In celebration of 150 years in the United States, the Sisters of Notre Dame and employees visited historic SND sites around the Cleveland area where the Sisters first became established in the United States after fleeing religious persecution in Prussia.
SND Archivist Sister Elizabeth Wood and Sister Eileen Quinlan led the tour. Stops included visits to St. Peter and St. Stephen Churches, where the Sisters first ministered after arriving in the New World in 1874.
Another stop on the tour was the site where Mount Saint Mary Institute stood, the orphanage founded and run by SND from 1884 to 1929. The property was purchased by the Benedictine Order of Cleveland and has been the location of Benedictine High School and St. Andrew Abbey since 1929. Foundress Sister Maria Aloysia Wolbring served at Mount Saint Mary Institute for three years before her death in 1889. Next, was a visit to St. Joseph Cemetery to pray at the stone memorializing Sister Aloysia and 116 other Sisters are buried in hillside graves and a stone vault.
The last stop was Notre Dame Apartments. This building served as Notre Dame Academy and the provincial center from 1915-1963 on Ansel Road in Cleveland, OH. The historic building was restored and redeveloped in 1999 as low-income senior housing by the Famicos Foundation.
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National Provincial Center
13000 Auburn Rd.
Chardon, OH 44024
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