The Sisters of Mercy have survived pestilence, poverty, the Chicago Fire and even the clumsy ... world,” said Sister Joy Clough, historian at St. Xavier University, which was opened by the ...

She was 85. Born Mary Ann Murphy in South Buffalo, she attended St. Thomas Aquinas School and was a 1956 graduate of Mount Mercy Academy. She entered the Sisters of Mercy on Sept. 8, 1956 ...