Convent of the Holy Family
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The Convent of the Holy Family in New Orleans, Louisiana was the first convent in the United States for black women.[1] It was founded by four women, the eldest of whom was known as Mother Juliette. Little is known about any of them. The Convent would go on to operate a home for elderly or infirm women, a home for orphans and other charitable work.[2]
Sisters at the convent renewed their vows every year for the first ten years, after which the vows became perpetual.[3]
The Convent's first facility was an unassuming structure on Bayou street, but the Sisters soon moved to a new site, originally the ballroom attached to the Orleans Theater.[4]
[edit] References
- Southern, Eileen (1997). Music of Black Americans. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.. ISBN 0393038432.
- Grace King (1926). New Orleans: The Place and the People. The Macmillan Company. Retrieved on June 2.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Southern, pg. 132
- ^ King, pg. 336
- ^ King, pg. 334
- ^ Que La Fete Commence
