Anna Xavier Murphy, RSCJ - Softcover

Blish, Mary; Osiek, Carolyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1736492403 ISBN 13: 9781736492406

Publisher: Society of the Sacred Heart, 2021

Synopsis

Young Irish born Anna Murphy entered the Society of the Sacred Heart in Paris with the express purpose of following missionary Rose Philippine Duchesne to frontier America, in imitation of her adopted patron, St. Francis Xavier. She got her wish in 1822 and for eleven years heroically guided the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau, Louisiana, through a period of amazing growth. In spite of the continual setbacks of illness and early deaths of her young sisters due to frontier conditions, she carried on until her own premature death in 1836. Beloved by her students and servants alike, she left behind a legacy of care and courage.

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About the Authors

Mary Blish, RSCJ (1928-2017), was Professor of American Literature at Maryville College, St. Louis, and University of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo.

Carolyn Osiek, RSCJ, is Professor of New Testament emerita at Brite Divinity School, Fort Worth, Texas, and provincial archivist for the Society of the Sacred Heart, U.S.-Canada Province.

Edition details

• Publisher: Society of the Sacred Heart
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1736492403
• ISBN 13: 9781736492406
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 322