but I am unable to get the URL. 


Mercy presence in the US:

Pittsburgh, PA:

https://www.sistersofmercy.org/pittsburgh-mercy-founders/

Building shown in Dehey:

Mansion shown on the left in Dehey burned down. 

Scroll to bottom of page, then enlarge photo. Click the blue pin over the H-shaped building. Description of the Convent of Mercy will pop up:

https://www.carlow.edu/admissions-aid/visit-carlow/virtual-tours/


New York, NY:

St Catherine's Convent:

https://www.periodpaper.com/products/1893-print-st-catherines-convent-madison-avenue-nyc-original-historic-image-009567-ny2-090

St Catherine's Academy:

https://www.scahs.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1564396&type=d&pREC_ID=1692127

Novitiate:

https://www.cardcow.com/141620/tarrytown-new-york-sisters-mercy-home/


Chicago, IL:

Building shown in Dehey:

Academy of St Xavier:

http://www.illinoishsglorydays.com/id771.html

Apparently, a newer building on the site:

(Part of) Hales Franciscan up for sale:

https://chicagodefender.com/historic-hales-franciscan-puts-a-portion-of-its-bronzeville-campus-up-for-sale/

Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School:

https://www.mothermcauley.org/about/history


Providence, RI:

"When Rhode Island Received Mercy":

http://smallstatebighistory.com/rhode-island-received-mercy/

Building shown in Dehey:

Alumnae Association:

http://stxavieralumnae.org/history.html

E-Yearbook:

http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/St_Francis_Xavier_Academy_Xavier_Yearbook/1955/Page_1.html

St Xavier Academy:

https://oldpvd.com/markers/772


Little Rock, AR:

Mt St Mary Academy:

http://mtstmary.edu/about-us/history-and-founders/


Hartford, CT:

Historical marker for first Convent:

https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=151939

Building shown in Dehey:

Scroll down to middle picture of cathedral burning. Convent shown left of the cathedral. 

https://www.hartfordcathedral.org/history.html

Convent was torn down after the cathedral burned. 


Burlingame, CA:

Building shown in Dehey:

https://sistersofmercyburlingame.com/history/


Baltimore, MD:

Building shown in Dehey:

Mt St Agnes Academy:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Saint_Agnes_College


Brooklyn, NY:

Convent closed due to structural/foundation issues:

https://www.brownstoner.com/brooklyn-life/closing-bell-tour-a-former-convent/


Webster Groves, MO:

Building shown in Dehey:

Laclede Groves Assisted Living:

https://www.lssliving.org/communities/laclede-groves-st-louis/


Vocational Link at end of last post. 

Saturday, August 28, 2021

Delayed Vocation or Retirement Community -at -Convent?

Will use this blog post to list the convents turned into retirement communities. Perhaps that is where some "delayed Vocations" may actually be called to. 

This list is a work-in-progress. 


General:

Mercy Housing:

https://www.mercyhousing.org/


Benedictine Living:

https://www.benedictineliving.org/about/ ***NEW***


California:

Monterey:

(Franciscan): 

Ave Maria Senior Living:

https://avemariasl.org/


Connecticut:

Hartford:

(Good Shepherd):

Shepherd Park Apartments:

https://www.schochet.com/Portfolio/agentType/View/PropertyID/48/Shepherd-Park-Apartments


Illinois:

Lemont:

(Franciscan): 

Alvernia Manor:

https://www.alverniamanor.org/


Kentucky:

Nazareth:

(Sisters of Charity of Nazareth):

Nazareth Villages:

https://nazarethvillages.org/


Louisiana:

New Orleans:

(Sisters of Mercy): 

St Margaret's at Mercy:

https://www.stmmercy.org/our-campus/overview-household-model


Maine:

Portland:

(Sisters of Mercy): 

The Motherhouse at Baxter Woods:

https://motherhouse.avestahousing.org/photogallery.aspx

https://stevenssquare.com/the-motherhouse-at-baxter-woods/



Massachusetts:

