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  Living Mercy: Reflecting on the Vocation and Values of Salve Regina University

  Jayme Hennessy, Theresa Ladrigan-Whelpley, Steven Rodenborn, Kelli J. Armstrong, Sean O’Callaghan, Rose Albert, Myra Ellen Edelstein, M Therese Antone RSM, William P. Leeman, Aïda Neary, Daniel Cowdin, Jameson Chace, and Kaitlin Gabriele-Black

  With this collection of essays, we honor the vocation and spirit of mercy that has enlivened and guided Salve Regina University for the last 75 years. Inspired by the accomplishments of the past and looking forward to the call of the future, these essays provide a starting point for University-wide conversations to support Salve Regina in discerning how it will move into the increasingly complex challenges of the future. Salve's tradition of mercy is rooted in the example of Catherine McAuley, who founded the Sisters of Mercy in 19th-century Dublin, Ireland. It is a model of faith expressed through action and maintains that each person is called to and capable of contributing to the common good by responding to the needs of the day, to respond to the suffering and injustice of each era.
  
  Attending to this spirit of mercy that continues to guide our University, this project considers how the six core values of Salve’s Strategic Compass – purpose-driven education, respect and dignity for all, mercy community, integrity, faith and spirituality, and compassionate service and solidarity – relate to our shared mercy, Catholic heritage, and the mercy vocational paradigm. Exploring how to re-root and re-frame these values, we approached the project as a vocationally oriented narrative. This type of narrative focuses on the call and vocation, as well as the patterns of meaning that shape the unique identity of an institution in its founding and how the institution has evolved and changed in response to the claims and context of social and historic dynamics. Thus, these six essays are harmonized by a three-fold critical-creative structure that attends to the dynamic experience of the call and spirit of mercy modeled in the founding of the University, how we presently live this call, and envision the challenges and possibilities that lie on the horizon. We employed the perspectives of Foundations, Living Presence, and Horizons to frame an analogical exploration of the unique character, actions and ideals that have inspired and sustained the vocation and mission of Salve Regina University, and may be creatively transferred to shaping the horizon for future generations of students.
  
  Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the founding of Salve Regina University, we invite readers to reflect on this collection of essays and then to join the conversations that are to follow as we continue to discern the path forward as Salve takes its next steps into the future.

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  Siege of British Forces in Newport County by Colonial and French in August 1778

  Kenneth M Walsh, Christina Alvernas, Jon Bernard Marcoux, John Quinn, Jessica Analoro, Allyson Boucher, Aaron Bradshaw, Drew Canfield, Mersina Christopher, Stephen Jordan, James Rehill, Ralph Weiss, Dean E. de la Motte, Mary Pedley, and John Hattendorf

  Funded by a grant from the National Park Service American Battlefield Protection Program, this study delves into the technical, often forgotten, aspects of the Siege of Newport - a Revolutionary War engagement that took place in Middletown, RI in August 1778. It pairs the historical record with scientific analysis of the artillery, fortifications, geography and unforeseen circumstances that impacted the Siege. While much of the original earthen defense-works are now gone, there are a small number of sites that still exist. This study also covers what sites remain, their condition and thoughts on how to preserve and commemorate them.

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  With Courage and Compassion: A Reflection on the History of Salve Regina University in the Light of the Spirit Which Engendered and Sustains It

  Sister Mary Eloise Tobin RSM and Sister Mary Jean Tobin RSM

  A history of Salve Regina University, Newport, RI, from 1934 to 1991 by Sister Mary Eloise Tobin, RSM, and Sister Mary Jean Tobin, RSM.

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  A Reflection on the Spirituality of Venerable Catherine McAuley as Rooted in the Beatitudes

  Sister Mary Jean Tobin R.S.M. and Sister Mary Eloise Tobin R.S.M.

  A reflection on the spirituality of Venerable Catherine McAuley explained through the beatitudes.

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  The Paths of Mercy on Aquidneck Island

  Mary Eugena Poulin R.S.M.

  A history of The Sisters of Mercy on Aquidneck Island in Rhode Island from 1851 to 1971 by Sister Mary Eugena Poulin, RSM.