December 16, 2019 - American Catholic History

St. Mary’s, Galveston

Dec 16, 2019 | 20th century, episodes, places and buildings, religious women, sisters of charity, south, texas, ursulines

In 1900, the Cathedral of St. Mary’s, Galveston was the only Catholic church to survive the great hurricane which killed 20% of Galveston’s population.

Henriette DeLille

Sep 16, 2019 | 19th century, black catholic, civil war, educator, episodes, founders, laity, louisiana, new orleans, religious women, servant of god, south

Henriette DeLille was a woman of mixed race in antebellum New Orleans who rejected the placage system and founded an order that educated the children of slaves

St. Mary’s, Galveston

Henriette DeLille

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