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The Saint Mary's Orphan Asylum housed at that time 93 children (ages 2 to 13) and 10 sisters. The hurricane arrived quietly on September 7, 1900. The full force of the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 was not felt until the next day, September 8, and began to erode away the sand dunes that surrounded St. Mary's Orphanage.
Starting in 1932, the Catholic Social Welfare Bureau controlled admission to St. Vincent's, as well as placement of older children leaving the asylum. [2] By 1945 St. Vincent's had admitted 7,315 children and 2,782 mothers, and had a staff of nine sisters. [2] St. Vincent's was closed in 1958, a result of changes at the State Welfare Department.
St. Marys or Saint Marys [2] is a city in Warren County, Iowa, United States. The population was 108 at the time of the 2020 census. [3] St. Marys is part of the Des ...
Dorchester is an unincorporated community in northwestern Allamakee County, Iowa, United States. It lies along local roads just off Iowa Highway 76 , north of the city of Waukon , the county seat of Allamakee County. [ 1 ]
On March 3, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed an Act of Congress to incorporate St. Ann's Infant Asylum, as it was then called. St. Ann's was chartered "for the purpose of establishing and maintaining in the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, an institution for the maintenance and support of foundlings and infant orphan and ...
Sister Ursula Mattingly, SC (23 October 1808 – 1874) was a Roman Catholic religious sister, nurse, and hospital administrator.A member of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul, she is best remembered for her role as foundress of Sisters of Charity Hospital in Buffalo, New York.
Prince of Peace Catholic School is a Catholic high school in Clinton, Iowa, United States. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport. It was previously known as Mater Dei High School, St. Mary's High School, and Mount Saint Clare Academy. It is a parochial school under the Clinton Prince of Peace parish. [citation needed]
The sisters remained in the St. Mary's Convent. In 1975 the St. Mary's school buildings and convent were sold to the diocese for use by the Newman Center. In the early 1990s, an addition was made to Regina High School and the elementary grades were moved from St. Patrick's. The school building had been listed on the National Register of ...