The Saint, the Architect, and the University

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Nearly a century ago, Pittsburgh architect John Theodore Comes died of cancer in his Beechwood Boulevard home at just 49 years of age. His passion for architecture only exceeded by … Continued

Mercy Begins at Carlow’s Campus Laboratory School

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Step inside Carlow University’s Campus Laboratory School (CLS) and you immediately feel it: a sense of welcome and care. Here, we know that the future of a just and merciful world begins in the earliest … Continued

Carrying Mercy Forward: Carlow at 96 

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In the autumn of 1929, Pittsburgh was a city of steel and smoke. The nation was heading for economic collapse, yet the Sisters of Mercy looked beyond the uncertainty of … Continued

Five Values, One Community: Carlow’s Shared Purpose

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Carlow University was founded in 1929 by the Sisters of Mercy, a community of women who believed deeply in the power of education to transform lives. Their mission was rooted … Continued
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