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Welcome!
We hope you
will find this web site informative, easy to navigate and fun to explore, as you
revisit the history of the Little Company of Mary Hospital School of
Nursing. The purpose of this web site is to facilitate
communications among alumni throughout the world.
If you are an alumnus from
the Little Company of Mary Hospital School of Nursing and you have suggestions
for this web site, please email the Association Secretary, Mary Cronin.
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hope to start a photo page on this site in the near
future.
1972
School of Nursing Bulletin 1977-79 School of
Nursing Supplement 1993 Narative on the
100th Anniversary of the LCM Sisters in America, which incluldes a history of
the School of Nursing
Our Cap and its Origin
The cap was designed by a student
nurse, Marilyn Therese (Jordan) Hickey class of 1954, and first was worn by the
graduating class of 1953. The four
soft pleats in the crown are held together by a gold bar signifying unity. The
pleats represent faith, hope, charity and prudence. The two side wings mean that actions and
thoughts of the wearer are directed toward God. The two buttons in the back represent wisdom
and fortitude.
 Our Nurse's Pin and its
Meaning
The pin is round, having a blue border with gold letters. A raised sword-pierced heart and a lily
are engraved on a gold center. The
border signifies the blue of Our Lady and the Sisters of Little Company of
Mary. The lily signifies purity and
the sword represents the seven sorrows of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The pierced heart and the lily in the
center is the Maternal Heart Insignia of the Little Company of Mary
Sisters. This signifies in a
particular way, the Maternal Heart of Mary at the foot of the cross to whom each
sister is dedicated. The work of
the order is constant intercession for souls in their last agony and caring for
the sick and suffering.
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