St. Joseph's Academy

Girls cake

St. Joseph’s Academy was founded in 1840 by The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. This was the second all-girls Catholic high school established in St. Louis. In the mid 1830’s bishop Joseph Rosati, C.M., requested teachers from the Sisters of St. Joseph in Le Puy-en-Valle, France to come to St. Louis. Mother St. John Fontbonne sent eight sisters over from France. Some of the sisters came to teach the deaf while the others opened Mother Celestine’s School. Mother Celestine’s School started in a log cabin in 1836 but it could not hold the number of students wanting to attend the school. So, in 1840 the first wing of St. Joseph’s Academy was constructed.

The school has been remodeled and relocated several times due to the number of people wanting to enroll.

Cake artist - Laura Genovese

Guest blogger - Diane

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