Sisters of the Holy Cross

You know the "Fighting Irish". 

The Sisters of the Holy Cross were the second French congregation to set down roots in the northern Indiana frontier.  They are part of a three-branch tree --  Fathers, Brothers, and Sisters -- founded by Blessed Basil Moreau.  If the reader will pardon me for using a page from the Holy Cross Fathers, they can explain their foundation -- and post-nomials -- better than I can:

https://www.holycrossusa.org/about-us/history-spirituality/

Once the Sisters arrived in Indiana, they provided domestic services for the Fathers and Brothers.  They also established St Mary's College for Women. Those buildings are part of the University of Notre Dame campus, and were recently sold to the same.  The St Mary's College half of the campus can be seen in this photo, which is part of the property sale dispatch:

https://www.saintmarys.edu/news/buildings-purchased-sisters-holy-cross

The university's famous building with the Golden Dome is off to the right, out of the picture.  The picture shown in Dehey included the structures of the Golden Dome. 

 The Spirituality of the Holy Cross congregation is based on the Twelve Virtues:

https://www.cscsisters.org/father-moreau/

This author has been under the impression that the Congregation of Holy Cross is Ignatian. Please leave a comment if that is incorrect. 

Vocational Link:

https://www.cscsisters.org/international-novitiate/

Sisters of the Holy Family

The Sisters of the Holy Family are the second congregation for women of color, founded by Venerable Henriette Delille:

https://www.henriettedelille.com/

Articles about Venerable Henriette:

https://www.nola.com/archive/article_fdb34525-b68d-5910-9bfe-931c3acc275d.html

https://www.wwno.org/podcast/tripod-new-orleans-at-300/2016-11-03/henriette-delille-and-the-sisters-of-the-holy-family

Amongst their ministries is the oldest Catholic nursing home in the US. 

Congregational History:

https://www.sistersoftheholyfamily.com/history

Site of their former Convent:

https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=51489

Please consider a donation to this congregation. They are still recovering/repairing from Hurricane Katrina. 

Vocation link:

https://www.sistersoftheholyfamily.com/vocations

Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur: Cincinnati; Belmont; Waltham

The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur were the second women's congregation of Ignatian spirituality to come to the US.  St Julie Billiart founded this Sisterhood around the time of the French Revolution, after a miraculous cure. Before Vatican II, they were primarily a teaching congregation. More history here:

https://www.sndden.org/who-we-are/our-history/

Cincinnati, OH:

Building shown in Dehey:

https://www.summitcds.org/admission/virtual-tour

The Summit Historical Tours Series:

https://www.summitcds.org/about/history-traditions/the-summit-historical-tour-series

Belmont, CA:

https://www.ndnu.edu/about/history/

Building shown in Dehey:

(Seismic retrofitting funding goal reached!):

http://www.ralstonhall.com/

Waltham, MA:

Building shown in Dehey:

https://sndnewengland.pastperfectonline.com/photo/4EDC01B1-D028-47AD-ABD4-064847013123

Sister Dorothy Stang (martyred in Brazil):

https://snddenwest.org/sister-dorothy-stang/

Vocations links:

https://www.sndden.org/join-us/become-a-sister/

https://snddenwest.org/join-us/becomesister/

Sisters of Providence, St Mary of the Woods

"The Woods" are open, again!  Coronavirus restrictions have been lifted!

This frontier congregation was founded by St Mother Theodore Guerin of France in the backwoods of Indiana.  Once the campus was developed, a visitor said that it was as if a bit of Europe had transplanted there. 

Where she came from:

https://www.providenceruillesurloir.com/come-and-visit-our-motherh/

More about her:

https://spsmw.org/about/saint-mother-theodore-guerin/

"The Woods" History:

https://spsmw.org/about/history/

Motherhouse and grounds:

https://spsmw.org/visit/must-sees/

Former Aspirancy School:

https://spsmw.org/about/alumni/providence-juniorate-aspirancy-saint-mary-woods-ind/

St Mary's of the Woods College:

https://www.smwc.edu/about/history/

Vocational Link:

https://spsmw.org/join-us/

Sisters of St Joseph III: Wichita; Tipton; Kalamazoo; LaGrange; Fall River; South Berwick; Orange (Ohio, Louisiana, Twin Cities)

Continuing...

