Nun Who Saved La Roche College Dies
, May 15 — Sister of Divine Providence De La Salle Mahler died at the age of 93, the Pittsburgh daily reported.
In 1969 Sister Mahler became president of La Roche College, which was on the verge of shutting down due to financial turmoil and a post-Vatican II plunge in the number of vocations to the order.
Sister Mahler slashed costs, raised money, and made the school coeducational. When she left in 1975 to become general superior of the order, La Roche had an enrollment over 700, a balanced budget and full academic accreditation.
Steubenville Speakers
FRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY OF STEUBENVILLE, May 15 — Baltimore Cardinal William Keeler and Illinois Congressman Henry J. Hyde addressed Franciscan University of Steubenville's largest-ever graduating class, the university announced.
Hyde received an honorary doctor of laws degree for advocating pro-life legislation.
Cardinal Keeler received an honorary doctor of pedagogy degree.