- Nashville History: Little Sisters of the Poor - Blogger
In March of 1916, a great fire burned through much of East Nashville, destroying many homes and buildings St Columba Church and School, and the Little Sisters of the Poor, buildings were all burned beyond repair
- The Way it Was: The Sisters of Charity and St. Vincent’s Institute
In 1858, at Amat’s request, two Sisters of Charity from Emmitsburg, Maryland, and one Daughter of Charity from Spain arrived in Santa Barbara to establish a combined orphanage, boarding school, and day school
- Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent De Paul - Social Welfare History . . .
The opening of special education and daycare centers in the west, a burn treatment facility in the mid-west, the Marillac Social Center in the southwest, and the first Cobalt-50 treatment machine for treating humans are a few of the advances that occurred in their hospitals
- A Short History of the Sisters of Charity - Emmitsburg
In 1828 Mother Seton’s daughters crossed over the Alleghenies for the first time and sailed down the Ohio to the bustling river town of St Louis, where they opened in turn a hospital, an orphanage, and an industrial school
- Our Proud Heritage: Abigail Eliot and Margaret McMillan . . . - NAEYC
In England, it began with Margaret and Rachel McMillan, sisters focusing first on health and hygiene and then on education The nursery school movement in the United States began with the three fields of home economics, social work, and education in the early decades of the 20th century, in the wake of England’s experience
- Sisters of Charity Timeline
1879 Sisters open St Vincent’s Retreat (later Hospital), Harrison, Westchester County, the first hospital in New York State to care for the mentally ill 1884 Sisters open St Agatha Home, Nanuet, for dependent and neglected children, which will later affiliate with New York Foundling
- Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati
In October 1829, four Sisters of Charity from Elizabeth Ann Seton’s Maryland foundation arrived in Cincinnati to open an orphan asylum and school for girls By mid-century, 13 sisters were caring for and educating more than 300 young women
- Our History - Sisters of Charity of New York
The Sisters of Charity of New York have our origins in a group of three sisters sent by Mother Seton in 1817 to establish an orphanage in the city This mission soon added a school, followed by other schools, orphanages and hospitals, along with sisters to staff them
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