In the early 1860s, as the United States moved toward civil war, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Wheeling were navigating upheaval of their own. In 1860, the small community became an independent diocesan congregation under Bishop Richard Vincent Whelan with just five women led by Mother Stanislaus Matthews. Within months, both the nation and the Sisters would be tested by crisis.
Serving the Dear Neighbor Without Distinction: The Sisters of St. Joseph of Wheeling in the Civil War
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