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"The Mother Superioress insists upon her nurses 'appearance being spick and span," said Kathleen.
Grey Town An Australian Story Gerald Baldwin
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Superioress of the Sisters of Immaculate Conception, a Louisiana foundation, whose mother house is located at Labadieville.
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"The poor man was killed," the Mother Superioress answered.
Grey Town An Australian Story Gerald Baldwin
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All the world knows St. Luke's Hospital, its Mother Superioress, and the devoted nuns who labour for the sick poor.
Grey Town An Australian Story Gerald Baldwin
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By this same messenger I received a note in pencil from the Lady Superioress of a convent or school in
Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger
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"And what will Mother Superioress say to me with a young man?"
Grey Town An Australian Story Gerald Baldwin
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This thought gave him new hopes, and, Madame Bertrand offering to accompany him, they proceeded to St. Pélagie to obtain an interview with the Lady Superioress.
The Mysteries of Montreal Being Recollections of a Female Physician Charlotte Fuhrer
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Angelique, Superioress of the Convent of the Incarnate Word, at
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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Sisters of Mercy from All-Hallows Convent, Brisbane, was established in 1873, and Sister Mary de Sales Gorry, the first Queensland-born nun, was appointed Superioress.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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In the interview that followed, the Superioress -- guided by the Holy
Story of a Soul (l'Histoire d'une Ame): The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux 1873-1897 1912
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