It was a proud moment indeed for all those associated with the protectory. from its capable directress. Sister M. Jeanne Turcotte. superior of the Sisters of the protectory. to all the Sisters of Charity who serve it so faithfully. Mr. Melvin S. Kirkman served as general chairman of the weeks activities. The city of Lawrence. Mass.. was only 23 years old when the needs of those children orphaned by the Civil War and those immigrant girls from Ireland. England. France. and other countries who. working in the burgeoning citys mills. were suffering from consumption. came to the compassionate attention of an Irish Dominican priest.
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