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Religious Pioneers:
Building the Faith in the Archdiocese of New Orleans
Illustrations
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Mother St. Augustin Tranchepain (ca 1680-1733: Missionary to the Colonies) was among the Ursulines who landed in New Orleans in 1727, inspiring this late nineteenth century painting, Landing of the Ursulines, by Paul Poincy. |
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The packet boat Pennsylvania, which exploded on the Mississippi 13 June 1858. Mother Caroline Friess (1824-1892: Risking in Faith) was rescued from the accident; Father John Mary Delcros (1822-1858: A Life of Promise Cut Short) lost his life. |
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Sisters of the Holy Family: Sister Henriette Delille
1812-1862: Servant of Slaves |
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Religious of the Sacred Heart: Grand Coteau as Mother Anna Josephine Shannon (1810-1896: Crossing the Lines in the Civil War) knew it, before the Civil War. |
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Redemptorists: Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos
1819-1867: A Life of Complete Dedication |
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Vincentians: Father Charles Boglioli
1814-1882: Leper Priest of Charity Hospital |
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School Sisters of Notre Dame: Mother Caroline Friess
1824-1892: Risking in Faith
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Religious of the Sacred Heart: Mother Mary Elizabeth Moran
1836-1905: From Grand Coteau to the World
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Blessed Pauline von Mallinkrodt, founder of the Sisters of Christian Charity in Paderborn, Germany, 1849. Sr. Xaveria Kaschke (1833-1913: Intrepid Pioneer) was an early follower.
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Jesuits: Father Theobald Butler
1826-1916: Americanizing the Jesuits |
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Sister George, with girls in 1959. The Bienville Street House of Good Shepherd in New Orleans. An earlier worker there was Sr. Francis de Sales Mitchel, 1816-1895: Quietly Changing Lives. |
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Discalced Carmelite Nuns: Mother Theresa of Jesus Roman,
before entrance.
1835-1895: Founder of the Carmel of New Orleans |
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Sisters of Mercy: Sister Mary Austin Carroll
1835-1913: The Irish Channel Nun |
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St. Mary's Dominican Sisters: Sister Mary Dominic O'Brien
1846-1900: Cabra's Gift to New Orleans |
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Dominican Friars: Father Thomas Lorente
1868-1915: Missionary Founder in Louisiana |
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Jesuits: Father Albert Wagner
1846-1924: Pastor and Confessor |
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Sisters of St. Joseph of Bourg: Mother St. Rose Thiberville
1854-1940: A Truly American CSJ of Bourg |
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Marianites of Holy Cross: Mother Berchmans Quilter
1868-1954: The Marianites' Gentle Giant |
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St. Mary's Dominican Sisters: Mother Mary de Ricci Hutchinson
1868-1931: New Orleans Dominicans Come of Age |
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Teresian Sisters: Sisters Mary Agnes Piper (1871-1954) and
Clara Myers (ca 1881-1916): Intertwined in Dedication |
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Dominican Rural Missionaries: Mother Marie de St. Paul Bouffard
1909-1955: Prophet of Racial Equality |
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Benedictine Monks: Father Odilo Alt
1891-1969: Missionary of St. Tammany Parish |
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Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament: Sister Mary Frances Buttell
1884-1977: Visionary for Xavier University |
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Poor Clare Nuns: Sister Melicere Perret
1888-1982: A Hidden Life of Prayer |
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Brothers of the Sacred Heart: Brother Martin Hernandez
1904-1991: Foresighted Educator |
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Daughters of Charity: Sister Henrietta Guyot
1909-1995: Leader in Nursing Education |
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Eucharistic Missionaries of St. Dominic: Sister Anne Bernadas
1913-1985: Laughter Within the Mystery |
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Sisters of Mount Carmel: Sister Mary Grace Danos
1915-1989: "For Her Monument, Look Around You" |
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Eucharistic Missionaries of St. Dominic: Sister Jeanne Lugo
1920-1996: Prophet of Multi-Cultural Catechesis |
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Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart: Sister Aloysius Almerico
1905-1997: Woman of Vision |
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Sisters of the Holy Family: Sister Audrey Marie Detiege
1927-1989: Biographer of Henriette Delille |
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