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Plaster model of statue of Father Nerinckx, by Rudolph (Rudi) Torrini (1923-2018), professor at Webster College/University. “The larger-than-life statue, created circa 1954, depicts Father Nerinckx as a young Belgian curate.” The statue for which…

Silver folding drinking cup, engraved “Mother Clarasine / Loretto Academy / Springfield, Mo." This was one of the six houses in which Mother Clarasine Walsh was superior. She was born January 12, 1859, in Cairo, IL. She entered Loretto in 1873 and…

Gold and silver medals were awarded at the exhibitions (programs that included musical and literary performances and displays of artwork) which closed the school year in the last part of the 19th and early 20th centuries. These medals are from…

Blue ribbon award for a 13-piece ice cream service of hand-painted china given at the Columbian Exposition held May 1-October 31, 1893, in Chicago, IL. The china was from the Sisters of Loretto Academy in Florissant, MO.

Pull rod for sanctuary lamp, long thin iron rod bent on one end and with a metal handle, painted red, on the other. Mark on the knob for the Plume & Atwood Manufacturing Company, Acorn burner. This came from Moberly, MO, 1877-1955. This device was…

Needlepoint, matted and framed, of Madonna and Child. The work of Mary E. Wills, 1854, from St. Vincent School, Cape Girardeau, MO (printed in gold on black mat).

Memorial plate of Old St. Ferdinand’s Shrine, from Loretto Academy, Florissant, MO. The plate shows Old St. Ferdinand’s as it looked in 1821. From left to right: priest house – church – convent (built by the Religious of the Sacred Heart). Sisters of…

Pair of marble and brass candlesticks, circular base with three feet, two candleholders on each piece. From Loretto Academy, Florissant, MO.

Brass bell with handle. It belonged to Blessed Mother Phillippine Duchesne, RSCJ. The Religious Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus were in Florissant, MO, prior to the Sisters of Loretto.

Gold-colored plastic ballpoint pen. It was a souvenir of the last homecoming banquet at 39th and Roanoke, Loretto Academy, Kansas City, MO (1903-1966).