The Old Ursuline Convent continued as a residence for priests, including those serving nearby St. Mary’s Church. A new residence for the city’s archbishops was completed in 1925.

A new plaque on the levee in the Lower Ninth Ward honors the history of the Ursuline nuns in New Orleans. The marker is funded through a city grant awarded to the nonprofit lowernine.org.

The Old Ursuline Convent in the French Quarter of New Orleans – Peter A. Kwasniewski, Ph.D., at New Liturgical Movement Blog The Catholic Sola Fide – Father Dwight Longenecker Blog ...

NEW ORLEANS — They stayed through yellow fever epidemics that killed thousands. They hunkered down when cannons roared and blood flowed during the War of 1812. Through fire and flood, the ...