We give you thanks and praise, O God of compassion, for
the heroic witness of Constance and her companions, who,
in a time of plague and pestilence, were steadfast in their care
for the sick and dying, and loved not their own lives, even
unto death: Inspire in us a like love and commitment to those
in need, following the example of our Savior Jesus Christ;
who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God,
now and for ever. Amen.
Episcopal nuns and priests who died from the epidemic:
* Sister Constance (neé Caroline Louise Darling, b. Medway, Mass., 1846), superior of the work at Memphis, headmistress of St. Mary’s School for Girls.
* Sister Thecla, sacristan of St. Mary’s Cathedral and its school chapel, Memphis, instructor in music and grammar (English and Latin)
* Sister Ruth, nurse at Trinity Infirmary, New York
* Sister Frances, a newly professed nun given charge of the Church Home orphanage, Memphis
* The Rev. Charles Carroll Parsons, rector of Grace Episcopal Church, Memphis; former U.S. Army artillery commander, West Point alumnus and professor; served with classmate, Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer, in Kansas, defense counsel in Custer's 1867 court-martial trial.
* The Rev. Louis S. Schuyler, newly ordained assistant rector at Parsons' prior parish, Holy Innocents Episcopal Church, Hoboken, New Jersey
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