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“Teach the children
that there is no heaven for the poor alone and for
the rich alone but poor and rich are together in
heaven.”
Mother M. Anselma
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From the time of
the founding of our Community by Mother M. Anselma,
the education of children has been an important
service through which we make Christ's merciful Love
visible.
Our teaching
apostolate began in 1979, when the Sisters began
serving parish schools in Alton. Currently we teach
in the following locations.
In 1986, our
Sisters began teaching at St. Catherine’s Grade
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In 1987,
Sacred Heart Convent was founded in South
Amboy, New Jersey and our Sisters began
teaching at Cardinal McCarrick High School.
In 1988
our Sisters began teaching at St. Mary’s
Grade School in Alton, Illinois. |
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Also in 1988 one of our Sisters began
teaching at the Franciscan University of
Steubenville until 1994. Another Sister
began teaching there in 1999 and is
presently on the University faculty.
In 1991 our Province spread to the Diocese
of Peoria, Illinois. We presently teach at
Alleman High School in Rock Island,
Illinois.
In 1992 we opened St. Sixtus Convent in
Hastings, Nebraska. Our Sisters work in the
Hastings Catholic Schools. We teach and
work in administration at St. Michael’s
Grade School, and teach at St. Cecilia’s
Middle School and High School. |
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In 1995 our Sisters began teaching
at St. Matthew’s Grade School in
Champaign, Illinois.
In 1998 our Sisters began teaching
at St. Alban Roe Grade School in
Wildwood, Missouri. |
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In 2000 our Sisters began teaching at
Aquinas High School in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
In 2005 our Sisters began teaching at St.
James Academy in Kansas City, Kansas. |
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