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Chronology
This a chronological overview of Marywood (College) University history.
|| Before 1915 || 1915-1924 || 1925-1934 || 1935-1944 || 1945-1954 || 1955-1964 ||
|| 1965-1974 || 1975-1984 || 1985-1994 || 1995-2004 || 2005-Present ||
Chronology
This a chronological overview of Marywood (College) University history.
|| Before 1915 || 1915-1924 || 1925-1934 || 1935-1944 || 1945-1954 || 1955-1964 ||
|| 1965-1974 || 1975-1984 || 1985-1994 || 1995-2004 || 2005-Present ||
| 1845 | Father Louis Florent Gillet, C.S.S.R., and Mother Teresa Maxis Duchemin, I.H.M., found the Sisters of Providence, in Monroe, Michigan. |
  Father Louis Florent Gillet, C.S.S.R., and Mother Theresa Maxis Duchemin, I.H.M. |
| 1847 | The title of the Congregation is changed to "Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary," December 8. |
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| 1858 | Mother Teresa Maxis and four other I.H.M. Sisters establish the Congregation's first presence in Pennsylvania.
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| 1868 | Scranton is granted Diocesan status independent of Philadelphia, March 3. Twelve of the twenty-four I.H.M. Sisters in Pennsylvania choose to relocate to the new diocese. |
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| 1871 | The Most Reverend William J. O'Hara, Bishop of Scranton, asks the local I.H.M. Sisters to form a Scranton foundation of their Congregation and to establish a Motherhouse there. |
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| 1872 | By this time, a new I.H.M. Motherhouse and Novitiate has been built in the 300 block of Wyoming Avenue, which also serves as St. Cecilia's Academy, a day and resident school for girls and boys. |
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| 1899 | The Congregation purchases fifty acres of land in Scranton's Green Ridge section. Structures on the property include a Carriage House, Greenhouse, Cottage, and "Other Buildings." |
 Bridge on campus land  Pond on campus land |
| 1900 | Ground is broken for Mount St. Mary's Motherhouse-Seminary-Novitiate, July 19. |
 Mount St. Mary's Motherhouse-Seminary-Novitiate |
| 1900 | The Motherhouse and Seminary Cornerstone is blessed and placed by the Right Reverend Bishop Michael J. Hoban, November 3. | |
| 1900 | The Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad announces a planned extension through the Mount St. Mary's property, but Mother M. Cyril Conway, I.H.M., convinces Railroad officials to select an alternate route for the proposed extension. To commemorate the Sisters' triumph, the Our Lady of Victory Shrine, a gift of Rev. Daniel Dunn and Rev. John Dunn, is to be erected. The shrine is completed in three years. It stands midway between the Liberal Arts building and Nazareth Hall, where Railroad surveyors were seen making their preliminary calculations. |
 Our Lady of Victory Shrine, 1908 |
| 1902 | Mount St. Mary's Seminary, an elementary school, opens; Bishop Hoban dedicates the Motherhouse-Seminary-Novitiate and names it Mount St. Mary's of the Immaculate Conception; and the Statue of Our Lady over the entrance gate is dedicated, September 8. [See "Marywood Looks to Future in Expansion Drive," The Catholic Light, c.1964.] |
 Motherhouse and Arch, c.1902-21 |
| 1911 | Mount St. Mary 's Chapel is artistically completed by Mr. Comanelli, a local artist. |
 Mount St. Mary's Chapel |
1912- |
Mother Cyril seeks the support of the area lay community and the area clergy for the establishment of a local college for women. |
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| 1914 | Mother M. Germaine O'Neil, I.H.M., consults with the Superintendent of Public Instruction and then announces the name for the new college: Marywood. She becomes the first President of Marywood College. |
 Mother M. Germaine O'Neil, I.H.M. |
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