Margaret Mary Healy Murphy,
c. 1870, who founded
the first religious order in Texas to educate black children—
Today the Sisters of the Holy Spirit work out of about 40
missions in three states, and their multifaceted program
is nondenominational and multiethnic. The original school
opened by Mother Margaret Mary in San Antonio is now
the Healy-Murphy Center for educating “at risk” students.
Last modified
May 1999
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The Institute of Texan Cultures