Friday, July 2, 2021

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/



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