"The School Sisters of Notre Dame have been selected as recipients of the 2015 Quincy Catholic Elementary Schools (QCES) Foundation’s Friend of Catholic Education Award in recognition of their years of service to both Catholic elementary and secondary education in Quincy. Established in 2009, the award recognizes an individual, couple or organization whose contributions have significantly fostered and strengthened Catholic schools in the Quincy community.
The School Sisters of Notre Dame have had a continuous presence in Quincy since November 1, 1895, when Mother Caroline Friess, a School Sister of Notre Dame and anative of Bavaria, arrived in Quincy via steamboat, to survey the possibility of educating the children of German immigrants. Moved by their desire to educate their children, Mother Caroline sent for more School Sisters of Notre Dame to teach the children of these German immigrants. Within a few weeks, a school/convent was ready for the sisters, and on Dec. 27, 1859, three additional sisters arrived in Quincy to begin teaching at the newly established St. Boniface School, which had an enrollment of 400 students. The School Sisters of Notre Dame would go on to teach at St. Boniface School for the next 119 years."
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