Catholic sisters and nuns in the United States - Wikipedia
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OverviewHistoryAmerican communitiesExpansion before 1860Civil WarWorkNumbersReligious role versus professional roleThe first women religious in what would become the United States, were fourteen French Ursuline nuns who arrived in New Orleans in July 1727, and opened Ursuline Academy, which continues in operation and is the oldest continuously operating school for girls in the United States. The Sisters of Saint Anne are a Roman Catholic religious institute, founded in 1850 in Vaudreuil, Quebec, Canada, by the Blessed Marie Anne Blondin, S.S.A. The Sisters arrived in the United St…
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