Did you know?
Mary Virginia Merrick is the founder of the National Christ Child Society !
Partially paralyzed, she was confined to a bed or a wheelchair, she established summer camps, housing and convalescent farms for the poor children in our Nation's Capital, Washington DC.
Mary Virginia Merrick (Nov.2 1866 - Jan.10, 1955) age 88
St. Anthony's Chapel hopes to have a relic of "Miss Mary" someday !