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Ursuline Convent (French: Couvent des Ursulines) was a series of historic Ursuline convents in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. In 1727, at the request of Governor Étienne Perier , nuns from the Ursuline Convent of Rouen (Normandy) went to New Orleans to found a convent, run a hospital, and take care of educating young girls.
The Ursuline High School, Wimbledon (“the Ursuline”) is a voluntary-aided, Roman Catholic Secondary School for girls aged 11 to 19. The school is based at Crescent Road and the Downs, Wimbledon, London. It was founded in 1892 by the Ursulines and was affiliated with the Ursuline Preparatory School, its previous feeder preparatory school ...
The same applies to the Ursuline High School in Wimbledon, which was selected as a Regional Winner - "London Secondary" in the Church School Awards 2011. [29] Ursulines also have St Ursula's Convent School in Greenwich which educates girls aged 11 to 16 and coeducational Ursuline College, Westgate-on-Sea .
Ursuline Academy (Delaware) Ursuline Academy (Great Falls, Montana) Ursuline Academy (New Orleans) Ursuline Academy Ilford; Ursuline Academy of Dallas; Ursuline College, Westgate-on-Sea; Ursuline High School (Santa Rosa, California) Ursuline High School (Youngstown, Ohio) Ursuline High School, Wimbledon; The Ursuline School
Fort De La Boulaye was a fort built in 1699–1700, ... Old Ursuline Convent: Old Ursuline Convent. October 9, 1960 : New Orleans Orleans ...
French Ursuline nuns first arrived in Louisiana in 1727. The nuns established a convent and founded what is the oldest school for girls in the territory of the modern-day U.S., Ursuline Academy, which educated the children of European colonists, Native Americans, and those of the local Creole people, slave or free. [1]
At least two descendants reflected his architectural legacy: grandson Colonel Denis de La Ronde (1762–1824), whose stately "house was similar in plan and exterior to the Ursuline Convent designed by Broutin" [6] (albeit now widely misnamed as Versailles, Louisiana), today an historic ruins; [7] and his niece, the tragic, yet highly creative ...
The church is next door to Wimbledon College and Donhead School for boys (both of these schools are served by the Jesuits) and the Ursuline High School and Ursuline Preparatory School for girls (served by the Ursulines), which all enjoy a close relationship with the parish. [2] The schools use the church for various masses throughout the school ...