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We Saw You . . . Guests of Bishop O'Connor

Date: 07 12 1959
Description: Bishop William P. O'Connor hosts more than a thousand guests & members of the Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women and their families at a chicken ba...
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Sister Mary Anastasia

Date: 07 29 1959
Description: Group portrait of Sister Mary Anastasia and two young girls at St. Colleta's School for Exceptional Children in Jefferson, Wisconsin. Sister Mary Anastasia...
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Saint Theresa Catholic Church

Date: 10 29 1949
Description: Sauer/Bodden wedding. Nuns on their way to Saint Theresa Catholic Church. Note the cross was damaged in a wind storm.
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Convent Groundbreaking at Academy of St. Benedict

Date: 08 15 1960
Description: Mother Monica, superior of the convent and academy, turns over the first spadeful of ground during the groundbreaking ceremonies for a new motherhouse conv...
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St. Mary's Hospital Open House

Date: 08 11 1960
Description: Sister M. Geraldine, S.M., administrator of St. Mary's hospital, explains the tour guide to volunteer planners of the fall open house and membership tea. S...
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Coffee Hour for New Citizens

Date: 11 15 1960
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Franz Hofbauer (left) of Cross Plains, originally from Germany, and Sister Pirmina of Watertown, from Austria, chat at a coffee hour for new U...
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Foreign Nuns Visit

Date: 08 26 1964
Description: Outdoor group portrait of woman posed on a lawn in front of a building, taken when eleven foreign Catholic nuns visited St. Joseph's Memorial Hospital. Sta...
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Portrait of a Nun

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Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of a nun standing in front of a painted backdrop. She is resting one hand on a small pedestal table. She is wearing a ...
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Portrait of Three Girls and a Nun

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a nun seated in a chair and three girls posed behind her. The nun is wearing a habit, wimple ...
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Portrait of a Nun

Date: 1918
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a nun, Josefine Zander. She is wearing a habit and veil with a crucifix around her neck. Her ...
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Students and Teachers Pose at Catholic School

Date: 1926
Description: Large group of students and teachers posed on a slope in front of St. Francis Xavier Catholic School for a group portrait. Many of the children and adults ...
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Spanish Classes at Edgewood Campus School

Date: 05 10 1961
Description: Third grade students at the Edgewood Campus School study Spanish for 20 minutes four days a week. Their teacher is Sister M. Catherine, O.P. Sister Catheri...
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Edgewood College De Ricci Hall Open House

Date: 03 24 1961
Description: Standing in the vestibule of Edgewood College's new classroom and administration building called De Ricci Hall is the five-member committee who are plannin...
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Blessed Sacrament Parish School

Date: 09 12 1961
Description: First graders in class at Blessed Sacrament School listen attentively as Sister Dominic Savio, O.P. reads them a story.
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Edgewood College President's Convocation

Date: 09 14 1961
Description: Sister M. Nona, President of Edgewood College, addresses students and faculty at the President's Convocation in Regina Hall.
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Sister Janvier Flying a Japanese Fish Kite

Date: 04 09 1962
Description: Sister Janvier, 3rd grade teacher at Blessed Sacrament Catholic School, flying a Japanese fish kite with her students at the Edgewood College campus. The k...
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Sister Mary Rosaleen, S.S.M.

Date: 06 30 1964
Description: Sister Mary Rosaleen, S.S.M., the new administrator at St. Mary's Hospital.
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New Bells for Holy Name Seminary

Date: 10 07 1964
Description: Bishop William P. O'Connor of the Madison Catholic Diocese consecrates four new bells before they are raised in position at the new Holy Name Seminary buil...
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Edgewood High School Graduates

Date: 06 11 1965
Description: Graduating seniors at Edgewood high school listening to the commencement speaker, Sister Cecilia, from Bolivia, at the graduating ceremony.
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Tiny Baby Kristin Nadings Beats Odds to Celebrate 1st Birthday

Date: 12 15 1965
Description: Kristin Nadings, daughter of Air Force Capt. and Mrs. Elvin Nadings, Sun Prairie, born prematurely at one pound, six and one half ounces on December 15, 19...

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