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Sr Mary Beatta Gerrity
RSM: Singing Irish Nun

By Irish America Staff
April / May 2002

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Sister Beatta Gerrity, affectionately known as the "Singing Irish Nun," sang at the funerals of many people who lost their lives on September 11. Sr. Beatta, a Sister of Mercy nun since 1959, lives in Rockville Center, a community that she estimates lost 43 young people in the attacks. Having been a teacher for 30 years, she now ministers in Breezy Point, another community … [Read more...] about Sr Mary Beatta Gerrity
RSM: Singing Irish Nun

Ireland’s Banished Children

By Emer Mullins, Contributor
March / April 1997

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Many of the thousands of Irish babies adopted in the U.S. in the '40s, '50s, and '60s are reclaiming their roots. Emer Mullins reports. ℘℘℘ In a quiet convent outside Dublin, an elderly nun is in possession of a veritable Pandora's Box relating to one of the most controversial periods in Irish social history. Sr. Patricia Quinn used to work at St. Patrick's Guild in Dublin, a … [Read more...] about Ireland’s Banished Children