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Sisters Of The Little Company Of Mary
The Little Company of Mary, also known as the Blue Sisters, is a Catholic Church, Catholic religious institute of women dedicated to caring for the suffering, the sick, and the dying. The order was founded in 1877 in Nottingham, England by Mary Potter (nun), Mary Potter. History The Little Company of Mary began in 1877, in an abandoned factory in Hyson Green, Nottingham. Their principal work was the care of the sick and dying.Patrick, Mother Mary. "Sisters of the Little Company of Mary." The Catholic Encyclopedia
Vol. 14. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 27 February 2019
Their charism was based on the idea that Mary was at the foot of the Cross at the Crucifixion. In a similar way, the Company seeks to accompany the sick and dying. In 1882, ...
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Venerable Mary Potter
''The Venerable'' often shortened to Venerable is a style, title, or epithet used in some Christianity, Christian churches. The title is often accorded to holy persons for their spiritual perfection and wisdom. Catholic In the Catholic Church, after a deceased Catholic has been declared a servant of God by a Bishop (Catholic Church), bishop and proposed for beatification by the pope, such a servant of God may next be declared venerable ("heroic virtue, heroic in virtue") during the investigation and process leading to possible canonization as a saint. A declaration that a person is venerable is not a pronouncement of their presence in Heaven. The pronouncement means it is considered likely that they are in heaven, but it is possible the person could still be in purgatory. Before one is considered venerable, one must be declared by a proclamation, approved by the pope, to have lived a life that was "heroic in virtue" (the theological virtues of faith, hope, and charity and the ...
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Ireland
Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelanda sovereign state covering five-sixths of the island) and Northern Ireland (part of the United Kingdomcovering the remaining sixth). It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland), North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the List of islands of the British Isles, second-largest island of the British Isles, the List of European islands by area, third-largest in Europe, and the List of islands by area, twentieth-largest in the world. As of 2022, the Irish population analysis, population of the entire island is just over 7 million, with 5.1 million in the Republic of Ireland and 1.9 million in Northern Ireland, ranking it the List of European islands by population, ...
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Catholic Female Orders And Societies
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization. O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 ''sui iuris'' (autonomous) churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and eparchies around the world, each overseen by one or more bishops. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the chief pastor of the church. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The Catholic Church teaches that it is the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church founded by Jesus Christ in his Great Commission, that its bishops are the successors of Christ's apostles, and that the pope is the successor of Saint Peter, upon whom prima ...
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Religious Organizations Established In 1877
Religion is a range of social- cultural systems, including designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relate humanity to supernatural, transcendental, and spiritual elements—although there is no scholarly consensus over what precisely constitutes a religion. It is an essentially contested concept. Different religions may or may not contain various elements ranging from the divine, sacredness, faith,Tillich, P. (1957) ''Dynamics of faith''. Harper Perennial; (p. 1). and a supernatural being or beings. The origin of religious belief is an open question, with possible explanations including awareness of individual death, a sense of community, and dreams. Religions have sacred histories, narratives, and mythologies, preserved in oral traditions, sacred texts, symbols, and holy places, that may attempt to explain the origin of life, the universe, and other phenomena. Re ...
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Sisters Of Finding Jesus In The Temple
The Sisters of Finding Jesus in the Temple are a Catholic religious order popularly known as ''Blue nuns'' due to the colour of their habit. It was the name of a pre-Reformation Catholic order founded in London at the time of the crusades by an unknown dean. Their chief work is education. They also support care for the elderly and Catholic missions abroad. A new order was founded in England in 1860 by Cardinal Wiseman and it subsequently spread to France. In England a center of their work was the Diocese of Clifton which they left in 2010. As of 2019, they still operated as a registered charity in England and Wales. See also * Finding in the Temple * Sisters of the Little Company of Mary The Little Company of Mary, also known as the Blue Sisters, is a Catholic Church, Catholic religious institute of women dedicated to caring for the suffering, the sick, and the dying. The order was founded in 1877 in Nottingham, England by Mary Pot ... References Catholic religious institutes ...
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Little Company Of Mary Health Care (Australia)
Little Company of Mary Health Care, also known as Calvary Health Care is an arm of the Sisters of the Little Company of Mary in Australia. It operates a number of health services throughout Australia, including public and Catholic private hospitals, aged care and retirement communities and a range of home care and community based services. Public Hospitals *New South Wales **Calvary Health Care Kogarah **Calvary Mater Newcastle *Victoria **Calvary Health Care Bethlehem Private Hospitals *Australian Capital Territory **Calvary Bruce Private Hospital **Calvary John James Hospital *New South Wales ** Calvary Riverina Hospital (Wagga Wagga) *South Australia ** Calvary Adelaide Hospital – Adelaide (replaced the Calvary Wakefield Hospital in 2020) **Calvary Central Districts Hospital – Elizabeth Vale ** Calvary North Adelaide Hospital – North Adelaide (operated by the Sisters from 1900) ***with the associated Mary Potter Hospice **Calvary Rehabilitation Hospital – Walkervi ...
