St Rose Academy - Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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'T T PAGE THIR Y TWO SA 'NIT ROSE ACADEMY BRANNAN STREET SAN FRANC SCO

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PAGE THIRTY ONE .A.-LJ 850 FOUNDED DOM N CAN CONVENT MONTEREY

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Today every sectton of our Unrted States knows and loves both Domrnr can Prrests and Do rnrcan Srste-rs The hrstory of the-rr actwlty rn Callfornra runs parallel wnh the proaress of our Golden State What couraa rs shown rn hat fearless lrttle Domrntcan group' Brshop Alemany O P Father Vrlarrasa O P ana Mother Mary Goemaere O P Journeyed rn 1850 from rrch eleaant Parts to the prrmrtrve adobe shelters rn Monterey Soon a natrv Caltfornra arrl Concepcron Arauello entered th1s novttrate and became Srst r Mary Domrnrca O P Others followed her example The Lord of the Harvest qenerously blessed the work and when Benecra then known as the Crty by the Stlver Gate became the State Caprtal rt wel comed the Dormnrcans from Monterey The Sarnt Catherrne s Convent preserved 1ts name even rn 1ts new locatron and rt arew so raprdly that rn 1862 rt sent frve Srsters to establrsh a School dedlcated to Samt Rose rn the raptdly arowrnq c1t,1 of San Francrsco ln a lrttle frame burldrna on Brannan Street near Fourth the Ctty by the Golden Gate aave frrendly shelter to our frrst Sarnt Ftose Academy The courage of the Domrnrcan Srsters rnet the drffrcultres of proneer days By the year 1878 more room was necessary to accommodate the number of puprls so Ststers and Students moved to a larqer frame burldrnq located on Golden Gate Avenue near Sterner Street Thrs School was completely destroyed by frre on October 6 1893 A temporary home for Sarnt Rose Academy was provtded rn a small frame cottaqe near Sacred Heart Church by the krrdness of the Pastor Father Flood Gratefully the Srsters accepted these lrvrnq quarters but as soon as pos srble they looked for a laraer burldrnq rn whrch they could both lrve and have classrooms ln 1900 a larqe house on Scott Street near Post was rented and aqarn a number of students reqrstered for study lt was the rntentton to make thrs a temporary Sarnt Rose Academy untrl a new home could be burlt The spacrous burldrnq on the southeast corner of Prne and P1erce Streets was completed and dedrcated by Archbrshop Fttordan on lanuary 15 1906 The memorable earthquake on Aprrl 18th of that year caused only mrnor dam aqe to the new burldrnq The frre drd not reach 1t Sarnt Prose Academy has qrown wrth the years and has always farthfully preserved the hlahest standards rn the freld of Dommlcan educatron Com bmed wrth our admrratron for our tradrtrons we treasure opt1m1st1c ant1c1pa trons of a alorrous celebratlon rn 1902 when our loved Salnt Rose Academy ln San Francrsco wrll measure 1ts age by a century Clalre lohnstone 41 PAGE THIRTY THREE , .. G ' , vw. ,v . . . ,'. . , . ,A H 1, . . 3 . . , . 9 L . Y V - 'I 1 - -1 f - -I f - -1 f I . D . , . . . . c , ' A Q 1 . G , . . . 1 , I - 1 H . . H . . I I - 1 . . . , . . . . W I . .,.. ,X . , . . r, , H 1 I , . 1 1 , I . - I I 1 , . I I - I 7 , .