[4] In 1821 Father Gabriel Richard, a missionary in Detroit visited Mother Rose Philippine Duchesne in Florissant, Missouri.

Father Richard's wish was not realized until 1848 when Madame Monique Beaubien wrote to Mother Hardy, Superior Provincial of the Society in New York, offering the Society of the Sacred Heart a piece of Beaubien property on Jefferson Avenue for an academy school, on the condition that orphans would also be educated at the institution.

The cornerstone was newly inscribed with “Built on Confidence in the Heart of Jesus.” The actual move into the new building took place on July 15, 1958.

[5] Kensington Academy was a boy's elementary and middle school of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit.

[6] It initially occupied a campus in Bloomfield Township,[7] but toward the end of its life its facility was in Beverly Hills.