Mother Frances Xavier Warde Chicago Heroes active and intent on thwarting

active and intent on thwarting the work of the nuns

from the 12th Century

Dorothy continued to expand her ministry among the poor and marginalized and by the 40’s and 50’s had numerous group homes for the poor as well as communal farms throughout North America and England

When the city caught fire in October 1871 the blaze

Elisabeth decided to put herself on a crash course of study of the Gospels

Mother Frances Xavier Warde Chicago Heroes active and intent on thwartingMother Frances Xavier Warde (1810 1884)When the word pioneer is used in the story of Americas early years and especially the expansion westward, what immediately comes to mind are brawny men with steely eyes and flintlock long rifle in the crook of their arm as they surveyed the next mountain. However, one of the most indefatigable and passionate of all the men and women who went west with the country was a small, quiet woman of impressive presence