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by bcadmin | Mar 7, 2022 | College of St. Catherine, Diocesan Teachers College, Dominicans, Echoes of Catholic Minnesota, Featured, Felicians, Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls, Germanic-American Institute, Hill House, James J. Hill House, Mary Meaghan Hill, Minnesota Historical Society, News, Notre Dame School, Oblate Sisters of Providence, Presentation Sisters, Servites, Sisters of Christian Charity, Sisters of Loretto, Sisters of Mercy and Sisters of St. Joseph, Sisters of St. Benedict, The School Sisters of Notre Dame | 0 |
James J. Hill’s wife, Mary Meaghan Hill, was the last member of the family to live in the Hill family’s opulent 36,000-square-foot mansion at 240 Summit Avenue. When she died in 1921, she had no will, and an equal share of her estate passed to each of her children.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 9, 2021 | College of St. Catherine, Echoes of Catholic Minnesota, News, Sister Antonia McHugh, St. Kate's | 0 |
The year 1937 was pivotal for Sister Antonia McHugh and the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul. Sister Antonia retired after 23 years as the leader of the college, first as its dean and then as the college’s first president. A few months later, she received word that St. Catherine’s would be the first Catholic college to be granted a Phi Beta Kappa chapter.
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