Category Archives: Location
Letter from C.S. Lewis to Sister Madeleva
Birthday poem from Sister Madeleva to Clare Booth Luce
Sister Mary Madeleva
Sister Madeleva and actress Helen Hayes
Sister Estelle Ghidoni, biology professor
Novices (Eskimo) of the Daughters of Our Lady of the Snow at the Mission of the Little Flowe
Novices (Eskimo) of the Daughters of Our Lady of the Snow at the Mission of the Little Flower, Hooper Bay, Alaska: The Society of Our Lady of the Snow was a local community of religious sisters founded by Reverend John P. Fox, S.J., which served the Little Flower Mission, 1932-1945, when it disbanded. Reverend John …
Reverend Francis M. Craft (Mohawk) and the American Sisters
Reverend Francis M. Craft (Mohawk) and the American Sisters: Mother Mary Anthony Cloud Robe (Susie Bordeaux)(Brulé), Sr. Mary Joseph (Josephine Two Bears) (Hunkpapa), Sr. Mary Gregory or Gertrude (Ellen Clark)(Hunkpapa), and Sr. Mary Bridget (Annie Pleets)(Hunkpapa), at U.S. Military Hospital, Havana, Cuba: Rev. Craft and the sisters were inspired by Sacred White Buffalo Woman of …
Jack Hokeah (ca. 1900-1960)(Kiowa) and an unidentified friend visiting Sister Mary Olivia Taylor
Jack Hokeah (ca. 1900-1960)(Kiowa) and an unidentified friend visiting Sister Mary Olivia Taylor (Choctaw-Chickasaw) of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis (Loretto, Pennsylvania)(O.S.F.)* at St. Patrick’s School, Anadarko, Oklahoma: Hokeah, an internationally known painter in an artists’ group called the “Kiowa Five”, received his first art instruction from Sister Olivia, who was his grade school …
The Administration Building
The Administration Building: In 1890, the Administration building is under construction for Loretto Heights Academy, an elementary and secondary school for girls. The Administration Building, originally called Tower Hall, was the first building on campus. When completed, a year later, nineteen Sisters of Loretto at the Foot of the Cross and fifty-one students move in.