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Volume 055-4 - October 2001 (8 pages)
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Page: of 8
two Sisters living at the
home. The entire teaching
staff and management
now were lay personnel.
1998-2001
The very last of the Sisters of Mercy now had
numbered three and they
were: Sr. M. Rita Watry,
who had left the house in
1998, and Sisters M.
. Geneva Paluka and M.
; Rita Jane McCarron, who
departed in 2001.
February—March 2001
The last two dedicated
_ Sisters held two
yard/house sales to dispose
of all of the belongings
that were not moved nor
needed at their final destinations, but out church committees
were forced to reschedule the appreciation weekend and
goodbyes twice due to winter weather. However, on March
18, 2001 the Sisters of Mercy were no longer a part of
Nevada County and especially Grass Valley. This was a sad
day for many of us and the Sisters will always be in our
prayers and in our hearts.
Mother M. Francis
Murphy in 1896.
NCHS Bulletin October 2001
Sister M. Baptist
Mogan, who was
one of the first
group of nuns
who came to §
Grass Valley in
1863. This photo
was taken in
1874.
Recommended Reading:
Dwyer, Father John T. “St. Patrick’s Church, Mt. Saint Mary’s
Orphanages, Convent and Academy of Grass Valley,
California,” NCHS Bulletin , 29 (October 1975).
Dwyer, Father John T. Condemned to the Mines: The Life of
Eugene O’Connell 1815-1891, Pioneer Bishop of Northern
California and Nevada. New York: Vantage Press, 1976.
Dwyer, Father John T. The Story of Mount Saint Mary’s Academy.
Grass Valley: Historic Preservation Committee, c1980.
Janicot, Michel. “The Old Saint Patrick’s Cemetery in Grass
Valley,” NCHS Bulletin , 41 (October 1987).
The Union, December 13, 1894,
(Unless otherwise attributed, all photos on pages 1-5 are from Father John T. Dwyer’s book, The Story of Mt. St. Mary’s
Academy, published by the Historic Preservation Committee.)
St. Patrick’s
Church, Mt.
St. Mary’s
Convent, and
the Scadden
House.
(Photo from
Grass and
Vicinity,
1895.)