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In 1892 a building known as the Blackstone barn was purchased to serve the nuns at Saint Patrick's Cathedral School as a convent. It was located on Perkins Avenue. The first superior at St. Patrick's was Sister Mary Rose Maher, aunt of Dr. Stephen Maher of New Haven, who was an international authority on tuberculosis.
In a 1954 history of St. Patrick's this tribute was paid to the Sisters of Mercy: "If St. Patrick's has served its purpose in the past, no small credit should go to these unselfish heroines of Christ who have served so well and so unobtrusively. THey have been here longer than the Cathedral, but to these gallant Sisters, whose thoughts are on eternity anyway, this comes as only minor praise."
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