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Rev Mother Mary Gerald Barry

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Rev Mother Mary Gerald Barry

Birth
Inagh, County Clare, Ireland
Death
20 Nov 1961 (aged 80)
Adrian, Lenawee County, Michigan, USA
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Adrian, Lenawee County, Michigan, USA
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Mother Gerald Barry, Prioress General of the Dominican Sisters of Adrian, Michigan, was cofounder (along with her brothers Patrick and William) and first president of Barry College (now University) in Miami Shores, Florida. Born Bridget Catherine Barry on March 11, 1881, in Lauragh, Inagh, West Clare, Ireland, she was the thirteenth of eighteen children. She came to America in 1900 and attended Northwestern University and Detroit Teachers' College, receiving a bachelor's degree from Siena Heights College (now University) in Adrian.

Mother Gerald entered the Dominican Order in 1912 and was elected mother general in 1933. Serving in this position for twenty-eight years, she became ex-officio president of Barry College when it opened in 1940.

In 1950, Pope Pius XII awarded Mother Gerald the Lateran Cross for outstanding service to the Church.

She died on November 20, 1961.
Mother Gerald Barry, Prioress General of the Dominican Sisters of Adrian, Michigan, was cofounder (along with her brothers Patrick and William) and first president of Barry College (now University) in Miami Shores, Florida. Born Bridget Catherine Barry on March 11, 1881, in Lauragh, Inagh, West Clare, Ireland, she was the thirteenth of eighteen children. She came to America in 1900 and attended Northwestern University and Detroit Teachers' College, receiving a bachelor's degree from Siena Heights College (now University) in Adrian.

Mother Gerald entered the Dominican Order in 1912 and was elected mother general in 1933. Serving in this position for twenty-eight years, she became ex-officio president of Barry College when it opened in 1940.

In 1950, Pope Pius XII awarded Mother Gerald the Lateran Cross for outstanding service to the Church.

She died on November 20, 1961.

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