Roxbury:

(Good Shepherd):

New Horizons at Marlborough Retirement Living:

https://countrycommunities.com/about-us.html



West Springfield:

(Passionist):

Prosper Life Care Monastery Heights:

https://prosperlifecare.com/communities/monastery-heights/



Michigan:

Grand Rapids:

Part of Dominican Center slated for conversion:

https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/grand-rapids/main-building-at-dominican-center-in-grand-rapids-to-be-converted-to-low-income-housing-for-seniors


(Good Shepherd):

Villa Maria Retirement Community:

https://thevillamaria.com/


(Sisters of Mercy):

Mt Mercy Apartments:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt._Mercy_Apartments


Monroe:

(Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary): 

IHM Senior Living Center:

https://www.ihmslc.org/


(Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary): 

Norman Towers (Former Hall of the Divine Child):

https://continentalmgt.com/view-listing/?listing_id=1459



Missouri:

Webster Groves:

(Sisters of Mercy): 

Laclede Groves Assisted Living:

https://www.lssliving.org/communities/laclede-groves-st-louis/


Pennsylvania:

Lancaster:

(Adorers of the Precious Blood):

St Anne's Retirement Community:

https://www.stannesrc.org/about-us/


New York:

Buffalo:

(Franciscan): 

St Francis Park:

https://www.saintfrancispark.com/


New York City:

(Ursuline):

Serviam Gardens:

https://www.fordham-bedford.org/serviam


Syracuse:

(Franciscan): 

The Gardens at St Anthony:

https://nascentiahealth.org/health-care-services/housing-the-gardens-st-anthony/


North Dakota:

Devil's Lake:

(Sisters of Mercy): 

Academy Park Apartments:

https://www.metroplains.com/find-a-home/north-dakota/devils-lake/academy-park.html


Ohio:

Dayton:

(Sisters of the Precious Blood):

Maria Joseph Living Care Center:

https://www.nursinghomes.com/oh/dayton/maria-joseph-living-care-center/


Oregon:

Portland:

(Good Shepherd):

Rosemont Court:

https://nwhousing.org/property/rosemont-court/


Pennsylvania:

Erie:

Several former convents or schools on the list:

https://www.hands-erie.org/?search-listings=true


Philadelphia:

(Sisters of Mercy):

https://www.liveyourretirement.com/home/sisters-of-mercy


(Franciscan):

Mt Assisi Place:

https://www.mtassisiplace.com/heritage


Wisconsin:

Milwaukee:

(School Sisters of Notre Dame): 

https://friendsofhousing.com/convent-hill-gardens/


Sinsinawa:

https://www.horizonseniorhousing.com/senior-living-communities-wi-ia-il/senior-housing-options-sinsinawa-wi/academy-at-sinsinawa-senior-apartments


Sisters of the Good Shepherd III: Province of St Louis, MO and St Paul, MN

Province of St Louis, MO:

St Louis:

http://stlouispatina.com/convent-of-the-good-shepherd/

Marygrove:

https://marygrovechildren.org/who-we-are-2/

Article describing the old schools' routine:

https://thecatholicnewsarchive.org/?a=d&d=SLR19490121-01.2.2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN--------


Chicago, IL:

House of the Good Shepherd:

Chapel in old convent:

https://johnamallin.com/project/house-of-the-good-shepherd-chapel/

Ministry entrusted to Catholic Charities:

https://sistersofthegoodshepherd.com/good-shepherd-ministry-entrusted/

Current apostolate site:

https://www.hgschicago.org/


Milwaukee, WI:

Old convent:

https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/mkenh/id/381/

Maryville Academy:

https://www.maryvilleacademy.org/about/our-history/


New Orleans, LA:

Short article about the House of the Good Shepherd:

https://www.myneworleans.com/julia-street-with-poydras-the-parrot-33/

Nuns posing with two gentlemen:

https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/hnoc-clf%3A4704

Girls on their bunks:

https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/hnoc-clf%3A1503

Playground at Good Shepherd convent:

https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/hnoc-clf%3A4242

Girls sewing:

https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/hnoc-clf%3A4727

Many more photos available in the Louisiana Digital Library. 


