Sister Mary recalls going to free classes which Harvard University established especially for the time of the Depression. Sister Mary discusses working at the Boston Public Library, and teaching in Georgia.
Sister Rita remembers various parts of her work as a sister: her ministry in nursing homes and working with the homeless, her time teaching and the difficulty of closing schools in the Catholic school system.
Famous in the Congregation for her music, Sister Blanche describes her time as a novice, her subsequent lifelong music ministry, and studying in Europe.
Sister Josephina discusses her role as "author, teacher, professor": building curriculum and publishing textbooks, as well as her role in the Education department at Boston College.
Sister Jovita remembers what it was like as a student at the Daly Industrial School for Girls in Dorchester. After the 1918 flu pandemic, she became a nurse and continued this work in her ministry as a sister.