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The school reached its peak enrollment of 1,100 students in 1946 and was renamed St. Mary's High in 1947. [ 2 ] When a new, $1.5 million building was completed in 1964, there were 883 students in 19 classrooms, besides three laboratories for science and one for languages, a library, cafeteria, administrative offices, and rooms for 30 Marianists ...
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).
57 Shady Ln., Perryville, MO 63775-7386 Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Belgique Former parish Our Lady of Victory 172 PCR 920, Perryville, MO 63775-8368 St. Boniface: Perryville: Former parish, closed in 1964 [10] St. James (Crosstown) 21694 Highway C, Perryville, MO 63775 [11] Postal: c/o 1010 Rosati Ct.,Perryville, MO 63775-2319
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 congregation of the Virgins of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Latin: Congregatio Virginum a Praesentatione Beatae Mariae Virginis) was founded by Zofia Czeska in 1627 in Kraków, with an emphasis on educating girls. [12] As of 2022, the order had 98 sisters in 15 houses in Poland. [13]
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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]
It was founded as the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Junior College by the Felician Sisters in 1937. It became Madonna College in 1947 and Madonna University in 1991. [1] Among the largest Franciscan universities in the country, Madonna is situated on an 80-acre (32 ha) wooded campus.