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The book is about the spiral staircase at the Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe, New Mexico, rumored to have miraculous origins. [1] It was adapted into the 1998 television movie The Staircase starring William Petersen (as Joad), Barbara Hershey (as Mother Madalyn), and Diane Ladd (as Sister Margaret). [2]
The chapel was commissioned by the Sisters of Loretto for their girls' school, Loretto Academy, in 1873. Archbishop Jean-Baptiste Lamy had brought in two French architects, Antoine Mouly and his son Projectus, to work on the St. Francis Cathedral project, and suggested that the Sisters could make use of their services on the side to build a much-needed chapel for the academy. [4]
the french guy didnt build it. if you go backwards in time youll find he died in 1895 at 43 years old which means he was born in 1852. the staircase was build in 1872 by an old man, this french guy would only be 20 years old in 1872 and wouldnt look old so case closed on that one. the staircase itself is a beautiful peice of architecture and ...
She attended St. Francis High School in St. Paul, Kansas. [2] She went on to become a Sister of Loretto on December 8, 1917. [1] Owens earned a bachelor's degree from Loretto Heights College and a master's degree from St. Louis University. [1] Later, she received a doctorate in history from the St. Louis University. [3]
The Staircase is a 1998 American television film about the story of the spiral staircase, believed by some to be miraculously built, at the Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It stars Barbara Hershey as Mother Madalyn in charge of the chapel and William Petersen as Joad, the traveling carpenter with spiritual talent as well as woodworking ...
The Sisters of Loretto or the Loretto Community is a Catholic religious institute that strives "to bring the healing Spirit of God into our world." Founded in the United States in 1812 and based in the rural community of Nerinx, Kentucky, [2] the organization has communities in 16 US states and in Bolivia, Chile, China, Ghana, Pakistan, and Peru.
The Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, whose members are commonly known as the Loreto Sisters, is a Roman Catholic religious congregation of women dedicated to education founded in Saint-Omer by an Englishwoman, Mary Ward, in 1609.
The book was based on Kaufman's own teaching experiences. Up the Down Staircase was originally a short story—only three and a half pages long — published in The Saturday Review on November 17, 1962, under the title From a Teacher's Wastebasket .