St Mary of the Mount High School - St Mary Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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opened. This school grew rapidly and wi h it the reputation of the sisters as com- petent teachers. During the early years the gro vth of the newly formed community was slow but steady. Originally known as Sisters of Providence (although placed under the patron- age of Our Lady of the Iminaculate Conception) the commtmity was given its pres- ent title, Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary , in 1847, the year in vhich the decree naming Mary Immaculate the Patroness of the United States was confirmed. In 1858 this small band of pioneering souls made an attempt to carry their religious and educational activities beyond the Michigan territory to the Diocese of Philadelphia. Owing to the interest and efforts of the saintly Bishop of Philadelphia, John Nepomucene Neumann, C.Ss.R., the sisters established their second foimda- tion, this one in Pennsylvania in 1859. When the diocese of Philadelphia was divided in 1868, the newly erected See of Scranton was its offshoot with Right Reverend William O ' Hara as bishop. Bishop O ' Hara wished to have a separate foimdation of the sisters in his diocese and, as a result, the branch kno vn as the Scranton foundation was formed in 1 87 1 . At that time twelve sisters elected to stay in Scranton to form the new Mother- house. Since that day, eighty five years ago, the pioneer band of twelve sisters has increased and multiplied until, at the present writing, there are approximately ten hundred and seventy sisters. These sisters are engaged in schools and institutions throughout the United States from Oregon on the west coast to New Jersey on the east and from North Carolina in the south to Rhode Island in the New England states. Besides the original work of teaching, the sisters also conduct orphanages, a day nursery, and two hospitals, including a training school for ntirses. From the Motherhouse at Scranton, teachers are supplied to Marywood College, four central high schools, twenty five combined elementary and secondary schools, sixty elementary schools, and seven kindergarten and catechetical centers. During the summer months the sisters conduct religious vacation schools, usu- ally in cotmtry places where there is but slight opportimity for religious instruction and where the children coidd not otherwise be prepared for the reception of the Sacraments or instructed in the essentials of religion. It was from this last foundation that Father Griffin requested sisters for his new school in 1910. Since then the sisters have labored zealously and devotedly in our parish in their efforts to make Christ better known, loved, and served. In return, and as a small token of gratittide, this parish has given forty-four of its daughters to the Scranton Sisters, Servants of tlie ImmactUate Heart of Mary. We confidently trust that the ntimber will grow steadily throtigh the years as our ex- pression of appreciation for those who have spent and been spent among us. Aerial View of Marywood, Scranton, Pa. ji

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if: . .«ni- .. NUNS FROM THE PARISH OR WHO AirENDED ST. MARY OF THE MOUNT SCHOOL First Row, Lejt to Right: Sr. M. Gonzales (McGowan), Si . Mary Francis (Legnard), Sr. Maria Dolora (Legnard), Sr. M. Rosa (Reck- tenwald), Sr. M. Olive (Kelly), Sr. Rose Marie (McCormick). Second Row, Left to Riglit: Sr. M. Seraphia (Gallagher), Sr. M. Norberta (Streily), Sr. M. Paulinus (Sullivan), Sr. M. Monica (Sullivan), Sr. M. Davida (Sullivan). Sr. M. Paulette (Morrison). Third Row, Left to Right: Sr. M. Donata (McFadden) (dec), Sr. M. Benedictus (Pliilpott). Sr. M. Gertrude Marie (Jelly), Sr. M. Sera- phine (Gallagher), Sr. M. Paul Joseph (Mc. rdle). Sr. Mary of the .Angels (VVhalen). Fourth Row, Left to Right: Sr. M. Laurentia (Rihn), Sr. Miriam Therese (Rihn), Sr. Maria . quina (O ' Toole), Sr. M. Mildred (O ' Toole), Sr. Marie Bernard (Kikullen). Sr. Maria Gabriel (McQuade). Fifth Row, Left to Right: Sr. M. Ina (Kenny), Sr. M. .■ loise (Begley), Sr. M. . quin (O ' Brien) (dec), Sr. M. Ambrosia (Gardner), Sr. M. Remegia (Quinlan), Sr. M. Cor Mariae (Schroth).