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St. Patrick Cathedral is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of El Paso, Texas. The cathedral is located at 1118 N. Mesa Street, north of the downtown area. It is the mother church for 668,000 Catholics in the diocese. The cathedral parish operates one of El Paso's Catholic high schools, Cathedral High School, and St. Patrick Elementary School adjacent to the church.
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The Sisters of Loretto or the Loretto Community is a Catholic religious institute that strives "to bring the healing Spirit of God into our world." Founded in the United States in 1812 and based in the rural community of Nerinx, Kentucky, the organization has communities in 16 US states and in Bolivia, Chile, China, Ghana, Pakistan, and Peru.
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Jerusha Booth Barber, in religion, Sister Mary Augustine was a 19th-century American educator and Visitation sister. She entered the Georgetown Visitation Convent in 1818, with her husband entering the Jesuits. She founded a convent of visitation in Kaskaskia, Illinois, in 1836, remaining there till 1844. She taught in a convent in St. Louis, Missouri, from 1844 till 1848, and in Mobile, Alabama, until the time of her death. Her only son, Samuel, became a Jesuit, and her four daughters entered the convent.
Rosa Ramirez Guerrero is a Mexican American educator, artist and historian from El Paso, Texas. She was the founder of the International Folklorico Dance Group. Guerrero has also been active with work in the Catholic Church, and has been called the "Dancing Missionary" in religious circles. She is also known for her multicultural dance programs which have been performed around the country and featured in a film called Tapestry. She was inducted into the Texas Women's Hall of Fame and has an El Paso school named after her.
Gregoria Ortega is a Mexican American activist and religious sister. She is best known for her support of students in an Abilene school walkout and her co-creation of the religious organization for Hispanic sisters and lay women in the Catholic Church, Las Hermanas. She continues work as an activist today.
Orla Treacy is an Irish Loreto sister who runs a boarding school in war torn South Sudan and she works for Women's education and prevent child marriages. Born in 1973 in Bray, County Wicklow, she became an International Women of Courage Award recipient in 2019.
Mother Mary Praxedes Carty was an Irish American educator and member of the Roman Catholic order of the Sisters of Loretto. Mother Praxedes worked throughout the Southwestern and Western areas of the United States building and improving churches and schools. She is known for updating the constitution for the order of the Sisters of Loretto, helping to build the school now known as Webster University and for founding the Loretto Academy in El Paso, Texas.
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Mary Antona Ebo, FSM, was an American nun, hospital administrator, and civil rights activist. She was the first African-American woman to head a Catholic hospital, and is known for marching with Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma in 1965, famously saying "I'm here because I'm a Negro, a nun, a Catholic, and because I want to bear witness."
M. Sue Kurita is an American judge. Kurita graduated from Loretto Academy in 1972. She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) and a master's degree in counseling from Webster University. During Kurita's first year at Texas Tech University School of Law, she was diagnosed with cancer before Spring Break. Kurita, who was raising her daughter on her own, underwent cancer treatments and the school provided support so she could finish her assignments on time. Kurita graduated law school in 1985. She passed the Texas bar in 1986. In 1998, she was appointed the Judge of the El Paso County Court at Law, No. 6.
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- 1 2 3 4 "Obituary for Lilliana Owens, 1898-1992 (Aged 94)". The Parsons Sun. 1992-09-30. p. 4. Retrieved 2022-06-07– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Sister Lilliana Owens Writes for 'Register'". The Catholic Advance. 1948-06-11. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-06-09– via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 "Nun Writes History of Loretto Sisters". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1965-07-29. p. 70. Retrieved 2022-06-17– via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 3 Wilson, Laurel (2018-03-22). "Loretto History Through Comics". Loretto Community. Retrieved 2022-06-09.
- ↑ "Loretto Librarian to Attend Meeting". El Paso Herald-Post. 1955-04-04. p. 13. Retrieved 2022-06-17– via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 "Vatican Cardinal Praises Book Written by Nun". El Paso Herald-Post. 1953-09-19. p. 2. Retrieved 2022-06-24– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Wilson, Laurel (2018-05-24). "The Sisters of Loretto and the Great Flood of 1937". Loretto Community. Retrieved 2022-06-09.
- ↑ "Nun Writes Comic Book". El Paso Times. 1948-11-29. p. 14. Retrieved 2022-06-17– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ McGloin 1954, p. 157.
- ↑ McGloin 1954, p. 158.
- ↑ "Writes History of Loretto Nuns in State". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1965-07-08. p. 72. Retrieved 2022-06-17– via Newspapers.com.
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- McGloin, John Bernard (April 1954). "Most Reverend Anthony J. Schuler, S.J., D.D. First Bishop of El Paso. And Some Catholic Activities in the Diocese Between 1915-1942". New Mexico Historical Review. 29 (2): 157–159 – via Internet Archive.