St. Mary’s of the Woods

ID: 1634 ~ Source: Courtesy of Indiana Historical Society

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Corpus Christi procession in front of Foley Hall (ca. 1945)

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St. Mary’s of the Woods

By Indiana Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology

In 1840, the Sisters of Providence, a religious order of Catholic nuns, immigrated to the United States from France. The Sisters, led by Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, came from France for the express purpose of establishing schools and orphanages in…