Contributed by Northern Light Mercy Hospital
Description
The Christmas season was a very busy time for Mercy Hospital and the Sisters of Mercy. Along with running the hospital, staff prepared gifts and attended local concerts. Christmas day started with midnight mass, then a 7:30 a.m. mass, after which many of the Sisters were given the gift of sleeping in. On Christmas evening in 1959, Sister Louise's family visited and performed a nativity play.
During her tenure as hospital director from 1934 until her death in 1969, Sister Annunciata kept a daily diary and recorded in it that "Sister Louise's family visited - children put on play for sisters - very good." Additionally, she documented that the hospital welcomed its first Christmas baby on that day.
About This Item
- Title: Nativity scene, Portland, 1959
- Creation Date: 1959
- Subject Date: 1959
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 12.7 cm x 17.8 cm
- Collection: Mercy Hospital Historic Archive
- Object Type: Image
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- Catholic Church. Diocese of Portland (Me.)
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- Health care personnel--Maine--Portland
- Hospitals--Maine--Portland
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- Mercy Hospital (Portland, Me.)
- Nurses--Maine--Portland
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Northern Light Mercy Hospital175 Fore River Parkway, Portland, ME 04102
(207) 879-3000
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