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Ayala: San Antonio s Blue Hole is a source of wonder and inspiration. So is Blue Hole Wisdom, a new book about the nuns who founded Incarnate Word University
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The springs at the Blue Hole, the headwaters of the San Antonio River on the UIW campus, flucuate with rainfall.William Luther /San Antonio Express-News
Bridget McDermott Flood isn’t a San Antonian. Neither is she a member of a religious congregation here, though she is a practicing Catholic.
But in a new book, the woman from St. Louis writes with ease about San Antonio and about Catholic nuns who founded a congregation here more than 150 years ago to serve spiritual and educational missions as well as those focused on social justice and healthcare.