MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) — It was to care for orphans that the Sisters first arrived in Mobile, Alabama. Nearly 184 years later, it is time for the Daughters to say farewell. At the request of then Bishop Michael Portier, in December of 1841, the first Daughters of Charity (known until 1850 as Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph’s) were missioned to Mobile from Emmitsburg, Maryland. In January 1842, the Sisters assumed responsibility for the Catholic Female Orphan’s Asylum (St. Mary’s Home). The first Sisters to arrive were Sisters M. Martina Butcher, Charitina Gourdain, Camilla O’Keefe, and Aquila Stakem. Soon, additional Sisters were requested to serve at the City Hospital (1852) and St. Vincent’s School (1866)…