Marble statue of the Mother of Sorrows, Mount Mercy grotto.
A Carrara marble statue of the Mother of Sorrows (Virgin Mary), sculpted by the Italian artist Marcello Rebechini, was bought by the Sisters of Mercy and added to the grotto site in May, 1951. In its original state, the statue represented the...
Side view of McAuley Hall, the first campus dormitory.
In March, 1955, the Sisters of Mercy began work on a new, college dormitory; the cornerstone laying ceremony followed on October 3 of that year. In September 1956, McAuley Hall welcomed college students into its seven-story structure; the first...
The Dedication of the Shrine of Our Mother of Sorrows, the Mount Mercy Grotto.
William H. Lightner, the contractor who built Mount Mercy Academy (Warde Hall), received permission to create an elaborate grotto on the Sisters of Mercy's land. By 1930, the grotto's theme focused on the Virgin Mary under the title, "The Mother...