School of Nursing capping ceremony (courtesy Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill)
Since concentrating on Catholic Schools week the last week of January, the Archivist of the Sisters of Charity decided to look back in the history of the Sisters in Health Care. The School of Nursing in the first general hospital established by the sisters was started in 1905. Below is a picture of a capping ceremony in the middle ‘50’s. The School of Nursing closed in 1976.
For National Catholic Schools Week, another great image from Sister Louise Grundish, S.C., archivist for the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill. Sister Francis Mary Coleman directs the fluteophone band during Western Frolics at St Peter and Paul School, Tucson, AZ, 1965.
(Photograph reproduced with permission of the Provincial Archives)
In honor of National Catholic Schools week, a photograph of a class at St. John’s School in Milwaukee, WI. Opened on Aug. 30, 1879, the school was dedicated to the education of young women. Boys were taught at a nearby school run by the Dominicans of Sinsinawa. This photo recalls how school rooms were equipped in the early 20th century. Present on the wall were the ubiquitous engravings of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. Over the door is the motto “Memor et Fidelis” – “Mindful and Faithful.” St. John’s was closed in 1905.
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