Academy of the Visitation - Crescent Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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G 19.29 Qrcsctni to spare a few Srsters for an establlshment 1n the almost unknown West Accordmgly a band of elght nobly resolved to spread therr glorrous m1ss1on of devotlon to the Sacred Heart 1n the far western country set out for Kaskaskra In thrs town once the Parrs of the West but now a poverty strncken ham let the Srsters had a hard struggle agamst poverty but Wlth the ard of a few mfluen t1al frrends they managed to establnsh therr school and were even begrnnmg to catch gllmpses of a brlght future ln the month of June 1844 therr hopes were forever dashed The M1SS1SS1pp1 Rrver rose and de stroyed the whole marnland of Illrnoxs mak 5435 fl My dear FTW? ,Q fn M3 mmm LE. ww. .4 fre ..-we TSM ,f if mf mg a t1ny 1sland of the d1str1ct of Kaskaskra The Srsters were obllged to be taken from therr Convent rn boats and proceeded to rejom a small foundatron sent from thexr Convent to St LOUIS but a short trme prevr ously ST LOUIS 1844 The first band of Srsters from Kaskaskra had taken a small house on Srxth Street Thrs was too small to accommodate the second band so they accepted from a frrend a house on Frfth Street Here they establrshed a school In 1846 the two bands reunrted and after on Nrnth Street they bu11t for themselves a Convent and Academy on Cass Avenue whrch they thought would be a permanent home Here were spent those thrxllmg years of the C1v1l War perrod After the War changes came The C1ty flourrshed and grew raprdly westward Therr patrons followed and called for the Sxsters The Srsters answered first by establrshmg a day school on Washrngton Avenue August 17 1887 Later the whole communlty removed to a handsome Convent and Academy whlch was burlt on the corner of Cabanne and Belt Avenues Here they have smce carrled on therr sprrrtual and Academlc work Paqe Eleven twelve years rn a dwelllng house K , . - Y L ' Q I I 1 . , ' v if 1 e ,, . . N, 'E ' - - , f A, 3 '- , I i . rm? .. 3 h , gm., , N l A- . 4, . --- Wa.. fs , 4 'W 'T 1 '21 'ut ' . . . 'MJ' Q- '11-V -41141 rt? ' W ' ra SJ 4-1 V 3 V - ' ' ' ' - 'f' i , .A ,,...: , A AQ ,kiwi , . f fp A -Mr , .-.L in . . . - w,, fx,-ff . - f r :V QW, I G . , we L k was . ' - 4 . ,f.-E551 1 V . 1 qw, i .qflq -1 . . . . . 1 1 - ,.,gg1,q.5:f ' y - . , 'ii , ' he 1 ' 5 p .5 ., U V N' y ' - .. 'i 3, J ' .- ' Pffffl.Ei 4- , Q - , - .4 355- -1 L, w f-Bald A ' , , as ' 3 'j3,:,t - 417. 2:- ww 1' 121 W- Q ....,..- A' 4' Q'-'M -We ' M,-. M. ,, , 1 1' Rf. v . nswgf - y . fm. A ,-51.11 1 'E Q se 1' im. - - ,s f -.H-,.,.,.w-K ' - 14.-. ' fo -'C e f a'::5if'v?wff-a ' - 3,4 .,-,1 -.1 -1 , ,, Li: ,z -55-,ir - 4- -'zo fx. 'iii - 2-ze-'14 aff.:,i:5::f W: ,.ffgfg,!.,kNa.ff .. - -- - ' ' ST-ftfxf -. . .1..'.J-... .. ,R'..-- ,V 3353 - . -Q we ' .Q 4-- 445 5 , V ' I :ff -W . , , , . ,

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Faq-121090 Qusctnl ANNECY l 610 The last rays of the scttlng sun peermg through the wmdows of the tmy chapel of the h1stor1c Chateau de Sales fell like a warm benedlctron upon the figure of a man rapt 1n an ecstasy of prayer Thxs ecstasy was to be most frurtful for the glory of the Church for of that mystrc unron of the loung heart of the sarntly Francrs de Sales and the meffable love of the Heart of God was concerved the relrglous Order of the VIS 1tat1on This Order the Benjamm of My affectrons as Our Lord Hlmself desrgnated If to Hrs Servant Margaret Mary and whlch later was to be entrusted wlth the m1ss1on of renewmg ln the world the knowledge of the love of the Sacred Heart for men was founded June srxth 1610 rn Annecy a l1t tle town of Savoy by St Francls de Sales and St Ieanne Francrs de Chantal GEORGETOWN D C 1816 For two hundred years the Order grew and spread over Europe carryrng on rts splendrd work for the Church formmg young grrls who were sent 1nto the world to be as stars set for the regeneratron of many and spreadmg far and wrde the knowledge of the love of the Heart of Chrlst But there were other countrles that needed rts beneficent mfluences and mto the heart of an emled JCSUII prlest God sent Hrs 1n sprratron to found the Order 1n the Umted States Vklrth three women natlves of Ire land th1S prrest Pr Neale now Brshop of Georgetown began hrs work After herorc struggles agarnst poverty and opposrtron from al sides the Order was at last firmly establxshed ln 1816 when BlShOp Neale S J became Archbrshop of Baltrmore KASKASKIA ILLINOIS 1833 In Aprrl 1833 the now flourrshxng Con vent at Georgetown felt rtself strong enough Paae Ten ZvQiSfYQzfLJs.r,

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ST ATUE OE THE SACRED HEART