Students and one Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet standing outside St. Mary's Academy. The Sisters opened the Graceville school in 1885. It was destroyed by fire in 1898. Indian children from the nearby Sisseton agency and children of white settlers attended the school. A new school was built in 1900 and a high school was added in 1915. Both the elementary and secondary schools were closed by 1969.
St. Mary's Grade School students with a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet in front of an unusual fountain in lowertown St. Paul. The Sisters of St. Joseph staffed the school from 1869-1970.
Two girls standing in front of the Mahoney residence, the first site of St. Joseph's Academy, where three Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet cared for orphans and taught classes in art and music. Six months after their arrival, the Sisters developed an academic curriculum and taught classes in a vacant public school.
Students stand, in military arrangement, outside of St. Bernard's convent school holding rifles. St. Bernard's was a school for boys staffed by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet from 1905-1910. It was also a military academy with training provided to the boys by a Civil War veteran. Staffing a school with military training was very unusual for the Sisters of St. Joseph. The school was destroyed by fire in 1910.
Photograph showing the exterior of St. Agatha's Conservatory. The first location (1884-1886) of St. Agatha's Conservatory of Art and Music was in the Lick house, on 10th and Main streets. (It had belonged to Dr. William Lick, an eye doctor charged with the murder of his wife.) Classes of music and needlework were offered here. The house also served as a residence for about 20 Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet teaching in downtown Catholic grade schools.
Sister Hyacinth Werden, an excellent educator was the first principal at Derham Hall. In January 1905, 70 boarding students from St. Joseph's Academy, St. Paul, moved out to a developing area in the southwestern part of the city, where the new school was located. This was the official opening of the College of St. Catherine. In addition to the high school boarding students there were "young ladies of uncertain age who were grouped together as 'specials.' "
Grade school students in a classroom and sitting at their desks. The Sisters of St. Joseph took over the administration and staffing of Notre Dame de Lourdes School from the Grey Nuns in 1906.
Exterior view of the Mendota Convent School. The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet staffed the Mendota Convent School (a. k. a. the Sibley House) from 1867 - 1879. The school was owned by the nearby Church of St. Peter. Students included children of Native Americans and white settlers.
Three buildings at the former McNair residence (1301 Linden Ave. North) used by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet as St. Margaret's Academy, a private secondary school. The school remained at this location until 1960, when a new school was built in the Kenwood area of Minneapolis.
Eighth grade graduating class at Ascension Grade School, Minneapolis. The Sisters of St. Joseph staffed the parish school from 1897 until the middle 1980s.