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MHSH024A.jpg
Sister M. Gertrude, O.P.; formerly Fanny Curry, a pupil of the Mission Helpers' St. Peter Claver's Industrial School and Home

MHSH036A.jpg
Two sisters with girls on the day of their First Communion in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Photo taken in 1909.

MHSH001A.jpg
The vow Sister Demetrias (born Mary Cunningham, eventually Mother Demetrias) took on October 2, 1892.

JulianaToDemNov61904.pdf
In this letter of November 6, 1904 to Mother Demetrias, Sr. M. Juliana describes at length how the Mission Helpers in Trenton, NJ are running their kindergarten for Italian children.

JulianaToDemNov61904.pdf
Transcription:

"My dear Mother Demetrias,
We thought you might like to hear a little about our new Kindergarden or school as Father calls it. Mother Michael told Sister Wenceslause [sic] and myself monday night we were to go down on Bayard St and…

Demetrias_1910.pdf
A note attached to the article states: "A.R.T. - This was in Mo. Demetrias' home. It was given to us by Teresa."

1921_Report.pdf
This document, compiled in 1921 and sent to the Vatican for review, reports the activities of the Mission Helpers as of 1920. It details each institution they ran at the time, the numbers of students they had, the kinds of lessons they provided, and…

DrexToJoe1895Nov6.pdf
In this letter, Katharine Drexel outlines how her Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament and Mother Joseph's Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart are to collaborate in taking care of African American children.
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