Galveston, TX:

Actually in Houston:

No trace, but article from opening:

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/95052173/

Wonderful ministry by former GS worker:

http://mhihouston.org/who-we-are/our-history/


Kansas City, MO; Peoria, IL:

Dehey used this book as a reference. Many photos included. 

https://books.google.com/books?id=x70YAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA227&lpg=PA227&dq=house+of+the+good+Shepherd+school+kansas+city&source=bl&ots=muOmYtSapJ&sig=ACfU3U3CGHBXp0wXY-c9u7Ov45Yw83813w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwisspjNtcnyAhVSHc0KHW5JC1UQ6AF6BAgwEAI#v=onepage&q=house%20of%20the%20good%20Shepherd%20school%20kansas%20city&f=false


Los Angeles, CA:

I'm assuming that this is the right one:

https://m.facebook.com/pages/category/Community/Good-Shepherd-Convent-Alumni-Association-of-Southern-California-757820691228235/


San Diego, CA:

Mentioned in an article regarding prostitution. Otherwise, no trace. 


Nashville, TN:

Not a trace. 


Sioux City, IA:

They left in 1963. Scroll down to "50 Years Ago":

https://siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/columnists/peterson/125-years-ago-badgerow-erects-building-at-fourth-and-iowa/article_2858a351-c225-56b4-8d23-eabb2577458b.html

Legal document describes closure of the House of the Good Shepherd, and sale of property:

https://law.justia.com/cases/iowa/supreme-court/1970/53652-0.html

Postcard:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sioux-City-Iowa-CHICKENS-COME-to-the-Good-Shepherd-s-HOME-TO-ROOST-Porch-1910/293821306446?pageci=44d11150-f8c5-4d3a-a06e-135ebfc71348&redirect=mobile


Province of St Paul, MN:


St Paul, MN:

Former site immortalized:

https://sistersofthegoodshepherd.com/good-shepherd-immortalized-in-park-courtyard/


Dubuque, IA:

The sisters' first home, Hennessy Hall, Lonas College:

https://daily.loras.edu/campus-history-hennessey-hall/

Mt St Rose School:

http://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=HOME_OF_THE_GOOD_SHEPHERD

The school was sold to the Dominican Friars. The building became known as the Mt St Rose House of Studies. 

Now known as The Rafters:

http://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=RAFTERS


Portland, OR:

Villa St Rose:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_St._Rose

Now Rosemont Court:

https://nwhousing.org/property/rosemont-court/


Denver, CO:

Aerial Photo:

https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/64219/

Building itself:

https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/familiar-huge-red-brick-home-of-the-good-shepherd-on-s-news-photo/161890637?adppopup=true

Destruction after fire:

https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/the-old-one-is-gone-a-new-one-is-open-the-home-of-the-good-news-photo/161890633?adppopup=true

Neuville Center:

https://www.gettyimages.in/detail/news-photo/tennis-court-and-one-of-four-cottages-at-neuville-center-news-photo/161890810?adppopup=true


Omaha, NE:

Postcard:

http://www.nebraskamemories.com/cdm/ref/collection/opl/id/70

Wiki article (includes former addresses):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Shepherd_Sisters:_Omaha_Order


Seattle, WA:

Repurposed!  Please see the link!

https://historicseattle.org/project/good-shepherd/

Letters from"inmates":

https://www.stjames-cathedral.org/history/holythings/40goodshepherdhome.aspx

Chapel!

https://www.waywardmusic.org/details/venue/


Spokane, WA:

Became the Excelsior Youth Center. 


