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Show Old Chicago Sister Dead." U Sister Mary of St. Philomene Kav- j anagh of the House of the Good Shep- Ej herd, Chicago, after working fifty' years kf ior me success or tnat institution and n seeing it rise to success, died recently, -J surrounded by the Sisters . who have & assisted her in the work in later years. P j She was one of four Sisters who found- i ed the institution in the '50s. A Had she lived until March, Sister i Mary would have passed her eighty- js second birthday. Despite her advanced A age she had full posseisibn of her fac- - ulties. Sister Mary was born in Car- i low, Ireland, but came to America in ' childhood. She entered the- orders of Sisters in 1840 and in 1853 took the a vows which devoted her entire, life to W the work. This was at St. Louis, Shortly afterward, at the request of the S Right Rev. James Duggan, she, with U three other Sisters, came to Chicago to promote the work in this city. 3 The home which the Sisters started -1 in the '50s was wiped out by the big I fire, but they set resolutely to work js again, and from the ruins the present J structure at Hill and Orleans street a was built. Sister Mary-has ever been a its central figure: ?3 |