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Sisters Ann D’Assissi, Leo Marie, Claudia, Margaret Joseph, Euphrasia
Sisters Matilda, Herman Jospeh, Edwina, Superior Miriam Joseph, Pierre
Sister Margarita, absent
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The first school at St. Mary's was located on the site of the present school on Fulton Street. The original frame church stood on this site and was enlarged into a two story building with several rooms. The first teachers were Sisters of St. Mary Namur, from Lockport, N.Y. They lived in a convent on High Street and went back and forth to school every day in hacks. When Elmira and the Southern Tier Counties were transferred to the Rochester Diocese, Bishop McQuaid sent the Sisters of St. Joseph from Rochester to teach in St. Mary's School. Mother Sylvester was the first Superior and came to St. Mary's August 28, 1897. Mother Sylvester is now Mother Superior at St. Joseph's Hospital. With her came Sister Antonia who taught the Sixth Grade. She is now at the Sisters' Home at Wayland, N.Y.; Sister Victorine who taught the Seventh Grade has since died; Sister Vincentia, deceased; Sister Agnita who taught the First and Second Grades died on August 8, 1898. Sister Cassiana, now housekeeper at Oswego, N.Y.; Sister Leonella came two weeks later to teach Third and Fourth Grades. She is now at St. Ambrose, Rochester, N.Y.
The Sisters first lived in a little house down on Fulton Street but moved to the present convent on October 24, 1898 -- St. Raphael's Day. The accounts of the building of the new school and the new convent will be found in this booklet with the general history of the parish.
Mother Sylvester says that she started the school in the old church building which had six rooms for eight grades. Father O'Dwyer was pastor when the school opened -- Father Moriarty was assistant. the following sisters have taught on the faculty of St. Mary's School from its beginning to the present day:
Members of St. Mary's Faculty
1898-1948
Mother M. Sylvester
Sister M. Joseph*
Sister M. Hildegarde*
Sister M. Lydia
Sister M. Joachim
Sister M. Pauline
Sister M. Petronella*
Sister Mary Jane
Sister M. Clotilda*
Sister M. Bertrand
Sister M. Antonia
Sister M. Claud*
Sister M. Henrietta*
Sister M. Lucina*
Sister M. Alfred
Sister M. Cassiana
Sister M. Clemence
Sister M. Eugenia*Sister M. Emelina
Sister M. Loyola
Sister M. Urban*
Sister M. Victorine*
Sister St. James*
Sister M. Armanda
Sister M. Raymond*
Sister M. Clement*
Sister M. Firmina
Sister M. Leonilla
Sister M. Vincentia*
Sister M. Adele*
Sister M. Theodore*
Sister M. Agneta*
Sister M. Modwena*
Sister M. DeSales
Sister M. Brita
Sister Miriam Cecilia
Sister M. Vitalis
Sister M. Alicia*
Sister M. Celesta
Sister M. Assissium*
Sister Catherine Charlotte
Sister M. Bertille
Sister M. Agneta*
Sister M. Ita
Sister M. Jeromita*
Sister M. Sylvia*
Sister M. Petrina*
Sister M. Alodia*
Sister M. Nunilo
Sister M. Charles
Sister M. Agneska*
Sister M. Rosetta
Sister M. Loretta
Sister M. Victorine
Sister Grace Madeline*
Sister Adelaide Marie
Sister Agnes Cecelia
Sister Grace Madeline
Sister M. Renilda
Sister M. Sylvia
Sister Mary Richard
Sister Mary Frederick
Sister M. Florian
Sister Theresa Gerard
Sister M. Aloyse
Sister Marie Rene
Sister Mary Caroline
Sister Marie Alice
Sister M. Margarita
Sister M. Edwina
Sister Miriam Joseph
Sister Margaret Joseph
Sister M. Pierre
Sister Leo Marie
Sister M. Matilda
Sister M. Euphrasia
Sister Ann D'Assissi
Sister M. Claudia
Sister Herman Joseph
*deceased
In the entrance to the school is a marble plaque listing the following benefactors of the school: James Lennon, Timothy Connelly, Sr., John Callahan, John Ryan, James Buckley, Nellie Buckley, Maurice Condon, Michael W. Delaney, Joseph Farr, Garrett Landers, Mrs. Garret Landers, Jeremiah Spillane, Jeremiah Spillane, Jr., Thomas McInerney, Brigit McMahon, Mrs. John Cannan, Mary C. Brady, Mr. and Mrs. M. Griffin, Peter P. Conroy, Daniel Kane, John Connelly, Merrit Kinsman, Henry Grady, Mrs. Jas. McCarthy, Timothy O'Shea, Patrick Woods, Patrick Murtaugh, Edward Galavan, Michael Liddy, James Cahill, Michael Casey, John Kavin, Jeremiah Collins, J.H. Considine, John B. Connelly, Jerry Bergan, Dr. John C. O'Brien, P.C. Daly, John A. Walker, Mrs. Thos. Reagan, Dennis J. Reagan, Richard T. Verian, John Cunningham, Samuel Kingston, Francis Gannon, William H. Murphy, Mrs. Martin Schaub, Dennis Connelly, Sr., Timothy Collins, Mrs. Roger Ronan.
Sister Herman Joseph is now principal of the School.
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