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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.
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]
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).
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.
1922: St. Ignatius School and Hall, Hicksville, New York [1] 1922: St. Eamun's School and Hall, Brooklyn, New York [1] 1923: Church of the Presentation, Queens, New York [1] 1924: St. Mels High School, Chicago, Illinois [1] 1925: Quigley Memorial Seminary, Chicago, Illinois (with Zachary Taylor Davis of Chicago) [1]
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.
The Sisters of Christian Charity (S.C.C.), officially called Sisters of Christian Charity, Daughters of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Immaculate Conception, [1] is a Roman Catholic women's congregation of pontifical right founded in Paderborn, Germany, on 21 August 1849 by Blessed Pauline von Mallinckrodt. Their original mission was caring for ...