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Margaret Ellen Traxler, SSND, (March 11, 1924 – February 12, 2002) was a prominent American Religious Sister with the School Sisters of Notre Dame and a prominent women's rights activist. [1] She was also a leader in developing institutions to help poor women in the city of Chicago .
The Nun Study of Aging and Alzheimer's Disease is a continuing longitudinal study, begun in 1986, to examine the onset of Alzheimer's disease. [1] [2] David Snowdon, an Epidemiologist and the founding Nun Study investigator, started the Nun Study at the University of Minnesota, later transferring the study to the University of Kentucky in 1990. [3]
He is the director of the Nun Study, a longitudinal study of aging and Alzheimer's disease which is following 678 members of the School Sisters of Notre Dame aged over 75 years. [2] This a longitudinal study of aging and Alzheimer's disease was initiated in 1986 by Snowdon, then at the University of Minnesota. The homogeneous life style of the ...
Holy Cross College (Notre Dame, Indiana) - also associated with Brothers of Holy Cross; King's College (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) Our Lady of Holy Cross College (New Orleans, Louisiana) St. Edward's University (Austin, Texas) Saint Mary's College (Notre Dame, Indiana) - Sisters of the Holy Cross; Stonehill College (Easton, Massachusetts)
Approval for a new high school in Fridley was soon given, and in 1965, the Christian Brothers accepted responsibility for administration of the school. The School Sisters of Notre Dame joined the Brothers in this task, and opened Archbishop Grace High School in September 1966, with 175 freshmen. The first graduating class was the Class of 1970.
Good Counsel Hill is a notable location in Mankato, Minnesota. This hill is located off US Highway 14 and is home to Loyola Catholic School and a motherhouse for the School Sisters of Notre Dame, who arrived in Mankato in 1865. It's easy to find because of its location just off the freeway, and because of the water tower located on the top of ...
The Basilica of Saint Stanislaus Kostka, circa 1900. Courtesy, Polish Museum, Winona MN. The congregation dates back to April 2, 1871, when leaders of Winona's Kashubian Polish community formally declared its intent to organize a parish under the patronage of St. Stanislaus Kostka. Prior to this they had been attending Mass at either the "Irish ...
On February 28, 1917, the church was gutted by a fire, leaving only the stone walls. A new interior was completed by year's end. The School Sisters of Notre Dame, who had been replaced by lay teachers in 1901, returned to run St. Mary's School in 1921. [3] A two-story frame convent was built for them southwest of the other buildings. [2]