2024-01-24-eEdition

JANUARY 24, 2025 THE CATHOLIC WEEK PAGE 23 Daughters of Charity: Through the Years Three remaining Daughters of Charity to withdraw fromministries within the Archdiocese of Mobile 2025 Sr. Chrysostom Moynahan, D.C. becomes first licensed nurse in Alabama. She later served as administrator of Providence Hospital from 1933 until her death in 1941. Sisters and others visit a nativity scene at the hospital. 1916 1911 The Alabama Maternity and Infant Home (later Allen Memorial Home) first served as a maternity hospital for the general public, lat- er also becoming a home for unwed mothers. The facility was also a home for orphaned and abandoned children, the first brought on Christmas Eve, 1911. The Daughters of Charity oversee operations. Shown are children and sisters at the home in the 1940s. 1964 Archbishop Thomas J. Toolen asks Daughters of Charity to teach at St. James Major Catholic School in Prichard. The Daughters agree to come, provided desegregation is pursued. 1972 Daughters of Charity begin serving at Good Samaritan Hospital in Selma. Cathedral Place opens and is staffed by Daughters of Charity. Shown are Srs. Clare Charest and Mary Quinn with Bishop John L. May. 1975 Providence Hospital is relocated to west Mobile. 1987 2001 Daughters of Charity leave Cathedral Place. —Timeline Information and photos courtesy, Daughters of Charity Province of St. Louise, St. Louis, Mo. Mobile Spring Hill College Catholic Social Services The Service Center St. Vincent School Alabama Maternity and Infant Home (Allen Memorial Home) Providence Hospital Cathedral Place Mobile General Hospital St. Mary's Home Montgomery St. Margaret Services St. Margaret's Hospital Seton Haven St. Bede the Venerable Parish and School St. Jude Educational Institute Birmingham Villa Maria St. Barnabas School Home Health Care Agency of North Alabama St. Vincent's Hospital St. Thomas on the Hill Elsewhere Auburn University, Auburn St. Michael Parish, Auburn Hispanic Ministry, Guntersville Holy Family Parish, Lanett St. James Major, Prichard Good Samaritan Hospital, Selma St. Vincent Catholic School, Whistler The Daughters of Charity will say goodbye to the Archdiocese of Mobile following a Mass and reception on Feb. 9. Since 1841, they have served in many ministries throughout Alabama including: