No Cross, No Crown: Black Nuns in Nineteenth-Century New ...
Deggs, Sister Mary Bernar / Gould, Virginia Meacham / Nolan, Charles E.
Among New Orleans' most compelling stories is that of the Sisters of theHoly Family, which was founded in the 19th century and still thrives today. Thecommunity's difficult early years are portrayed in a remarkable account by one ofthe sisters, Mary Bernard Deggs. While Deggs did not officially join the communityuntil 1873, as a student at the sisters' early school she would have known HenrietteDelille and the other founders. It was not until ...