Convent of the Holy Family

The Convent of the Holy Family in New Orleans, Louisiana was the first convent in the United States for black women.[1] It was co-founded by three women: Henriette DeLille, Juliette Gaudin, and Josephine Charles.[2] The Convent would go on to operate a home for elderly or infirm women, a home for orphans and other charitable work.[3]

Sisters of the Holy Family, circa 1917

Sisters at the convent renewed their vows every year for the first ten years, after which the vows became perpetual.[4]

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.[5]

References
  • Southern, Eileen (1997). Music of Black Americans. New York: W.W. Norton & Co. ISBN 0-393-03843-2.
  • Grace King (1926). New Orleans: The Place and the People. The Macmillan Company. Retrieved June 2, 2008.

Notes
  1. Southern, pg. 132
  2. "Sisters of the Holy Family". www.sistersoftheholyfamily.com. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
  3. King, pg. 336
  4. King, pg. 334
  5. Que La Fete Commence

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