Souvenir Postcard

ID: 1734 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University
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Souvenir Postcard

The Sisters of St. Mary of Namur are often credited with pioneering the field of Catholic education in Texas, and Academy of the Sacred Heart is believed to have been the first Catholic school in Texas. 

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By Geoff Hunt
On the corner of Eighth Street and Washington Avenue once stood a Catholic school and convent that taught thousands of students during its years of operation from 1874 to 1946. The Academy of the Sacred Heart received its name partially because the…