Mother Frances Xavier Warde Chicago Heroes When the city caught fire

When the city caught fire in October 1871 the blaze

from the 12th Century

rooted in her Catholic faith and the Gospel of Christ (she was greatly influenced by her brother who was a Canadian priest) and later adopted by Gandhi

was opened in Rome and today there are over a dozen institutions named in her honor around the U

Mother Frances Xavier Warde Chicago Heroes When the city caught fireMother Frances Xavier Warde (1810 1884)When the word pioneer is used in the story of Americas early years and especially the expansion westward, what immediately comes to mind are brawny men with steely eyes and flintlock long rifle in the crook of their arm as they surveyed the next mountain. However, one of the most indefatigable and passionate of all the men and women who went west with the country was a small, quiet woman of impressive presence