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This
Catholic community of women was founded in 1868 by Father Edward Daems (1826 - 1879) who came to northeastern Wisconsin to minister to the local Belgian immigrants. Seeing the need for teachers, Father Daems asked two local women – Pauline LaPlante ( - 1926) and Christine Rousseau ( - 1900)
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Buildings and structures in Brown County, Wisconsin
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