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The Ursulines have a long history in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana.. Arrival of the Ursulines in New Orleans, 1727 (19th century depiction) As early as 1726, King Louis XV of France decided that three Ursuline nuns from Rouen should go to New Orleans to establish a hospital for poor sick people and to provide education for young girls of wealthy families.
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.
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]
Marie-Madeleine learned about the Ursuline mission to New Orleans while its contract was still under negotiation. Two Ursulines from Rouen, Marie Tranchepain de St. Augustin and Marie Anne Le Boullenger de St. Angélique, had traveled to Paris in March 1726 to sign a contract with the French Company of the Indies (previously known as the Mississippi Company).
Courtyard. Ursuline Academy is a private, Catholic, all-girls high school and elementary school (Toddler 2 through 12th grade) in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.It is located within the Archdiocese of New Orleans and under the trusteeship of the Ursuline Sisters of the New Orleans Community, part of the Ursuline Central Province of North America.
“I do this all for Belleville,” an organizer said. “We’re all about community here. It’s a place that’s alternative and anyone is welcome.”
Location of Orleans Parish in Louisiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Orleans Parish, Louisiana.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, which is consolidated with the city of New Orleans.
The first women religious in what would become the United States, were fourteen French Ursuline nuns who arrived in New Orleans in July 1727, [5] and opened Ursuline Academy, which continues in operation and is the oldest continuously operating school for girls in the United States. [6]