Wichita, KS:

Now part of the Congregation of St Joseph:

https://www.csjoseph.org/our-heritage/

Building shown in Dehey:

https://www.kmuw.org/post/old-wichita-convent-offers-new-home-kansas-foster-kids-setting-out-their-own

Tipton, IN:

Now part of the Congregation of St Joseph:

https://www.csjoseph.org/our-heritage/

Building shown in Dehey:

https://stjosephretreat.org/sisters-of-st-joseph

Kalamazoo, MI:

Now part of the Congregation of St Joseph:

https://www.csjoseph.org/our-heritage/

Building shown in Dehey:

https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2020/03/from-icon-to-rubble-nazareth-motherhouse-demolished-in-kalamazoo.html

(Yours Truly participated in the Save Nazareth Motherhouse movement). 

LaGrange, IL:

Now part of the Congregation of St Joseph:

https://www.csjoseph.org/our-heritage/

Building shown in Dehey:

https://m.facebook.com/pages/category/Elementary-School/Our-Lady-of-Bethlehem-Academy-OLB-1614297662190475/

Fall River, MA:

Merged with Springfield in the 1970s.  

http://ssjspringfield.org/aboutus/ourhistory/

Realty listing (not sure if still on market):

https://jbarrettrealty.com/listing/72544272/2501-south-main-street-fall-river-ma-02724/

South Berwick, ME:

This community is part of the Congregation of Lyon:

https://www.stjosephlyon.org/who-are-we/?lang=en

Now in Winslow:

http://www.csjwinslowmaine.org/history.html

Orange, CA:

https://csjorange.org/about-us/our-history/

Dehey actually missed three houses: Baton Rouge; Cincinnati; and the Twin Cities. They became part of the consolidation which gave rise to the Congregation of St Joseph. 

Baton Rouge's history:

https://www.sjabr.org/about/history

Cincinnati's McNicholas High School history:

https://www.mcnhs.org/about-mcnick/our-history

(Homepage has pix of building)

Cincinnati's Fontbonne Home:

https://www.thecatholictelegraph.com/throwback-thursday-a-home-for-unmarried-businesswomen/36177

Another link mentioning that the three houses in question were formed into the Sisters of St Joseph of Medaille:

https://sistershealthfdn.org/about-us/heritage-of-the-sisters-of-st-joseph/

The Congregation of St Joseph's website will mention Medaille, then another city, in a deceased sister's obituary. 

Vocational Links:

Wichita; Tipton; Kalamazoo; LaGrange; Baton Rouge; Cincinnati; Twin Cities:

https://www.csjoseph.org/as-a-sister/

Springfield:

http://ssjspringfield.org/aboutus/jointhecommunityof/becomeasister/

No Vocational Link for South Berwick/Winslow. 

Orange:

https://csjorange.org/becoming-a-sister/

Sisters of St Joseph II: St Augustine; Baden; Cleveland; Rutland; Boston; Watertown; Concordia; Hartford

Continuing...

St Augustine, FL:

https://ssjfl.org/our-legacy

Baden, PA:

https://www.stjoseph-baden.org/history/

Chapel:

https://archive.triblive.com/lifestyles/more-lifestyles/sisters-tour-of-baden-chapel-to-examine-history-architecture/

Cleveland, OH:

Please see Congregation of St Joseph:

https://www.csjoseph.org/our-heritage/

Building shown in Dehey:

https://www.sja1890.org/

Rutland, VT:

This congregation merged with Springfield, MA, in 2001:

http://ssjspringfield.org/aboutus/ourhistory/

Article discussing diversity at Mount St Joseph Academy with picture:

https://www.vpr.org/post/despite-setbacks-rutlands-msj-academy-works-boost-diversity-and-enrollment#stream/0

Boston, MA:

https://www.csjboston.org/who-we-are/our-history/

Watertown, NY:

https://ssjwatertown.org/community-history

Concordia, KS:

https://www.csjkansas.org/nazareth-convent-and-academy/

Hartford, CT:

Hartford is unique, in that it belongs to the congregation of Chambery:

https://www.csjchambery.org/en/historia

Hartford's history:

https://sistersofsaintjoseph.org/sistersofsaintjoseph.php?category=33

Vocational Links:

St Augustine:

https://ssjfl.org/becoming-a-sister

Baden:

https://www.stjoseph-baden.org/become-a-sister/

Cleveland:

https://www.csjoseph.org/as-a-sister/

Rutland:

http://ssjspringfield.org/aboutus/jointhecommunityof/

Boston:

https://www.csjboston.org/join-our-mission/interested-in-being-a-sister/

Watertown:

https://ssjwatertown.org/become-a-sister

Concordia:

https://www.csjkansas.org/about/vowed-members/

Hartford:

https://sistersofsaintjoseph.org/sistersofsaintjoseph.php?category=23

Part III follows...

