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Mother Marie Joseph Butler (Johanna Butler), was born in July 22, 1860, Ballynunnery, County Kilkenny, Ireland. Butler is known for founding Marymount College in Tarrytown, NY in 1907 and elected General Superior of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary (RSHM) from 1926-1940.

In 1876, Butler became a novice at the age of sixteen to the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Mary in Béziers, France. In 1879 she was sent to Oporto, Portugal to teach. In 1903, Butler was sent to Sag Harbor, New York to begin teaching in the United States. Mother Butler already had family in New York, her cousin James Butler, who owned the first chained-grocery store in New York. Through her cousin's monetary assistance she was able to open Marymount College.