Mainstreet Radio's Erin Galbally reports on a fundraiser to help bring living quarters up to date at a Rochester convent, known as Assisi Heights. The Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi have made Rochester their home for more than a hundred years.
The sisters began as a teaching order, sending nuns to staff Catholic schools across southern Minnesota. In 1889 the sister's founded St. Mary's Hospital and trained as nurses.
Digitization made possible by the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, approved by voters in 2008.
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