... on the street to the Convent of Mercy, a new convent residence and orphanage complex at designed by Patrick Keely, the most important Catholic architect in the country. For more than a hundred years after its construction, the order would raise hundreds of thousands of children within its cloistered walls...

... reminiscences of Sr. Johanna, a beloved Sister of Mercy who was responsible for Ed in his earliest years and who remained a guiding force in his life; a visit to Ed's second institution, the Convent of Mercy, a magnificent convent that was closed after 146 years of continuous service to the community; and Ed's...