Category Archives: 20th Century
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 …
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 …
Religious sisters of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family (S.S.F.)
Religious sisters of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family (S.S.F.)* of New Orleans at St. Martin’s Church, St. Martinville, Louisiana: Henriette Delille, a free woman of African descent, founded the Sisters of the Holy Family in New Orleans in 1842 to serve the poor, primarily by educating youth and caring for the …