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ler Blandina iw Wild West it Its Wooliestlit it on# of a series of his-I article* commemorating the rary of the Archdiocese of \natu)i fabulous adventures of a inati Sister of Charity in the at its wildest and wooliest been recorded in a diary pub-under the title, At the End Santa Fs Trail. In this loured tten for her sister, also a us, Sister Blandina Segale r-of-factly entered the' more ng events in her 21 years* e to religion and education lorado and New Mexico. Dean unembellished recital, the book happenings in Sister lina*s career rival the best rns turned out by Hollywood writers. But, because the two e sisters were reunited in Cin-ti, Sister Blandina’s story with her recall to Cincinnati, vas in Cincinnati that Sister lina, with her sister, Sister la, embarked on the most am-s project of their lives—the ishment of a community cen-r “benevolent and educational i undertaken for the preser-i of the faith to the children tly.” The Santa Maria insti-n downtown 13th street is a ment to their success. Emigrate* to America hough Sister Blandina was a s of Italy, Cincinnati was to her. Bom Jan. 23, 1850, hilly village of Cicagna, near i, the future pioneer was ened Rosa Mane. Her par-vere moderately wealthy and other of noble birth. But Italy iorn by revolutions, and the es decided to leave their homeland strike out for America.Rosa Marie was four years e Segale family, consisting of ts and four children, came to United States. They chose to in Cincihnati, the city of hills, for “it will remind us ?agna.”erty and loneliness filled /irst years in Cincinnati, ically destitute, the family in one room at Main and streets. A friend from the 5untry, Mr. Novello, finally sd permission for Francesco e to open a fruit stand at the r of Front and Sycamore s. From the beginning his pss thrived. Later Francesco d a confectionery store and that time he was quite suc-wa to Join Charity Orderen she was a little girl Rosa een Sisters of Charity work-mong the poor, the sick, the ned of Cincinnati. She heard sir heroic service in the Civil One day she said to her fa-“As soon as I am old enough II be a Sistlk of Charity.** te to her promise, Rosa, at ge of 16, entered the Sisters sarity mother-house on Sept. 866. Her sister, Maddalena, years older than Rosa, en-the order that same month, osa was given the name of * Blandina, and Maddalena cnown as Sister Juatina. The isters pronounced their vows sc. 8, 1868. ter Blandina*s fervent desire come a missionary was real-n 1872 when she was recalled a teaching assignment in iervy^le to teach, itr the first % fcchool ii^^nMdad, Colo. .h «t first bdiWed to be e island of Cuba). The black-d youfig ndn quickly captured ancy of the pioneers of the dad country.arrie* Mortar for Schoolpatient with an old-fashioned, constructed adobe school, Sis-im to Page 3 — Column 9)fSSIFirst PubliArchb At IArchbishop Karl. Xavier fieldhouse, Cin Marian day celehratioi Urging a large a'Indeed a MemoraiBishop Rlt;Welcon“This is indeed i Archdiocese of Cincini said Tuesday as he \ nati in the name ofSpiritual Prepai Is MUpde by Arch Op Entrance to N(To prepare himself sp for his new office, Art Alter made a four-day last week at Our Lady solation shrine, Carey, at the shrine from Mo Thursday, Sejft. 18-21.legun in Price I*iuest» Nightly Appointment (plained. “Everyone was rhat is the hardest hour?” one and soon adults of th asked, when he volunteered, started to come. Then t
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Cincinnati Catholic Telegraph Register
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Fri, Sep 29, 1950
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