Vocational Link:

https://sistersofthegoodshepherd.com/are-you-being-called/


Sisters of the Good Shepherd II: Provinces of Mt Florence, NY and Philadelphia, PA

Province of Mt Florence, NY:

Villa Loretta:

While this article discusses the Irish Magdalen Laundries, and this monologue developed to portray them, there are many people who attest to good treatment at Mt St Florence/Villa Loretta in the comments:

https://www.newyorkalmanack.com/2015/11/magdalen-new-views-of-girls-in-trouble/


Boston (Roxbury), MA:

https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth-oai:nv936p71v

Moved to Marlborough. New convent built in 2012:

https://patch.com/massachusetts/marlborough/an--new-convent-being-built-for-marlboroughs-sisters-180f6a0f99

then closed:

https://marlborough.wickedlocal.com/news/20180211/sisters-of-good-shepherd-to-close

175/150 Anniversary:

https://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=182240

Madonna Hall now assisted living:

https://countrycommunities.com/about-us.html


Albany, NY:

Now St Anne Institute:

https://stanneinstitute.org/about/


Brooklyn, NY:

Now Good Shepherd Services:

https://goodshepherds.org/about/history/


Hartford, CT:

Albert Sisson House:

http://historicbuildingsct.com/the-albert-sisson-house-1867/

Praise from a former resident:

https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-2000-06-10-0006100873-story.html

Shepherd Park Apartments:

https://www.schochet.com/Portfolio/agentType/View/PropertyID/48/Shepherd-Park-Apartments


Newark, NJ:

Historical photos:

https://m.facebook.com/566560876726951/posts/house-of-the-good-shepherd-for-wayward-girls13th-avenue-between-8th-9th-streets-/2312986352084386/

Collier Youth Services:

https://www.collieryouthservices.org/Aboutus/history


Providence, RI:

House of the Good Shepherd (closed):

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:House_of_the_Good_Shepherd


Springfield, MA:

https://m.facebook.com/spfldhistory/posts/the-house-of-good-shepherd-way-out-on-wilbraham-road/2338829379756587/





Province of Philadelphia, PA:

Actually in Germantown:

https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/7076#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0

https://hiddencityphila.org/2017/02/la-salle-threatens-germantown-landmarks/

(If anyone has an answer to the lady's question in the last comment, please help her out. Thanks). 

Good Shepherd Hall, now headquarters for LaSalle University public safety:

https://www.lasalle.edu/public-safety/


Scranton, PA:

Formerly Lourdesmont:

Postcard of the institution:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/173862048131?redirect=mobile&nma=true&si=%252B0b9HtLxlE80%252Ft6FtnhBCcVbiwc%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557


Scranton School for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing:

(Now occupies the former Lourdesmont building):

http://thescrantonschool.org/


Graves relocated:

https://fox56.com/news/local/seven-more-bodies-found-during-relocation-of-lackawanna-co-cemetery


Vocational Links will be in the last post. 

Sisters of the Good Shepherd I: Provinces of Baltimore, MD, and Carthage, OH

Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget invited St Mary Euphrasia Pelletier to send her Sisters of the Good Shepherd to America.  She sent them charged with the mission to care for girls who were abused or emotionally troubled, and could not live at home. More on the 175th anniversary of the American foundation here: 

https://sistersofthegoodshepherd.com/175-years-north-america/

This white-habited congregation, which combines Augustinian, Eudist, and Salesian spiritualities, has two lifestyles: active and contemplative. The latter branch was instituted to open a Vocational avenue to the penitential girls who had discerned a call to service. The Good Shepherd constitutions at the time forbade any women of questionable background into the congregation. The "Magdalens" were of Carmelite spirituality, which was reflected in the brown habit.  Women of virtuous lives were permitted to join the Magdalens, as well. 

After Vatican II, the Magdalens were joined with the Good Shepherd sisters. They were renamed the Sisters of the Cross of the Good Shepherd. 

