Sister Mary of the Heart of Jesus
One of the first teachers at Saint Mary's Academy which became the College.
Her Story
Sister Mary of the Heart of Jesus was asked and encouraged by Father Sorin to begin instructing the children in the town of Bertrand, Michigan. This was the beginning of Saint Mary's Academy which later became Saint Mary's College. She had received the habit and made private vows to Father Basil Moreau in the chapel of Our Lady of Holy Cross, Le Mans, France, on May 26, 1843, before she came to America. Thus, she was one of the original four Sisters of the Holy Cross to arrive.