Memoirs of the Pittsburgh Sisters of Mercy
By: compiled from various sources, 1843-1917.
Contributors: Pittsburgh Sisters of Mercy.
Publisher: Devin-Adair Co.
Published: 1918
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 467
Subjects: Pittsburgh Sisters of Mercy.
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: Decretum. (Latin Text) ix; title: Decree. (English Text of Latin Decretum) x; title: Introduction xi; title: CHAPTERS; title: I. Beginnings op the Order of Mercy in Pittsburgh 1; title: II. First Convent of Mercy in the United States 16; title: III. The New School, Nucleus of St. Xavier's Academy 28; title: IV. Beginning of the Present Mercy Hospital   40; title: V. St. Aloysius Academy 70; title: VI. Formal Opening of St. Xavier's Academy   90; title: VII. Headquarters of the Community 107; title: VIII. Effects of Division of Diocese 115; title: IX. Golden Jubilee of the Order of Mercy 132; title: X. Several Schools Opened by the Community   156; title: XI. The Founders of the Order of Mercy in the United States 170; title: XII. Sister M. Isidore Fisher, Sister M. Flavia Byrne, and "Mother Liguori" McCaffry 185; title: XIII. Death of Bishop O'Connor 201; title: XIV. Golden Jubilee of St. Xavier's 228; title: XV. The Sisters of Mercy in the Civil War 254; title: XVI. Golden Jubilee of Mother M. Stanislaus Fennessy 274; title: XVII. Death of Mother M. Elizabeth Strange   294; title: XVIII. A Memorable Year in the Order 310; title: XIX. Our Bishop, Right Rev. J. F. Regis Canevin 322; title: XX. Golden Jubilee of Bishop Phelan 330; title: XXI. Dedication of St. Paul's Cathedral, Pittsburgh 353; title: XXII. Golden Jubilee of Mother M. Sebastian Gillespie 371; title: XXIII. Various Items of Interest 394; title: XXIV. Brief Obituaries 418; title: XXV. Golden Jubilee Greetings 434; title: Note of Thanks 457; title: Appendix  459; title: ILLUSTRATIONS; title: Our Lady of Mercy Frontispiece; title: Mother Catherine McAuley ix; title: Pope Gregory XVI 8; title: Mother Catherine McAuley 8; title: Archbishop Murray 8; title: Rev. Mother P. Warde 8; title: Sister M. Elisabeth Strange 8; title: Sister M. Josephine Cullen 8; title: Sister M. Veronica McDarby 8; title: Arch-abbot Wimmer, O.S.B 11; title: Rt Rev. Tobias Mullen, D.D 11; title: Rt Rev. William Quarter, D.D 11; title: Rt. Rev. James O'Connor, D.D 11; title: Rt Rev. Michael Domenec, D.D 11; title: The First St. Xavier's Academy at St. Vincent's 29; title: St. Paul's Orphan Asylum, Idlewood, Pa. 36; title: First Mercy Hospital in U. S., Opened Jan. 1, 1847 40; title: Mercy Hospital, Stevenson Street 40; title: Mercy Hospital Chapel 41; title: Mercy Hospital, Locust Street 43; title: Magee Pathological Institute 43; title: Mercy Hospital Wing, to be completed in 1918 44; title: Mother M. Xavier Tiernan 52; title: St. Mary's Convent of Mercy, Webster Avenue 55; title: St Xavier's after the Purchase of the Boyd Farm in 1855  92; title: St Xavier's Chapel, finished in 1866 96; title: St Xavier's Cemetery 97; title: Addition to St. Xavier's, erected in 1852 107; title: Great Fire at St Xavier's, Feb. 1, 1868 109; title: St Xavier's after the Fire 109; title: St Xavier's after the Completion of the North Wing, 1889 117; title: Rt. Rev. M. O'Connor, D.D 132; title: Rev. M. O'Connor, SJ 132; title: Rev. Jerome Kearney 204; title: Golden Jubilee of Mother M. Elizabeth Strange, 1842-1892 206; title: Mother M. Elizabeth Strange 207; title: Sister M. Mechtlides O'Connell 207; title: Sister M. Liguori McCaffry 207; title: Mt. Mercy — Main Entrance 224; title: Mt. Mercy — Hall, Second Floor 225; title: St. Anthony Park 227; title: St. Xavier's Golden Jubilee, 1845- 1895 228; title: Mary Kuhn 239; title: Sister M. Eulalia de Ham 315; title: Rt. Rev. J. F. Regis Canevin, D.D 322; title: Rt. Rev. Richard Phelan, D.D 330; title: Mother M. Sebastian Gillespie 371; title: St. Mary's Convent of Mercy (Mother House) and Mt. Mercy Academy 381; title: Mother M. Regina Cosgrave 385; title: Sister M. Neri Bowen 387; title: Mother M. Gertrude Doyle 418; title: Sister M. Agnes McCaffry 423; title: Sister M. Eulalia de Ham 423; title: Mother Ursula Crawford 423; title: Sister M. Hilda Gallagher 423; title: Sister M. di Pazzi Russell 423; title: Sister M. Antonio Gallagher 437