The Mary Murphy Templeton ’42 and Hanora (Nancy) Murphy Comfort ’45 Scholarship

Gifted by Hannah (Ann) Murphy ‘47

Like many Cathedral students today, the Murphy sisters were children of immigrants. They grew up in tenements on the East Side. The Murphys had seven children and were not able to pay tuition. Cathedral was tuition-free thanks, in part, to the dedication of the Sisters of Charity who made it their life’s work to educate the children of immigrants. 
The Murphy sisters attended Cathedral High School during the difficult years of WWII when many young women had to drop out of school and get jobs to help support their families, without completing their education. But Mary, Nancy, and Ann’s Irish immigrant mother insisted they stay in school. She knew education was the best chance for a better life for her daughters.
A lot has changed since the 1940s, but the need for a good education is still the foundation for success. Ann wished to pay forward the gift of her Cathedral education by establishing this scholarship to remember her older sisters and help young women succeed.

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