Episode 19
The daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Rose Hawthorne was born into American literary royalty. But after enduring family tragedy and the death of a child, she became Catholic. Eventually she formed a Dominican religious community — The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne — to serve the most destitute cancer patients of New York.
More Information
- Rose Hawthorne Biography
- The Remarkable Rose Hawthorne
- Mother Mary Alphonsa – Wikipedia
- Rose Hawthorne Lathrop – The GIVEN Institute
- Rose Hawthorne, a life consecrated to terminal cancer patients — Aleteia
- Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Poems > My poetic side
- Rose Hawthorne, Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Daughter, Becomes Candidate for Catholic Saint – New England Historical Society
- Mother Mary Alphonsa, Daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne, is Now Called a Servant of God
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