Three Hundred Years of Blessings

As we begin the celebration of the city’s Tricentennial, it’s hard not to consider the growth of the Catholic Church in New Orleans in conjunction with the growth of the city for the last 300 years. ncluded in that growth and tradition is Catholic education. If it weren’t for the 12 French Ursuline nuns, who in 1727 began educating girls in New Orleans, our schools may not exist today.