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Sr Mary Eugenia “Clare” Millard

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Sr Mary Eugenia “"Clare"” Millard

Birth
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
Death
14 Oct 1863 (aged 45)
Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA
Burial
Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA Add to Map
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Lot 485TT
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Sister Mary Eugenia "Clare" Millard was the ninth child of thirteen of parents, Joshua and Ann Manning Millard, born in Washington, D.C. She was probably baptized at St. Peter's Catholic Church. She was educated at the Georgetown convent of the Visitation.

In March, 1835, age 17, she entered the novitiate of her "Alma Mater", Georgetown, to begin the process of becoming a nun. Having taken her final vows, she was employed in teaching at the Academy, and but was soon afflicted with a disease of the spine that deformed her and caused great pain. In February, 1838, the community began a Novena for her in hopes of a cure. On the last day of the Novena, after receiving communion, she felt herself fully cured and the attending Physian did not hesitate to declare her cured.

In 1840, she was transferred to the Baltimore Convent, where she was employed in teaching the higher classes of the Academy and was highly regarded as a competent teacher. By 1845, the spinal disease condition began to return and gradually incapacitated her to being unable to follow the community exercises or to teach. The doctor attending her declared tht he had never seen such an extraordinary case, saying that her heart was eight inches out of place and owing to this the action of every organ was deranged.

Death had to be a great relief to her and she finally passed away on 14 Oct 1863 at the convent. A funeral service was performed at the Convent and then she was taken to the Cemetery of our Sisters of Mount de Sales for burial. In 1910, her remains were taken to the New Cathedral Cemetery in Baltimore, Lot 485TT, where the other nuns from the Baltimore Convent were reburied in 1910.
Sister Mary Eugenia "Clare" Millard was the ninth child of thirteen of parents, Joshua and Ann Manning Millard, born in Washington, D.C. She was probably baptized at St. Peter's Catholic Church. She was educated at the Georgetown convent of the Visitation.

In March, 1835, age 17, she entered the novitiate of her "Alma Mater", Georgetown, to begin the process of becoming a nun. Having taken her final vows, she was employed in teaching at the Academy, and but was soon afflicted with a disease of the spine that deformed her and caused great pain. In February, 1838, the community began a Novena for her in hopes of a cure. On the last day of the Novena, after receiving communion, she felt herself fully cured and the attending Physian did not hesitate to declare her cured.

In 1840, she was transferred to the Baltimore Convent, where she was employed in teaching the higher classes of the Academy and was highly regarded as a competent teacher. By 1845, the spinal disease condition began to return and gradually incapacitated her to being unable to follow the community exercises or to teach. The doctor attending her declared tht he had never seen such an extraordinary case, saying that her heart was eight inches out of place and owing to this the action of every organ was deranged.

Death had to be a great relief to her and she finally passed away on 14 Oct 1863 at the convent. A funeral service was performed at the Convent and then she was taken to the Cemetery of our Sisters of Mount de Sales for burial. In 1910, her remains were taken to the New Cathedral Cemetery in Baltimore, Lot 485TT, where the other nuns from the Baltimore Convent were reburied in 1910.

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