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of awe and affection, and the Xaverian Brothers began to realize that they had a special talent in their midst. In 1913, when George was seventeen, his mother passed away after a long illness. George had seen little of her during his years at St. Mary's, and her death was more of an emotional shock than a personal loss. Still, the event marked the definitive end of his childhood and the beginning of a new phase in his life. He would soon leave St. Mary's behind, but the institution—and the men who had run it—would remain central to his identity for the rest of his life.