Sisters of St Joseph I: International; US Federation; Congregation of St Joseph; Carondelet; Philadelphia; Wheeling; Buffalo; New Orleans; Brooklyn; Erie; Rochester

The Sisters of St Joseph gave hands and feet to St Francis de Sales' original design for the Visitation sisters. They also borrowed heavily from the Vincentian model of service. 

Having been founded by a Jesuit, the Sisters are Ignatian-Salesian in spirituality. 

Sisters of St Joseph International Center:

https://www.centreinternationalssj.org/spirit-spirituality

US Federation of the Sisters of St Joseph (common Le Puy heritage):

https://www.cssjfed.org/

What Does a Consolidation of Sisters' Communities Look Like?

https://www.globalsistersreport.org/news/people/religious-life/news/what-does-consolidation-sisters-communities-look

Congregation of St Joseph (a consolidation):

https://www.csjoseph.org/our-heritage/

Carondelet, St Louis, MO:

https://csjcarondelet.org/our-history/

Building shown in Dehey is the far corner of the Motherhouse seen on lower right:

https://www.csjsl.org/motherhouse/about-the-motherhouse

Province of St Paul, MN:

https://www.csjstpaul.org/our-heritage-csj/

Province of Albany, NY:

http://www.csjalbany.org/index.cfm/ProvincialHouse/

Province of Los Angeles, CA:

https://csjla.org/our-heritage/

The Province of Augusta, GA, may no longer exist:

https://georgiahistory.com/ghmi_marker_updated/the-sisters-of-saint-joseph-in-augusta/

Philadelphia, PA:

https://www.ssjphila.org/home/about-us/

Building shown in Dehey:

Chestnut Hill College, PA:

(View "St Joseph Hall"):

https://www.chc.edu/visit-chestnut-hill-college-anytime

Wheeling, WV:

Please see the aforementioned link for the Congregation of St Joseph. 

Mt St Joseph from Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Saint_Joseph_(West_Virginia)

Buffalo, NY:

https://buffalossj.org/our-history/

New Orleans, LA:

Originally a member of the Bourg congregation, they are now part of the new Congregation of St Joseph. 

Congregation of Bourg:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congregation_of_the_Sisters_of_St._Joseph_of_Bourg

Congregation of Medaille:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisters_of_Saint_Joseph_of_Medaille

New Orleans building shown in Dehey:

Bell Artspace (former St Joseph Academy):

https://www.artspace.org/bell

Before restoration:

http://www.neworleanschurches.com/oldstjoacad/stjoeacad.htm

They turned the Katrina-damaged motherhouse property into a wetland. This is pretty remarkable:

https://www.globalsistersreport.org/news/earthbeat/religious-life/news/water-management-st-joseph-sisters-create-massive-rain-garden-new

Brooklyn/Brentwood, NY:

https://brentwoodcsj.org/about-us/

Building shown in Dehey:

https://patch.com/new-york/brentwood-central-islip/brentwood-property-be-considered-historic-registry

Erie, PA:

https://ssjerie.org/about-us/

Building shown in Dehey (senior housing):

https://www.hands-erie.org/listings/villa-preservation-1/

Rochester, NY:

https://www.ssjrochester.org/Default.aspx?rd=3137&rn=History

Vocational Links:

Congregation of St Joseph:

(Wheeling and New Orleans):

https://www.csjoseph.org/as-a-sister/

Carondelet:

https://csjcarondelet.org/becoming-a-sister/

Albany:

http://www.csjalbany.org/index.cfm/Vocation/

St Paul:

https://www.csjstpaul.org/sister-membership/steps-to-becoming/

Los Angeles:

https://csjla.org/become-a-sister-2/

Philadelphia:

https://www.ssjphila.org/home/becoming-an-ssj/curious-about-becoming-a-sister/

Buffalo:

No Vocational Link, but here's a contact page:

https://buffalossj.org/our-history/directory/

Brooklyn/Brentwood:

https://brentwoodcsj.org/ways-to-join-us/

Erie:

https://ssjerie.org/get-involved/become-a-sister-agregee-or-associate/

Rochester:

https://www.ssjrochester.org/Default.aspx?RD=4788

Part II follows...