MOBILE, ALABAMA

                 In October of 1900, a school was opened in the original building that served
                 as the new parish then named St. Anthony. In October of 1902, five Glen
                 Riddle Franciscan Sisters arrived to take over the school and remained for five
                 years. Lay teachers operated the school from 1907 to 1911 when Sisters of
                 the Holy Spirit from San Antonio, Texas took over the educational mission of
                 the parish in September of that year.

                 In 1912, a school annex was built at Davis Avenue and St. Ann Street, one
                 mile north of the parish plant. This annex school continued until 1927 when a
                 brick school building replaced the many temporary buildings used by the
                 school. A full high school program was initiated in September of 1911 and
                 continued until 1964, when integration made Cathedral High school available
                 to African-Americans.

                 The Holy Spirit Sisters staffed Most Pure Heart of Mary School from 1911 to
                 1943, when the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa, Wisconsin replaced them and
                 who continued to serve until 1990. The school was then staffed with a lay
                 principal and teachers until 1993. In September of 1993, the Glen Riddle
                 Franciscan Sisters returned to manage the school.

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