Dubuque Daily Herald    Tuesday December 6, 1887 CALLED HOME.  Mother Clarke, the Founder of the Order of Sisters of Charity, B. V. M., is Dead. The Herald Saturday morning mentioned the fact that Mother Clarke, who founded the order of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, was lying on her death bed. […]

 Dubuque Daily Herald     Saturday December 3, 1887 AN EVENTFUL LIFE  The Life Work of a Noble Woman Who is Now Nearing Her Last Home.  Mother Mary Clarke, the head of the order of Sisters of Charity, B. V. M., in this country, is supposed to be lying at death’s door at the mother house […]