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McCarry, Agatha, 1922-1994

 Person

Dates

  • Usage: 1944 - 1957

Parallel Names

  • McCarry, Mary Helen, 1922-1944

Occupations

  • Benedictine nuns
    • Note: Entered Novitiate: 1944-07-11, First Vows: 1945-08-16, Perpetual Vows: 1948-08-16, Departure: 1957-06-01

Places

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Florence, Colo., 1991

 Sub-Series — Box OSBCHI-C-100-1, Folder: 29
Scope and Contents

Despite the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago's 40-year presence in Florence, Colorado, this sub-series is relatively slim. Beyond a two-page list of Sisters who taught vacation schools in the town, the only other material included are two images of a statue of St. Benedict taken outside St. Benedict Church during a 1991 archive trip to Colorado.

Dates: 1991

Westcliffe, Colo., 1945 - 1990

 Sub-Series — Box OSBCHI-C-100-2, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents This sub-series starts with a list of Sisters who taught vacation schools in Westcliffe, Colorado, nearly every year from 1930 to 1965. Several news clippings relating to Our Lady of the Assumption appear next, including a 1945 story from The Southern Colorado Register about the summer school of religion. Some other documents revolve around the parish's establishment and how the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago became involved. Westcliffe is where the community taught its first vacation school...
Dates: 1945 - 1990