Besides providing a vivid yet scholarly account of a religious order, this book reflects much of the regional history of the area where the nuns have done their work. The order maintains the College of St. Catherine and numerous other institutions in Minnesota and North Dakota.
Sister Helen Angela Hurley worked as a Sister of St. Joseph in the Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul, Minnesota.
“A first class addition to the history of education in America.”
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Annals of American Academy of Political and Social Science