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The motherhouse of the congregation, Sinsinawa Mound, has been called the "Hill of Grace". Since 1847, more than 3,200 women have ascended its slopes to take their vows as Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters, then departed to preach and teach the Gospel. Today, the Mound still serves as the motherhouse for about 250 sisters and more than 200 associates ...
Samuel Charles Mazzuchelli, OP (November 4, 1806 – February 23, 1864) was a pioneer Italian Dominican friar and Catholic missionary priest who helped bring the Church to the Iowa-Illinois-Wisconsin tri-state area. He founded several parishes in the area and was the architect for several parish buildings.
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Dominican High School opened in September 1956, with 174 freshmen from 26 parishes. Although sponsored by the Sinsinawa Dominicans, the school was championed by two pastors, Peter E. Dietz, pastor of St. Monica Parish (1912–1947) and Farrell P. Reilly, pastor of St. Robert Parish (1912–1958).
[4] The academy was a Roman Catholic Institution, its corps of teachers a body of religious women of the order of Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters, founded for the sole purpose of teaching. Many of the pupils entered with the intention of becoming teachers elsewhere, therefore the course of instruction was in the main directed to that end.
1830: Congregation of St. Mary of the Springs, Columbus, OH (now Dominican Sisters of Peace) 1849: Congregation of the Most Holy Rosary, Sinsinawa, WI 1850: Congregation of the Most Holy Name, San Rafael, CA 1853: Congregation of the Holy Cross, Amityville, NY 1860: Dominican Sisters of St. Mary, New Orleans, LA (now Dominican Sisters of Peace)
Edgewood was founded in 1871 on Monroe St. in Madison by the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa as Saint Regina Academy, a boarding school for girls, and a day school for boys and girls. [4] In 1881, Governor Cadwallader Washburn donated his official residence on Lake Wingra, "Edgewood Villa," after losing a bid for re-election. Saint Regina ...
In 1968, management of the college was transferred from the Dominican Sisters to an independent nondenominational board. [3] In 1970, after Mount Saint Paul College in Waukesha, WI, closed its doors, it merged with Dominican College of Racine. (Mount St. Paul initially was founded for seminarians and then later accepted other students.) [4]