Here's an explanation of the two lifestyles:

https://sistersofthegoodshepherd.com/two-lifestyles/

Website for the Contemplatives:

https://www.sistersofthegoodshepherdcontemplatives.com/

(A footnote about the "Magdalen Laundries". I'm not sure where the term came from. As I understand it, the Good Shepherd sisters were the ones running the Laundries, not the contemplative Magdalens.  I am, in no way, trivializing the trauma experienced by some who were in the Good Shepherd homes, though. Being an abuse victim myself, I can relate to a certain extent. I had to pray extra hard about this post, with the hope that nobody would take offense at what I have written). 

One had to read the small print at the end of this particular chapter to see how many Houses of the Good Shepherd there had been, even in 1930.  Their charism filled in the blanks on many a bishop's pastoral plan.  Today, those blanks are filled by either Catholic Charities or a comparable agency. 

Now, convent tracking by province:


Province of Baltimore, MD:

Https://sistersofthegoodshepherd.com/legacy-of-good-shepherd-left-in-baltimore/

Sale of Halethorpe property:

https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2019/08/12/72-acre-good-shepherd-site-near-guinness-brewery.html

Billie Holiday:

https://www.npr.org/2019/08/20/748647755/billie-full-of-grace


Province of Carthage, OH:

The Good Shepherd congregation could sometimes have a unique chapel layout. There were four separate wings off the altar area, one each for the Good Shepherd sisters; the Magdalens; the students; and the staff, respectively. This Facebook page has photos of Our Lady of the Woods outside of Carthage, OH:

https://m.facebook.com/OurLadyOfTheWood/posts


Louisville, KY:

Photos of original convent:

http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/search/field/people/searchterm/Good%20Shepherd/mode/exact

Maryhurst:

https://www.maryhurst.org/

This author very nearly knocked on the Maryhurst door after reading about the RGS in Dehey. I did drive out there to see where they were located. One young male popped up into the window of the building. Creeped out, I decided I was not in the right place. 


Cincinnati, OH:

Bank Street convent:

https://digital.cincinnatilibrary.org/digital/collection/p16998coll6/id/4973/

Publicity photo:

https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/member-of-the-sisters-of-the-good-shepherd-greets-a-young-news-photo/84676157?adppopup=true


Cleveland, OH:

Marycrest is now permanently closed, according to Google search:

https://case.edu/ech/articles/s/sisters-good-shepherd


Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine, Euclid, OH:

(Now owned by the Sisters of the Most Holy Trinity):

https://www.cleveland.com/our-town/2010/12/our_lady_of_lourdes_shrine_in_euclid_holds_a_piece_of_history.html


Columbus, OH:

Buckeye Ranch took over the Rosemont Center, which had been started by the Good Shepherd sisters around the time of the Civil War:

https://www.dispatch.com/article/20121101/news/311019720


Covington/Fort Thomas, KY:

http://www.nkyviews.com/campbell/text/ryan_good_shepherd.html


Detroit, MI:

https://www.nailhed.com/2014/07/sisters-good-shepherd.html

Vista Maria:

https://www.vistamaria.org/about-us


Grand Rapids, MI:

(Now a retirement community!):

Villa Maria:

https://thevillamaria.com/


Indianapolis, IN:

https://indianahistory.org/blog/airing-our-dirty-laundry/


Toledo, OH:

Good Shepherd school is now Aurora Academy, a public charter school:

(Please pray that the thieves are apprehended and brought to justice):

https://www.wtol.com/mobile/article/news/thieves-hit-toledo-school-for-6th-time-steal-and-vandalize/512-c67a8c95-c05e-40a9-839e-8c9f794e7293


Vocational Link will be in the last post. 



Updates -- And They Ain't Good

Where I've been for literally the last year: I've not only been very busy with other projects -- not the least of which is our emerg...