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Evergreen Park, Illinois
Evergreen Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. In 2020, the population was 19,943. The village shares a border with Chicago on the north, east, and south sides; while also sharing a border with Oak Lawn on the west side. History As early as 1828, a German farming family had settled in the area of what is now Evergreen Park. In the succeeding decades, other German immigrants arrived. Kedzie Avenue and 95th Street crisscrossed the farmland and provided access to markets. The first railroad (now the Grand Trunk Railroad) came through the area in 1873. In 1875, the community built its first school just west of 95th and Kedzie. The school and the stores that began to cluster around this intersection defined the community's main business area. Nearby, a real-estate developer, with a vision of the Arc de Triomphe area of Paris, laid out a star-shaped park with eight streets radiating from it. The evergreen trees planted in the park inspired the village's name. The ...
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Little Company Of Mary Hospital (Evergreen Park)
OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center is a hospital in Evergreen Park, Illinois. History The hospital was founded on January 19, 1930, by the Sisters of the Little Company of Mary and serves much of the southwest side of Chicago. In the early 20th century, the hospital—which was then segregated—refused to allow Dr. Arthur Falls Sr. to perform surgery on Dorothy Day, which both she and Falls protested. The hospital eventually relented, though on paper listed Falls as an assisting surgeon to a White physician. The first-ever kidney transplant was performed in Little Company of Mary Hospital in 1950 on a 44-year-old woman who had polycystic kidney disease. On October 17, 2019, OSF HealthCare signed a merger agreement with Little Company of Mary Hospital. The merger took place on February 1, 2020. Deaths *Mahalia Jackson Mahalia Jackson ( ; born Mahala Jackson; October 26, 1911 – January 27, 1972) was an American gospel music, gospel singer, widely co ...
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Chicago
Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of United States cities by population, third-most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles. As the county seat, seat of Cook County, Illinois, Cook County, the List of the most populous counties in the United States, second-most populous county in the U.S., Chicago is the center of the Chicago metropolitan area, often colloquially called "Chicagoland" and home to 9.6 million residents. Located on the shore of Lake Michigan, Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837 near a Chicago Portage, portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River, Mississippi River watershed. It grew rapidly in the mid-19th century. In 1871, the Great Chicago Fire destroyed several square miles and left more than 100,000 homeless, but ...
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Port Elizabeth
Gqeberha ( , ), formerly named Port Elizabeth, and colloquially referred to as P.E., is a major seaport and the most populous city in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is the seat of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa's second-smallest metropolitan municipality by area. It is the sixth-most populous city in South Africa and is the cultural, economic and financial hub of the Eastern Cape. Gqeberha was founded in 1820 as Port Elizabeth by Rufane Shaw Donkin, Sir Rufane Donkin, who was the governor of the Cape at the time. He named it after his wife, Elizabeth, who had died in India. The Donkin Memorial in the Central business district, CBD of the city bears testament to this. It was established by the government of the Cape Colony when 4,000 British colonists settled in Algoa Bay to strengthen the border region between the Cape Colony and the Xhosa people, Xhosa. It is nicknamed "The Friendly City" or "The Windy City". In 2019, the Easte ...
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization.Gerald O'Collins, O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites#Churches, ''sui iuris'' (autonomous) churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and Eparchy, eparchies List of Catholic dioceses (structured view), around the world, each overseen by one or more Bishops in the Catholic Church, bishops. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the Papal supremacy, chief pastor of the church. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The ...
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Annie Lynch
Annie Lynch (18701938), known by her religious name as Mother Mary Xavier, was an Irish-born Australian religious sister and nurse. She was a member of the Little Company of Mary, and served as the congregation's first provincial for the region of Australasia. She oversaw the growth of the Lewisham Hospital as superior of the Lewisham convent. As provincial, she established several more hospitals in Australia and New Zealand. Early years Annie Lynch was born in 1870 in the town of Virginia, in County Cavan, Ireland. She was named after her mother, Annie Lynch, née O'Reilly. Her father worked as a grazier, responsible for the care and feeding of sheep and cattle. Not much is known about her childhood, but in rural Ireland, many families dependent on agriculture experienced hardship. The 1870s were a time of rising tensions over land reform and tenants rights. Due to flooding and lost crops, the years 1879 and 1880 were particularly difficult, with famine adding to politi ...
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