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St. Michael Parish School (West 32nd Street at Ninth Avenue) – Operated from 1870 to 1971; staffed by the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. St. Monica Parish School (416 East 80th Street) – Operated from 1883 to 1974; staffed by the Sisters of Charity (1883–1944) and the Sisters of St. Francis (1944–1974).
In 1867 Jesuit priest Arnold Damen invited the sisters to open a school at Holy Family in Chicago. [5] The BVMs opened a number of schools throughout the city, including St. Mary’s [6] and Immaculata High Schools. In 1885, the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, formerly a diocesan community, became a pontifical congregation. [7]
In nearby San Jose, California, the Presentation Sisters opened Presentation High School in 1962. The school still operates as an all-girls Catholic high school. In Sacramento, California, the Sisters staffed a pair of K–8 schools for 30 years each: Presentation School during 1961–1991, [21] and Saint Mary School during 1969–1999. [22]
The Presentation Sisters, officially the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, are a religious institute founded in Cork, Ireland, by Honora "Nano" Nagle in 1775. Historically, the sisters focused their energies on creating and staffing schools that would educate young people, especially young women.
1501 Chicago Rd, Chicago Heights: St. Kieran 724 W 195th St, Chicago Heights St. Paul 206 E 25th St, Chicago Heights Founded in 1897, closed in 2022 [85] St. Emeric 4300 W 180th St, Country Club Hills: Founded in 1959, closed in 2023 [86] Infant Jesus of Prague 1131 Douglas Ave, Flossmoor: St. John 301 S Cottage Grove Ave, Glenwood
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 congregation takes its name from the Marian shrine at Loreto in Italy where Ward used to pray.
Carmel Catholic High School is a co-educational, college preparatory, Catholic high school run jointly by the priests and brothers of the Order of Carmelites and the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Located in Mundelein, Illinois, Carmel serves all of Lake County, as well as some of the surrounding counties, and southern Wisconsin.
Nativity B.V.M. (Blessed Virgin Mary) High School is a Catholic four-year co-educational secondary school.It was founded in 1955 as the successor to Pottsville Catholic High School (home of the now feeder school of Assumption BVM), formerly Saint Patrick's High School and Saint Stephen's High School in Port Carbon.