Schools Timeline
List includes years Sisters were present at the schools, where known. Presentation High School, Berkeley, originally St. Joseph's High School (1877-1988) Presentation High School, San Francisco (1915-1991) Presentation High School , San Jose (1962-present) Cathedral Presentation School, San Francisco (1924-1978) Epiphany School , San Francisco (1938-2012) Nativity School, Menlo Park (1956-2004) Presentation Convent, Powell & Lombard Streets, San Francisco (1856-1906) Sacred Heart Presentation Convent, Taylor & Ellis Streets, San Francisco (1869-1906) "Shanty School", Green Street, San Francisco (1854-1906) St. Agnes Academy, San Francisco (1907-1984) St. Anne School , San Francisco (1920-1924) St. Catherine School , Morgan Hill (1963-1998) St. Christopher School , San Jose (1955-2017) St. Columba School, Oakland (1925-1975) St. Elizabeth School, San Francisco (1949-1988) St. John the Baptist, San Lorenzo (1952-1970) St. John Vianney School , San Jose (1954-2017) St. Joseph Academy, Sonoma (1882-1918) St. Joseph School, Berkeley (1878-1988) St. Mary Academy, San Francisco (1906-1913) St. Mary School , Gilroy (1871- present ) St. Patrick School , San Jose (1925-1985) Sts. Peter and Paul Salesian School for Boys, San Francisco (1930-1950) St. Rita School, Sierra Madre (1936-1942) St. Teresa School, San Francisco (1912-1974)
List includes years Sisters were present at the schools. Bishop Conaty Memorial High School, Los Angeles (1923-1977) Our Lady of Loretto High School, Los Angeles (1949-1973) Holy Trinity School , San Pedro (1950-1990) Our Lady of Loretto Grammar School , Los Angeles (1921-1974) Our Lady of Lourdes Grammar School , Los Angeles (1914-2014) St. Benedict School , Montebello (1941-1986) St. Mary Magdalene School, Los Angeles (1947-1970)
List includes years Sisters were present at the schools. Pius X High School , Albuquerque (1956-1960) Pecos Public School, Pecos St. Anthony School , Pecos (1951-1968) St. Charles School , Albuquerque (1951-1969)
List includes years Sisters were present at the schools. Bishop Blanchet High School , Seattle (1956-1966) Holy Rosary School , Edmonds (1964-1969) Our Lady of Fatima School , Seattle (1954-1969)
Sisters of the Presentation, San Francisco
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Phone: (415) 751-0406
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: https://www.presentationsisterssf.org/archives
The Sisters of the Presentation's archival collections reflect the institutional history of the Sisters of Presentation and their various individual ministries since the time of their foundation in San Francisco, California in 1854 up to the present day. The unique historical materials reflect the sisters’ participation in these ministries and that of their relationship to those served through these ministries. Collections spanning the years since 1854 document the sisters’ lives and their ministries in California, New Mexico and Washington; and on sisters’ ministries in response to Vatican II, including mission work in Mexico and Guatemala, and their involvement in social justice issues. Administrative records include minutes of general councils, chapter assemblies and various committees, including national and international groups. Additional collections include artifacts such as objects from convent life; photographs; scrapbooks; and audiovisual materials. Areas of research include genealogy, the histories of women in Catholicism, education, Irish-Americans, American Catholicism, and the history of San Francisco. Other areas of research include social justice, spirituality, religious formation, and religious life. Read More -->
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Sisters of the Presentation, San Francisco are a community of Catholic women religious committed to living and transmitting the message of Jesus Christ through prayer and service in the tradition of our foundress, Nano Nagle.
Sisters of the Presentation is proud to be designated a 501(c)3 organization dedicated to serving the people of God in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1854. Sisters of the Presentation, 281 Masonic Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94118-4416
The 1906 earthquake had a devastating effect on many of the Presentation schools, reducing those in San Francisco to rubble. As new schools were built, some Sisters began to teach in and administer parish schools across the Bay Area, often living in convents on the parish grounds.
Sisters of the Presentation, San Francisco, San Francisco, California. 317 likes · 77 talking about this · 4 were here. Religious organization.
The Presentation Sisters, officially the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, are a religious institute of Roman Catholic women founded in Cork, Ireland, by the Venerable Honora "Nano" Nagle in 1775. The Sisters of the congregation use the postnominal initials PBVM.
Collections spanning the years since 1854 document the sisters’ lives and their ministries in California, New Mexico and Washington; and on sisters’ ministries in response to Vatican II, including mission work in Mexico and Guatemala, and their involvement in social justice issues.
The Sisters of the Presentation's archival collections reflect the institutional history of the Sisters of Presentation and their various individual ministries since the time of their foundation in San Francisco, California in 1854 up to the present day. The unique historical materials...
The Sisters of the Presentation, San Francisco, advocate and work for structural change in issues related to women and children; immigrants and culturally diverse communities; the...
San Francisco Presentation Sisters have taught across the west since 1856. #CatholicSistersWeek gives us the chance to highlight a shining example of our...
These images serve as a record of the life and activities of the Sisters of the Presentation , a religious order of Roman Catholic sisters founded in Ireland in 1776, and established their first American foundation in San Francisco in 1854.