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SISTERS OF THE CENACLE
The Sisters of the Cenacle traces its roots to founding in France by Therese Coudrouc in 1826. The sisters rst came to the United States in 1892, and Bishop James E. Kearney brought them to the Diocese of Rochester in the 1940s.
The sisters were well known for operating a retreat center on East Avenue until the 1980s. The sisters, who are now retired, reside at the Sisters of St. Joseph Motherhouse in Pittsford.
ORDERS FOUNDED, NURTURED CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLS
Notre Dame High School was founded in 1930 as Elmira Catholic High School under the management of the Sisters of St Joseph, but has been led by the Sisters of Mercy since 1933. Here, students, faculty and Mercy Sister Mary Walter Hickey (bottom right), school president, assemble in 2012 outside the school’s new seventh- and eighth-grade wing.
Students at Our Lady of Mercy High School, founded and operated by the Sisters of Mercy, participate in the school’s annual May Day celebration in 2012. Following Mass, students selected by their classmates for epitomizing the spirit of Mary, participate in the procession of the May court, culminating in the crowning with owers of a statue of the Blessed Mother.
Although it is now operated
by a lay board of directors, Irondequoit’s Bishop Kearney High School was founded and run
for many years by the Christian Brothers and the School Sisters of Notre Dame.
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