Students and one SisterofSt. Josephof Carondelet standing outside St. Mary's Academy. The Sisters opened the Graceville school in 1885. It was destroyed by fire in 1898. Indian children from the nearby Sisseton agency and children of white settlers attended the school. A new school was built in 1900 and a high school was added in 1915. Both the elementary and secondary schools were closed by 1969.
St. Mary's Grade School students with a SisterofSt. Josephof Carondelet in front of an unusual fountain in lowertown St. Paul. The SistersofSt. Joseph staffed the school from 1869-1970.
A pen and ink drawing ofSt. Joseph's Academy at its new location on Marshall and Western. This school, with later building additions, was the successor to the log cabin Bench Street school. The SistersofSt. Josephof Carondelet owned and operated the school until 1971.
Two girls standing in front of the Mahoney residence, the first site ofSt. Joseph's Academy, where three SistersofSt. Josephof Carondelet cared for orphans and taught classes in art and music. Six months after their arrival, the Sisters developed an academic curriculum and taught classes in a vacant public school.
Sister Hyacinth Werden, an excellent educator was the first principal at Derham Hall. In January 1905, 70 boarding students from St. Joseph's Academy, St. Paul, moved out to a developing area in the southwestern part of the city, where the new school was located. This was the official opening of the College ofSt. Catherine. In addition to the high school boarding students there were "young ladies of uncertain age who were grouped together as 'specials.' "
Three buildings at the former McNair residence (1301 Linden Ave. North) used by the SistersofSt. Josephof Carondelet as St. Margaret's Academy, a private secondary school. The school remained at this location until 1960, when a new school was built in the Kenwood area of Minneapolis.
Photograph showing the exterior ofSt. Agatha's Conservatory. The first location (1884-1886) ofSt. Agatha's Conservatory of Art and Music was in the Lick house, on 10th and Main streets. (It had belonged to Dr. William Lick, an eye doctor charged with the murder of his wife.) Classes of music and needlework were offered here. The house also served as a residence for about 20 SistersofSt. Josephof Carondelet teaching in downtown Catholic grade schools.
Students arranged on the front stairs ofSt. Margaret's Academy. St. Margaret's Academy (at two sites -- one in North Minneapolis and a second site (1960) in the Kenwood neighborhood) was owned and operated by the SistersofSt. Josephof Carondelet from 1907-1974. It included a grade school from 1907-1920. It offered an excellent academic education, as well as courses in art and music, and in commercial subjects.
Students stand, in military arrangement, outside ofSt. Bernard's convent school holding rifles. St. Bernard's was a school for boys staffed by the SistersofSt. Josephof Carondelet from 1905-1910. It was also a military academy with training provided to the boys by a Civil War veteran. Staffing a school with military training was very unusual for the SistersofSt. Joseph. The school was destroyed by fire in 1910.
Eighth grade graduating class at Ascension Grade School, Minneapolis. The SistersofSt. Joseph staffed the parish school from 1897 until the middle 1980s.
Grade school students in a classroom and sitting at their desks. The SistersofSt. Joseph took over the administration and staffing of Notre Dame de Lourdes School from the Grey Nuns in 1906.