by Jeff Barlis and Travis Pillow Catholic Schools Week is a national celebration of Catholic education, but don’t tell LaToya Jones of Jacksonville that it only lasts for one week. Jones celebrates her school – St. Pius V Catholic School – on a daily basis. The church rents its former convent[Read More…]
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The Sisters of St. Joseph
A century ago, three Catholic sisters in St. Augustine, Fla. were arrested for something the state Legislature had recently made a crime: Teaching black children at what, in the parlance of the time, was known as a “negro school.” The ensuing trial propelled a 266-year-old French Catholic order and America’s[Read More…]