CARA Member News and September 23 Meet-up

Fellow CARA Member Sister Joella Cunnane, RSM, reports she is feeling well and plans to be up and around very soon following a medical procedure earlier this summer. We hope to see her back with us for a CARA meeting in the near future.

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At the June 26 CARA Meeting, several people expressed interest in Crossings and Dwellings, the Loyola University Museum of Art exhibit co-curated by Ellen Skerrett. According to the LUMA website, Crossings and Dwellings: Restored Jesuits, Women Religious, American Experience, 1814–2014, uses "art, historical maps, broadsheets, books, liturgical objects, and textiles [to tell] the story of 19th-century European Jesuits and women religious who arrived on the country’s expanding western frontier to serve both indigenous and immigrant populations."

Public programming for the exhibit includes a lecture by Dr. Ann Harrington, BVM, professor emerita of history at Loyola. The lecture, entitled "New Frontiers: The Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary," will discuss the order 's connection with the Jesuits, the city of Chicago, Mundelein College, and Loyola University. Dr. Harrington will shed light on images of the remarkable women found in Crossings and Dwellings.

1930: Sister Mary Justitia Coffey, BVM, the first President of Mundelein College. (Photo credit: Loyola University College Chicago Women's Leadership Archives)

Patricia Carroll and Jerice Barrios plan to attend this lecture, and CARA members are cordially invited to join us. Please see below for details.

When: Tuesday, September 23, 2014, 6:00 PM

Where: Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA), 820 North Michigan Avenue. Directions and Parking Information

Event cost: Admission to LUMA is free on Tuesdays, but the lecture costs $4. If you are a member of LUMA/Loyola University Chicago, the lecture is free.

We look forward to an interesting and educational talk, with a tour of the exhibit to follow. If you think you will be joining us, please contact Jerice Barrios at cenacle.archives@gmail.com so that we know to look for you.