Garrity, Sister Rose Xavier
An oral history of Sister Rose Xavier Garrity, a Sister of Charity of Seton Hill from 1921 until 1987. The interview was conducted by Sister Virginia Pascaretta on May 18, 1982.
Sister Rose Xavier Garrity - born Catherine Cecilia Garrity on November 24, 1895 - entered the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill in June of 1921. She received a bachelor's degree in history and English from Duquesne University in 1937 and a master's degree in the same subjects from Duquesne in 1945. She also studied special education in teaching the deaf at Xavier University. She taught at DePaul Institute for the Deaf from 1925-1981. Sister Rose Xavier was the Scoutmaster for the Boy Scout Troop at DePaul. Her nephew was U.S. Senator Eugene Scanlon. Sister Rose Xavier died on February 9, 1987.
Sister Spotlights
- Interviews A-C
- Adams, Sister Mary Timothy
- Beam, Sister M. Alexine
- Beasley, Sister Robert Mary
- Beckel, Sister Inez Mary
- Beckel, Sister Stella Marie
- Blatt, Sister Mary Frederick
- Boggs, Sister Rose Irene
- Boyer, Sister M. Sylvester
- Brandt, Sister Mary Giles
- Burns, Sister Marie Cecelia
- Carey, Sister Mary Agnes
- Coleman, Sister Francis Mary
- Collins, Sister Margaret Clare
- Connelly, Sister Helen Louise
- Cunningham, Sister Rose Angela
- Curren, Sister Boniface
- Curren, Sister John Baptist
- Interviews D-G
- Interviews H-J
- Hanley, Sister Margaret Anne
- Helwig, Sister Germaine
- Henry, Sister Teresa Martin
- Hensler, Sister Mary Estelle
- Hensler, Sister Mary Estelle and Sister Mary Francis Irvin
- Hickey, Sister Miriam Leah
- Honeychuck, Sister Francis Louise
- Irvin, Sr. Mary Francis
- Jablonski, Sister M. Pancratius
- Jablonski, Sister Marie Stephen
- Interviews K-M
- Interviews Mc
- Interviews O-R
- Interview S-W