Convent of the Holy Family
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Sisters of the Holy Family, circa 1917
The Convent of the Holy Family in New Orleans, Louisiana was the first convent in the United States for black women.[1] It was founded by four women, the eldest of whom was known as Mother Juliette. Little is known about any of them. The Convent would go on to operate a home for elderly or infirm women, a home for orphans and other charitable work.[2]
Sisters at the convent renewed their vows every year for the first ten years, after which the vows became perpetual.[3]
The Convent's first facility was an unassuming structure on Bayou street, but the Sisters soon moved to a new site, originally the ballroom attached to the Orleans Theater.[4]
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