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- Portraits - Unidentified Groups
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1935 or 1936. An all male wait staff stands ready to serve this Christmas meal. A dining hall at Mount St. Mary's is heavily decorated with crepe paper streamers attached to the ceiling. Tables are elaborately set with food with each having a cloth place mat draping the table covering and a place...
Show more1935 or 1936. An all male wait staff stands ready to serve this Christmas meal. A dining hall at Mount St. Mary's is heavily decorated with crepe paper streamers attached to the ceiling. Tables are elaborately set with food with each having a cloth place mat draping the table covering and a place card. Columns are adorned with streamers and evergreen bows. See also mcalA11F19i07 and mcalA15F08i13.
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1935 or 1936. A dining hall at Mount St. Mary's is heavily decorated with crepe paper streamers attached to the ceiling. Tables are elaborately set with food with each having a cloth place mat draping the table covering and a place card. Columns are adorned with streamers and evergreen bows. An...
Show more1935 or 1936. A dining hall at Mount St. Mary's is heavily decorated with crepe paper streamers attached to the ceiling. Tables are elaborately set with food with each having a cloth place mat draping the table covering and a place card. Columns are adorned with streamers and evergreen bows. An all male wait staff stands ready to serve this Christmas meal at Mount St. Mary's. See also mcalA15F08i13, mcalA11F19i07 and mcalB15F12i15.
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- Mt. St. Mary's Convent - Music
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1958 photo of nuns of Mount St. Mary's Convent gathered together with their music director for a music making session. Phonograph records, record players, bells and other musical instruments lie on a table in the foreground. Photo #3. Religious orders represented here include the Sisters of Mercy...
Show more1958 photo of nuns of Mount St. Mary's Convent gathered together with their music director for a music making session. Phonograph records, record players, bells and other musical instruments lie on a table in the foreground. Photo #3. Religious orders represented here include the Sisters of Mercy and the Sisters of Charity of Providence (with the balloon-shaped headdress), and perhaps a third, wearing the white habit and black veil. One sister holds a poster with number sequences that correspond to familiar note patterns, including "do-re-mi," the musical scale, and the arpeggio.
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- Mt. St. Mary's Convent - Music
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1958 photo of nuns of Mount St. Mary's Convent seated in the auditorium for a music session. Religious orders represented here include the Sisters of Mercy and the Sisters of Charity of Providence (with the balloon-shaped headdress). Photo #2.
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- Mt. St. Mary's Convent - Music
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1958 photo of nuns seated in the auditorium at Mount St. Mary's Convent. Phonograph records lie on a table in the foreground, as does an Autoharp. This may be a presentation designed to help the sisters learn music better. Religious orders represented here include the Sisters of Mercy and the...
Show more1958 photo of nuns seated in the auditorium at Mount St. Mary's Convent. Phonograph records lie on a table in the foreground, as does an Autoharp. This may be a presentation designed to help the sisters learn music better. Religious orders represented here include the Sisters of Mercy and the Sisters of Charity of Providence (with the balloon-shaped headdress).
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- Mt. St. Mary's Convent
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Young woman kneeling before a statue of Jesus that features the Sacred Heart. This may have been part of a promotional campaign to encourage vocations to the Sisters of Mercy. Dated 1955.
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- Mt. St. Mary's Convent
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Five Sisters of Mercy, looking at a globe. The cross and globe have special significance for the Sisters of Mercy and are seen on the highest points of the convent and school. The four sisters in white veils are very likely novices, going through at least a year of preparation before their final...
Show moreFive Sisters of Mercy, looking at a globe. The cross and globe have special significance for the Sisters of Mercy and are seen on the highest points of the convent and school. The four sisters in white veils are very likely novices, going through at least a year of preparation before their final vows. Dated 1955.
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- Mt. St. Mary's Convent
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Five Sisters of Mercy, outside the convent, enjoying a sunny day. Photo #2. Dated 1961.
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- Mt. St. Mary's Convent
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Six Sisters of Mercy in the garden near the convent, perhaps novices, as indicated by the white veil, or professed sisters wearing cooler summer wear. Photo #29. Dated 1960.
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- Mt. St. Mary's Convent
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Two Sisters of Mercy. Dated 1946/1947; location unknown.
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- Mt. St. Mary's Convent
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Seven Sisters of Mercy enjoying the snow on the grounds near the convent, in front of a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Three sisters are seated on a toboggan while one pulls; others are either on skis or holding them.
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- Mt. St. Mary's Convent
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1955 photo of a Sister of Mercy frosting a cake in a large kitchen at Mount St. Mary's Convent.
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- Mt. St. Mary's Convent
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Children seated in pews during catechism class in a chapel, with a Sister of Mercy (left) calling on children to stand and recite, very likely in preparation for First Communion. Girls have their heads covered, in adherence to Church teaching of the time. Is this also Sacred Heart Chapel? Photo...
Show moreChildren seated in pews during catechism class in a chapel, with a Sister of Mercy (left) calling on children to stand and recite, very likely in preparation for First Communion. Girls have their heads covered, in adherence to Church teaching of the time. Is this also Sacred Heart Chapel? Photo dated 1955.
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- Mt. St. Mary's Convent
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Six Sisters of Mercy near an arbor or trellis in the garden at Mt. St. Mary's. Dated 1959.
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- Mt. St. Mary's Convent
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2 Sisters of Mercy (sister and novice) working on a vestment or altar cloth. Dated 1955.
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- Mt. St. Mary's Convent
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Summer. Five Sisters of Mercy outside perhaps on the grounds of Mount Saint Mary's Convent in Burlington, Vt. White veils, usually indicating novices, may just be cooler summer attire. Dated 1958. See also mcalA16F02i13
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- Mt. St. Mary's Convent
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Seven young women admitted to the Sisters of Mercy community as postulants, i.e. possible candidates for the novitiate and perhaps further commitment to the community. Before "taking the veil," they wear a simple black habit and a small headdress of black tulle or lace. Dated 1946.
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- Mt. St. Mary's Convent
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Sister of Mercy, perhaps a novice, preparing altar cloths in the sacristy for Mass. Also in the photo are a chalice, some vestments (far right), and a page of prayers in Latin (Orationes) that a priest would recite while vesting. Dated 1955.
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- Mt. St. Mary's Convent
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Sister of Mercy and student during a piano lesson. Dated 1955.
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- Mt. St. Mary's Convent
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Several Sisters of Mercy, novices (white veil), and postulants (black tulle veils) in prayer. Sacred Heart Chapel has large stained-glass windows. Dated 1955.