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Mission School. We will review our history and other historical sources to gain a fuller understanding of the history of Native American schools. We will take our time to fully explore the injustices these schools inflicted upon Native American peoples and then seek to achieve a true and deep reconciliation.” This statement came out after the list of Catholic run Native Boarding schools in the United States was released by the Catholic Truth and Healing Organization.
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first, “...and eventually they hoped to be employed in evangelizing the
Indians, a work for which they most ardently longed.” When Mother Xavier returned back to Nashville, she could only report back to the Sisters that there were four Indian tribes; Pawnee, Osage, Kansa, and the Paducah. While the Sisters listened, ““The young Sisters sat by waiting, if possible, to get in a word 'edgewise' to ask Mother 'if she saw any Indians,’ for the word
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preacher. At the age of sixteen she converted to Roman
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land (was then given 5 free) and on Feast of St. Catherine of Siena, the foundation of the Mother House was laid. Interestingly enough, the ground plan of the Mother House is in the formation of a cross.
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